Procedure for Candidacy

Virginia Tech has retained Next Generation Leadership Partners to support this search.

Candidates may submit, in confidence, resumes and cover letters via this site. For full consideration, applicants should submit their materials to Next Generation by August 10, 2026.

Inquiries and nominations should be directed to Phil Goldstein at phil@nextgenpartnersllc.com.

Position Overview

The Associate Vice President (AVP) for Enterprise Solutions & Enabling Technologies (ESET) leads a recently formed team within Virginia Tech's Division of Information Technology. This team is responsible for the university's enterprise applications, data systems, and reporting platforms—supporting academic, administrative, and AI-enabled services.

Virginia Tech is currently undertaking a major IT transformation, modernizing its core student information, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and data systems, while building the infrastructure needed to support AI adoption across operations and student services. This work also includes strengthening partnerships between the central Division of Information Technology and decentralized IT groups across the university.

Reporting to the Vice President for IT & Chief Information Officer and member of the VPIT’s leadership team, the AVP for ESET leads the development, delivery, and support of all enterprise applications, administrative AI and data platforms in service of Virginia Tech's multi-faceted mission.

Leadership Agenda

• Master’s degree or bachelor's degree with relevant certifications in AI, enterprise or data architecture combined with multiple years of leadership experience of a similar enterprise solutions portfolio may substitute for a master's degree.
• Significant experience in data governance, data strategy, enterprise application management, enterprise architecture, data warehousing, and/or AI adoption.
• Demonstrated success, as senior manager, managing budgets and leading large, high performing IT development and operations teams.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to apply technology to solve business problems, evaluate emerging tools and standards, and develop user- and business-driven technology plans—with a working understanding of software development lifecycles, business process analysis, and process re-engineering.
• Experience leading organizational and technology change initiatives, with a strong emphasis on relationship-building, collaboration, and shared stewardship.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, including establishing and reporting on key performance metrics.
• Exceptional communication skills—written, verbal, and presentational—with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective, collegial relationships across all levels of a diverse and distributed organization, with a commitment to fostering an inclusive campus community.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict, build consensus, and influence without direct authority.

• Experience with budgeting, financial planning, and business operations.
• Broad technical familiarity across the enterprise application and data portfolios, including database administration, application development, and integration services.
• Experience in a large, complex IT environment, preferably in higher education, including familiarity with shared governance models.
• Familiarity with agentic AI, machine learning, and/or robotic process automation (RPA) as applied to enterprise systems.
• A visionary perspective on technology—able to identify possibilities and opportunities that others may overlook.

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

$205,000 - $225,000

Hours per week

40

Review Date

8/10/2026

Additional Information

No visa sponsorship is available for this position.

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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