Director, Information Technology

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New Brunswick, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $143K - $219K

💻 Information Technology

🗓️ January 7th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a Director, Information Technology. This role provides strategic leadership and oversight of all IT operations at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, including web development, IT research, information security, and advanced research computing. The Director manages technology infrastructure, staff, and budgets while ensuring alignment with university IT initiatives to support faculty, staff, and students.

Highlights

Lead IT operations for Rutgers SEBS and NJAES, including web development, research computing, and information security.

Manage technological infrastructure, staff, and IT budgets.

Ensure secure, scalable, and reliable systems and enforce IT policies.

Provide expertise on cybersecurity, infrastructure modernization, and emerging technologies.

Foster innovation and improve IT service quality to support teaching, research, and outreach missions.

Collaborate with the Office of the CIO and university IT leadership to implement central IT policies.

Oversee the Programming and Web Development Office supporting campus and statewide research centers.

Require a bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, plus at least seven years managing a large IT department with demonstrated leadership experience.