The American University of Paris (AUP), a liberal arts institution that is American by tradition, French by location, and global in both intake and outlook, seeks an experienced, motivated, and visionary technologist to serve as its next Chief Information Officer (CIO). The incoming CIO will join a distinctive liberal arts university poised to undergo comprehensive digital transformation across academic and administrative functions. The CIO will provide critical leadership, implementing pressing enterprise-wide system upgrades and developing and executing a new, forward-looking technology roadmap that runs alongside and advances the university’s Strategic Plan.
Chartered in 1962 and located in the prestigious 7tharrondissement of Paris, AUP provides a student-centered, academically rigorous, and career-enabling education to degree-seeking students, both undergraduate and graduate, from around the world. AUP’s permanent faculty and staff of just under 250 engage with a student body of around 1,400, enabling students to cross cultural barriers and academic disciplines with ease and to assume their places as responsible global citizens. The size of the student body combined with the institution’s pedagogical philosophy creates an intimate, engaging, and stimulating educational environment. Classes are conducted in English, though most students and faculty speak more than one language.
Having recently welcomed a new Provost and CFO and under the strong leadership of President Sonya Stephens, AUP is at an exciting and critical moment, one marked by clarity of strategic priorities and an unwavering commitment to enterprise-wide digital transformation. Reporting directly to the President, the CIO will support the university’s academic mission and strengthen overall operational effectiveness by developing and executing a vision and strategy for Information Technology Services that modernizes technology; proactively harnesses technology to support learning, teaching, and research; builds strong internal IT business practices, systems, processes, and policies; and cultivates a culture of tech and data literacy across the AUP community. The CIO will provide critical leadership and support to ongoing efforts related to ERP implementations, data governance, and AI. This is an outstanding opportunity for a collaborative leader with a deep understanding of the transformative possibilities that information and technology bring to education in the 21st century, as well as a nuanced appreciation for the traditions, culture, and requirements of a liberal arts institution.
The American University of Paris has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in conducting this important search and to help identify outstanding candidates. All inquiries, applications, and nominations for this opportunity should be directed to the search firm as indicated below.
We invite and encourage members of underrepresented populations to apply. The University is an equal opportunity employer and we view diversity as an essential source of our vitality and strength.
