Consultant Per Diem - Executive IT and Project Strategy Advisor

About This Role

As a per diem consultant, you will provide executive IT and project strategy advice, collaborating with clients to ensure alignment with digital transformation goals. This role involves strategic guidance, risk mitigation, and fostering innovation in technology designs.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice and guidance to the project director on IT-related matters
• Develop and implement IT, organizational, and policy strategies aligned with DTP and SUNY goals
• Work with division leaders to avoid and overcome project obstacles, ensuring projects stay within scope, budget, and schedule
• Advise project directors on visionary designs that drive innovation and creative solutions
• Collaborate with team members to support clients in change management and learning and development
• Anticipate, mitigate, and resolve project risks while maintaining initiatives within scope, budget, and schedule
• Serve as the primary liaison to the SUNY DTP leader, coordinating alignment across stakeholders

Requirements

• Executive-level leadership providing strategic IT and project guidance for large, complex public-sector or higher education initiatives
• Ability to advise senior leadership on technology strategy, organizational change, and policy development
• Experience coordinating across multiple stakeholders and serving as a senior liaison between executive sponsors and project leadership
• Ability to identify project risks and to develop strategies to maintain scope, schedule, and budget
• 15-20 years of progressive leadership experience within state government, public-sector organizations, or higher education environments
• Extensive experience leading or advising large-scale IT modernization, digital transformation, or enterprise-wide initiatives

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in information technology, public administration, business administration, or a related field
• A minimum of 15–20 years of progressive leadership experience within state government, public-sector organizations, or higher education environments, with extensive experience leading or advising large-scale IT modernization, digital transformation, or enterprise-wide initiatives.

Nice to Have

• Advanced degree in IT, public administration, business, or a related discipline
• Experience working within New York State agencies or SUNY institutions
• Background in enterprise architecture, digital transformation strategy, or large-scale systems modernization
• Experience mentoring senior leaders and shaping long-term, visionary technology strategies