Dir Itkm

**Dir ITKM | JC1252***: - Job Description: Role: The Director-ITKM, SRM AP is a full time on-campus role who heads the department of Information Technology and Knowledge management for the SRM AP University, comprising of 3 schools offering 30 degree programs with over 1200 student intake every year. **Responsibilities**: Develop and implement a technology roadmap that aligns with SRMAP vision and mission and deliver both short-term and long-term results. Define Strategy and set up KRAs in line with University’s mission and vision, and contribute to the overall university’s growth Establish and govern the Directorates for Information Technology and Knowledge Management, and Corporate Communications Collaborate with the University leadership team to contribute in the overall universities’ strategic planning and management. Deploy cutting edge technology infrastructure for enabling SRMAP community to have state - of-art IT facility. Prepare strategies to make SRMAP as a technology enabled university in academic and administrative functions Take up all the digital initiatives and provide technical leadership enabling university’s transformation journey Implement best practices and Formulate policies and processes in line with industry trends keeping in view the network security, data and information privacy. Implement various technology solutions to maintain and ensure high availability of the existing infrastructure and systems and administrative staff so that the data and information is available for strategic decisions Promote the SRM University, AP brand and its presence in various media - digital, print, and audio/visual, using social media and print media Manage the website and ensure that latest happenings are uploaded on time, the website design is aesthetic, dynamic and reflects the brand of the university, following all the standards. Build a customer-centric department, extending their efforts beyond call of the duty, to meet the growing needs of academic and research community Conceptualize the stakeholder active participation in enhancing the SRMAP brand in social media space for a wider outreach. Review all the branded collaterals and guide the team to ensure that brand is represented well in all medium, and brand compliance is not violated. Develop and define metrics and key performance indicators; for the department/s, including for each team member. Define review mechanism and track the performance of every individual in the departments Build, lead and manage self-motivated and result-driven IT team that is able to perform at the highest levels, cutting across all the levels of department/s To focus on strategizing/developing plans and budgets for the campus wide information technology infrastructure, networking services and maintenance; Develop and enforce appropriate IT policies and guidelines; responsible for setting up the IT infrastructure and Networks, start the process of implementing cutting-edge Information Technology for the University; Evaluate campus' current IT related requirements and develop overall roadmap to meet future requirements for continuous improvement; work with departments and units to support their ICT aims and objectives, Assist in development of short and long term computing and technology priorities; manage entire IT Infrastructure, Budgeting, Vendor Management, Asset Management and Develop IT Strategies and advise management on various business process, meeting and discussing with vendor partners to understand the best in the industry solutions Monitor daily operations to ensure that Infrastructure as a whole provides a high degree of reliability; inspecting Hardware & Network, User Issues, IT Security & Policy and documentation on a regular basis Lead the IT support function for all departments in the campus in troubleshooting system, the University's IT organization, with the objective of full and seamless integration. Responsible for creating, sharing, using & managing the knowledge and information related to the university to achieve the organisational objectives by making the best use of knowledge. Qualifications: - Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in computer information systems/ IT, management or related field from a recognized University/Institute profile with a reputed University / Higher Educational Institution technology, information security administration, network management and systems administration have an intimate knowledge of the higher education landscape in India and internationally exposure handling large volume of students - Experience**10 -12 Years** - Category**Education / Teaching / Training** - Location**Chennai** Silverpeople, a venture by Uberlife Consulting Pvt. Ltd., offers complete recruitment solutions for all hiring/head hunting requirements in a Focused, Accurate and Time bound manner (Proprietary FAT* Methodology). At Silverpeople, we focus, specialize and are plac