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Central New Mexico Community College Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) is at a strategic inflection point. As New Mexico’s largest community college, CNM is advancing a bold strategic vision centered on student success, workforce relevance, equity, and long‑term financial sustainability. Achieving this vision requires enterprise transformation, and technology is a central lever in that work.

Reporting directly to the President, the CIO serves as a trusted advisor to the President and Executive Cabinet and engages with the Governing Board on technology strategy, digital risk, and institutional readiness. As a cabinet‑level executive, the CIO is empowered to modernize enterprise platforms, strengthen digital foundations, and deliver measurable improvements in institutional performance, shaping CNM’s future and leaving a lasting institutional legacy.

• Serve as CNM’s senior executive leader for technology‑enabled transformation and translate institutional strategy into a clear, outcome‑driven enterprise IT and digital roadmap.
• Act as a strategic partner to the President and Cabinet on modernization, cybersecurity risk, and innovation investments and lead CNM’s progression toward higher IT maturity, moving from reactive service delivery to proactive, value‑driven enablement.
• Ensure reliable, secure, and resilient delivery of core IT services, including infrastructure, networks, enterprise applications, cloud platforms, and end‑user services.
• Provide executive oversight and strategic alignment for the CISO function, ensuring effective cybersecurity, identity and access management, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation.
• Develop and maximize operational benefits of CNM’s participation in the New Mexico Collaborative for Higher Education Shared Services (CHESS), particularly in enterprise shared services, cybersecurity, and enterprise applications.
• Establish service management disciplines and performance metrics that ensure accountability and transparency.
• Partner with academic and administrative leaders to modernize instructional, student‑facing, and business processes through technology.
• Collaborate with the Chief Data Officer (CDO) to align enterprise platforms and integration capabilities with data strategy, analytics priorities, and institutional research needs.
• Enable the staging, integration, and deployment of data across enterprise systems to support strategic use cases while respecting governance, privacy, and security requirements.
• Advance enterprise platforms (ERP, CRM, SIS, and integration and analytics infrastructure) to improve interoperability, scalability, and user experience.
• Support shared services and collaborative delivery models that improve efficiency, resilience, and return on investment.
• Identify, evaluate, and selectively pilot emerging technologies (e.g., AI, automation, advanced analytics, digital learning tools) aligned with CNM’s strategic priorities.
• Foster responsible experimentation with clear pathways from pilot to scale balancing innovation with governance, risk management, and institutional capacity to ensure sustainability.
• Embed digital capability as part of CNM’s long‑term operating model, not isolated initiatives.
• Champion data as a foundational institutional asset that supports strategy, performance management, and student success, partnering closely with the CDO to ensure alignment between data governance, analytics, and enabling technologies.
• Coordinate technology deployment timelines with the institution’s readiness to use data for decision‑making, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead IT financial planning, budgeting, and investment governance with a focus on value realization and ROI.
• Build and sustain a high‑performing IT organization with modern skills, clear accountability, and service orientation.
• Redesign workforce and service delivery models as needed to support transformation, scalability, and sustainability.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• Seven (7) or more years of senior executive leadership…