DUTIES: The Director, Software Development Services reports to the Vice President and Chief Information Officer and is a senior management position in information technology on campus. The position is responsible for creating a new department in the Office of Information Technology that is responsible for the conception, development, and implementation of new applications as well as maintenance of enterprise software systems on platforms ranging from mobile devices to mainframes. Major responsibilities include strategic planning, operational planning, leadership, budget development, quality assurance and management of the department. This position is well suited for a creative individual who has a vision for delivering innovative services to the campus community using multiple platforms. The successful candidate will develop the strategic plan for campus enterprise software applications, construct a well integrated and evolving software application architecture for the campus, ensure software engineering principles are incorporated into the software development process, ensure that enterprise software applications are production quality and conform to audit standards, work collaboratively with faculty and administrators, and represent the university on state, national, and international initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS: A Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, engineering, information management, information science, or related field is required with a Master's or Ph.D. degree preferred. A minimum of ten years of progressive responsibility for in enterprise computing applications, software development, software engineering or related areas, including at least five years of personnel management experience are required. Knowledge of programming language techniques, software engineering principles and practice, Web-based programming environments, database management systems, mainframe systems, and client server applications are required.

TO APPLY: Please submit an application consisting of a letter of application, resume, and names of three professional references by July 18, 2008 for best consideration, although applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please send resume and/or experience profile by e-mail (rtf attachment preferred) to oit-resume@umd.edu or to:

Director, Softw Dev Serv
Office of Information Technology
University of Maryland
3317 Computer and Space Sciences Bldg. (224)
College Park, MD 20742-2411

The University of Maryland actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, physical or mental handicap, religion, national origin, or political affiliation. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.