Job: Library IT roles open at Harvard University
Andrew Woods
This is an exciting time to join the team at Harvard that supports the technology needs of the Harvard Library.
There are currently three open positions. Two of them are in direct support of the University's three-year project to modernize Harvard’s Digital Repository Service. When we say "modernize", we mean to completely reassess and replace the digital preservation system that holds the responsibility for ensuring the integrity and availability of Harvard's immense and inspiring digital collection for current and future generations. The last time an initiative with this scope occurred at Harvard University was in 1998, when the Digital Repository Service was created. If you are interested in learning more about the history and thinking that underpins this repository, please see the 20th anniversary conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki01dhcxVrM
Additionally, there is another role with even broader remit, focused on the project management of initiatives that benefit all areas of the Harvard Library. This is an amazing opportunity to work with the team of technologists shaping and creating the services that are essential to delivering on the University's and Library's mission.
Please see summaries of each role, below; more detailed job descriptions are available at the provided links.
Best regards,
Manager, Library Software Engineering | Library Technology
Harvard University Information Technology
Digital Repository Architect
Harvard University is looking for an experienced solutions architect to be responsible for the design of the University's digital preservation repository. The Digital Repository Architect will serve as the technology architecture lead for the Digital Repository Service (DRS) Modernization project across its discovery, planning, and implementation phases.
The DRS Modernization project is a multi-year effort to revitalize infrastructure and services preserving Harvard's digital scholarly resources and institutional records for future use by faculty, students, administrators, and staff, furthering the University's research, teaching, and learning mission and safeguarding its legacy. The project is an intense collaborative effort orchestrated across the Harvard Library, school libraries, and commercial vendors, and/or open-source development partners.
The Digital Repository Architect reports to the Digital Library Enterprise Architect in Library Technology Services, works closely with the Harvard Library Head of Digital Preservation, and is part of a team of analysts, change managers, and technologists assembled specifically for this project. The Digital Repository Architect leads a collaborative process, drawing on their own experience and expertise as well as that of the project team, the Digital Library Enterprise Architect, outside domain experts, library preservation leads, and stakeholders.
Harvard’s Library Technology Services team resides within Harvard University Information Technology, and builds, implements, and stewards solutions to fulfill the mission of the Harvard Library: to advance scholarship and teaching through the collection, creation, application, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge.
This is a fully benefited, full-time Harvard University position that has been funded through June 30, 2025.
For more information and to apply, please visit the listing in Harvard Careers: Digital Repository Architect, 58840BR.
Senior Business Systems Analyst
Harvard University is looking for a Senior Business Systems Analyst to be responsible for the capture, analysis, and documentation of user and system requirements to inform the design of Harvard University’s digital preservation repository (DRS).
The DRS Modernization project is a multi-year effort to revitalize infrastructure and services preserving Harvard's digital scholarly resources and institutional records for future use by faculty, students, administrators, and staff, furthering the University's research, teaching, and learning mission and safeguarding its legacy. The project is an intense collaborative effort orchestrated across the Harvard Library, school libraries, and commercial vendors, and/or open-source development partners.
The Senior BSA is a flexible, team-focused, organized person with a track record of successfully eliciting and communicating user and system requirements in a complex and demanding stakeholder environment. The Senior BSA reports to the Manager of Project and Portfolio Management in Library Technology Services and is part of a team of analysts, change managers, and technologists assembled specifically for the DRS Modernization project. On this project, the Senior BSA works closely with the Harvard Library Head of Digital Preservation, key stakeholders in Harvard Library and schools, and the effort’s project manager and digital repository architect. The person in this role is expected to quickly demonstrate a high degree of familiarity with digital preservation priorities and workflows.
Harvard’s Library Technology Services team resides within Harvard University Information Technology, and builds, implements, and stewards solutions to fulfill the mission of the Harvard Library: to advance scholarship and teaching through the collection, creation, application, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge.
This is a fully benefited, full-time Harvard University position that has been funded through June 30, 2025. There is the possibility of renewal contingent on funding, University priorities, and satisfactory job performance.
For more information and to apply, please visit the listing in Harvard Careers: Senior Business Systems Analyst, 58841BR.
Senior IT Project Manager
Harvard University is looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to coordinate and facilitate the successful delivery of library technology projects that have major impacts on library operations at Harvard. We seek an experienced project manager who approaches their work with enthusiasm, prioritizes and values communication, and thrives in complex and active stakeholder environments.
The successful candidate is exceptionally well-organized, action-oriented, an excellent listener, and a thoughtful communicator with a record of demonstrated success communicating effectively across all levels of an organization from entry level staff to University executives, in both technical and nontechnical contexts. This role offers an opportunity to work with a wide variety of stakeholders across the Harvard Library as well as the broader academic research library community, including librarians, technologists, administrative leaders, faculty, and end users.
The Senior IT Project Manager reports to the Manager of Portfolio and Project Management in Library Technology Services, a division of Harvard University Information Technology. Harvard’s Library Technology Services team builds, implements, and stewards solutions to fulfill the mission of the Harvard Library: to advance scholarship and teaching through the collection, creation, application, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge.
This is a fully benefited, full-time Harvard University position that has been funded through June 30, 2025. There is the possibility of renewal contingent on funding, University priorities, and satisfactory job performance.
For more information and to apply, please visit the listing in Harvard Careers: Senior IT Project Manager, 58839BR.