Job Details

The Director of Operations for OCII is a non-faculty position fully supported by the Oklahoma Cyber Innovation Institute. The Director of Operations of OCII oversees all day-to-day operations and activities of OCII. These duties include but are not limited to staff supervision, infrastructure and facilities management, accreditation and credentialing records, budget execution, and liaising between offices and departments.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (RESPONSIBILITIES) :

• Provides executive-level operational support and day-to-day management for the OCII.
• Oversees schedule and activities of OCII staff, including instructors, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
• Monitors, tracks, and reports on development and evolving KPIs.
• Oversees educational, business, and entrepreneurial programming and research and development activities and events. These activities and events include but are not limited to cyber range usage, hands-on experiential classes, mobile classes, camps, innovation, and experimentation.
• Interfaces with Marketing and Communications to ensure proper collateral is produced to market OCII and recruit partners.
• Works with TU faculty to engage with and enhance OCII activities.
• Tracks and monitors long and short-term projects in the OCII maintained documents.
• Coordinates onboarding and training for OCII staff and graduate students, including Cyber Fellows.
• Serves as an OCII point of contact with other university offices, in particular payroll and purchasing, IT, support services / staff, outside contractors, and community members.
• Participates in OCII event planning, assuring availability of event date, facilities, and budgets.
• Oversees all OCII facilities and works with staff to determine office assignments and equipment needs and coordinate work orders with Facilities Management.
• Facilitates evaluations and other recognition programs as needed.
• Make decisions and recommendations that affect the OCII.
• Handles confidential information, manage and maintain sensitive and confidential documentation regarding OCII.
• Oversees the operational budgets for the OCII.
• Performs related responsibilities as assigned.

SPECIAL JOB DIMENSIONS :

Work requires working with highly sensitive or confidential information within the university.

NOTE : The essential job functions and associated qualifications contained in this document describe the general nature and level of the work performed. They are not intended to represent an exhaustive listing or be inclusive of all aspects of the job. The tasks and procedures involved in the performance of the essential job functions may vary from day-to-day. Major changes in areas of responsibility may occur, as directed by management, and will require revision of this job description.

Required Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS : Knowledge / Skill / Ability

• Ability to multi-task efficiently, drive projects to completion.
• Expertise with Microsoft Office Applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the company.
• A collaborative team player, who can coordinate work effectively with employees, team members and outside vendors.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• High attention to detail, demonstrated practice of establishing effective priorities and deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills with all students, faculty, staff and guests.

Equivalent Education / Experience

• Master's degree; 10 years experience or an equivalent combination of experience, training and / or education of an academic unit or similar environment
• Excellent oral, written, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multi-task, work independently with initiative, discretion, and confidentiality.
• Successfully work with a variety of administrative levels and diverse groups of people internally and externally to the institution.
• Proficiency with standard office work applications

Preferred Qualifications

None

Physical Demands

Posting Number

S1003P

Open Date

04 / 07 / 2025

Close Date

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