Chief Information Officer (CIO)

JSTOR (www.jstor.org) seeks a Chief Information Officer (CIO) to provide technological and operational leadership within this exciting, forward-thinking entrepreneurial enterprise. We strive to be rapid and innovative adapters of new technologies that can benefit the academic community in its use of information resources. The ideal candidate has a broad awareness of new information management technologies, has a track record of successfully advocating for and implementing technology strategically in an environment of change and has demonstrated ability in the integration of functional units. A successful CIO will have strong experience in managing publishing or similar operations, with an emphasis on knowledge of production processes, digitization standards, website interface development, and the technologies that underlie these systems. The CIO will be a member of JSTOR's senior management team, and will be based in the Ann Arbor office. The CIO will report to the Executive Director (ED), who is based in New York, and will be expected to communicate routinely and travel often for meetings with the ED and/or other JSTOR staff and management.

The Organization: JSTOR is a not-for-profit pioneer dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of scholarly information resources and to helping the scholarly community benefit for advances in information technology. Currently, JSTOR archives and provides access to over 600 scholarly journals in 40 academic disciplines. Researchers and students at licensed institutions access the archive via the Internet. The JSTOR database now includes more than 22 million journal pages, and is available at more than 3,200 institutions in over 100 countries around the world. JSTOR is headquartered in New York, NY with additional offices in Ann Arbor, MI. In pursuing its goals JSTOR takes a system-wide perspective, balancing the needs and interests of publishers, libraries, and its users. This balanced emphasis is reflected in all aspects of JSTOR's activity. JSTOR employs a growing staff that values teamwork and a collegial spirit.

The Job Description: The CIO will oversee the operations of, and set the strategic direction for, JSTOR's production, infrastructure, technology, interface, and quality assurance processes as well as be responsible for the following:

• Lead a major technological conversion to a new publishing third-party platform with an unusual arrangement for co-developing additional features for the site.
• Oversight and maintenance of the current technical system as well as the design and implementation of future system features and customizations of new third-party platform.
• Lead the technology, production and interface staff to deploy existing technologies and develop new features to optimize the quality of services delivered both to the JSTOR user community and for internal JSTOR operations.
• Direct the activities of production, interface and development staff and work with them to evaluate the production and web display pipeline and integrate the elements into an efficient workflow.
• Oversee relationships with affiliates, shared services and vendors whose work affect the goals and activities of the department. For example, JSTOR obtains IT support for desktops and servers from its affiliated organization, Ithaka through a shared services arrangement. Monitor their activities and direct their efforts on behalf of JSTOR at a strategic and policy level.
• Direct and oversee unit operations and budgets

Required Skills and Experience: The CIO must demonstrate excellent leadership, communication, and management skills and should have a minimum of 10 years experience managing software development and technology infrastructure teams.

• Ability to understand current data needs and anticipate future expectations
• Experience deploying proven software engineering methods for insuring the development of high quality software in a timely manner
• Experience working in both a small organization and a larger development team in a public server production environment is strongly preferred,
• Experience working with non-technical staff in the design and delivery of a software product or a database resource.
• Ability managing through a period of growth.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and must exhibit the capacity to motivate staff effectively in a geographically dispersed team environment.
• Knowledge and familiarity with higher education technology environments, interoperability approaches and open source systems is a plus
• Knowledge of content management systems, and content production experience
• A process engineering background is desirable
• Ability to travel regularly between Ann Arbor, Michigan and the NYC tri-state area.
• Experience with modern web technologies such as Java, XML, XSL, J2EE patterns, etc.
• Experience with various IDE's, operating systems, and web/application servers
• Experience with data representation and transformation technologies
• Bachelor degree in Information Systems or related field required

JSTOR offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, and the opportunity to grow.

Qualified candidates should submit a resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to:

cio@jstor.org

We will consider each response carefully, but only contact those individuals we feel are most qualified for the position. Relocation assistance is available for this position. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

JSTOR is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Last updated on May 21, 2007