DP Professionals Inc
DP Professionals Inc

Interim Executive Director

Columbia, SC, US • Posted 10 hours ago • Updated 10 hours ago
Contract W2
9 Months
On-site
Depends on Experience
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • CHANGE MANAGEMENT
  • CHANGE INITIATIVES
  • RESTRUCTURING
  • RESTRUCTURE
  • TRANSFORMATION
  • ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
  • CULTURAL
  • CULTURE
  • CULTURES

Summary

DPP is seeking an Interim Executive Director for an opportunity with our client in Columbia, SC.
 
Work location: Fully onsite in Columbia, SC
Duration: 9 months, with possibility of extension
Terms: W2 position
Candidate location: Must be a current resident of SC or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting role
 
Position summary:
  • The Interim Executive Director will be an experienced executive leader able to provide immediate organizational stabilization and transformational leadership during a period of significant departmental change.
  • This interim assignment is intended to serve as a transformational leadership role focused on establishing accountability, rebuilding organizational culture, improving operational effectiveness, aligning resources with institutional priorities, and implementing sustainable management practices.
  • The successful candidate will be empowered to make the difficult organizational decisions necessary to position the department for long-term success and ensure a smooth transition to permanent leadership.
Responsibilities:
  • Provide executive leadership for all departmental operations.
  • Supervise managers, supervisors, and professional staff.
  • Establish performance expectations and monitor organizational outcomes.
  • Make timely personnel, operational, and resource allocation decisions.
  • Lead organizational change initiatives and culture transformation efforts.
  • Address employee relations issues in partnership with Human Resources.
  • Evaluate organizational effectiveness and recommend structural improvements.
  • Develop and monitor departmental priorities and performance metrics.
  • Collaborate with division leadership, administration, and stakeholders.
  • Manage departmental budgets and strategic resource allocation.
  • Ensure compliance with policies, security standards, audit requirements, and regulatory obligations.
  • Remove organizational obstacles that inhibit productivity, innovation, and collaboration.
  • Provide executive-level reports and recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Develop succession planning and transition documentation for permanent leadership.
About the comprehensive organizational transformation initiative that the Interim Executive Director will lead:
  • Utilizing results from a comprehensive assessment of organizational structure, staffing, leadership effectiveness, operational processes, and service delivery in planning and enacting organizational changes.
  • Using comprehensive assessment, further identify organizational barriers, cultural issues, and operational inefficiencies impacting performance, and execute an organizational transformation and culture improvement plan.
  • Restructure reporting relationships, staffing models, and operational responsibilities as necessary.
  • Address performance management issues through coaching, corrective action, reassignment, or separation, when appropriate and in accordance with policies.
  • Restore accountability, professionalism, customer service expectations, and operational discipline throughout the department.
  • Improve collaboration with partners and stakeholders.
  • Establish governance, communication, and decision-making processes that support long-term success.
  • Stabilize departmental operations while maintaining continuity of critical IT services.
  • Document organizational recommendations, operational procedures, strategic priorities, and transition plans for the incoming permanent Executive Director.
  • Recruit, mentor, and prepare internal leadership where appropriate to support long-term organizational success.
Required experience:
  • 3+ years of experience with Executive organizational transformation and change management
  • 3+ years of experience leading organizational restructuring and culture change
  • 3+ years of experience with Executive leadership of large, complex technology organizations
  • 3+ years of experience with personnel management, coaching, and performance accountability
Required education:
  • A Bachelor’s degree and 8 or more years of experience, which may be substituted by an equivalent combination of certification, training, education, and/or experience.
Preferred skills:
  • Experience leading organizational turnaround initiatives
  • Experience rebuilding organizational culture following periods of instability
  • Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks
  • Experience managing organizational changes in higher education
  • Enterprise IT strategy development
  • Experience working with executive leadership, governing boards, and cabinet- level administration
  • Knowledge of network operations, project management, change management, and enterprise network architecture and engineering
  • Experience supporting audit remediation and risk management initiatives
Authorized US Worker - s and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
 
Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button to learn more about this position (#26-00934).
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  • Dice Id: 10114775
  • Position Id: 26-00934
  • Posted 10 hours ago
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