Director, Strategic IT Management & Enablement

POSTING DEADLINE

This position is posted until filled.

PREFERENCES

Key Skills and Requirements:

* Executive IT Leadership & Strategy:
Proven ability to define and execute enterprise IT strategy aligned to business goals, including governance and operating models.

* Enterprise Governance Expertise:
Strong background in IT governance, portfolio/program management (PPMO), and data governance frameworks with measurable outcomes.

* Data-Driven & Financial Acumen:
Experience leveraging metrics, dashboards, and financial transparency (e.g., run vs. change, cost optimization) to drive decision-making.

* Data Governance & Quality Leadership:
Deep expertise in data governance models, data quality management, stewardship, and embedding governance into IT delivery.

* Quality Assurance & Process Optimization:
Experience leading QA/testing centers of excellence, automation frameworks, and continuous improvement initiatives.

* Change Leadership & Stakeholder Influence:
Demonstrated success in organizational change management (OCM), cross-functional collaboration, and influencing senior leadership.

* Regulated Environment & Innovation Mindset:
Experience in regulated or critical infrastructure environments, with exposure to AI tools, and a strong compliance and innovation focus

JOB DESCRIPTION

Director, Strategic IT Management & Enablement

Salary Grade: G02

Minimum Midpoint Maximum

$145,197 - $203,276 - $261,354

Given the financial nature of this position, this position has been defined as a position requiring a credit check. Prior to being hired, promoted, or transferred into the position, the candidate must successfully pass a credit background check.

SUMMARY UPDATE

The Director of Strategic IT Management & Enablement (SIME) leads the department responsible for enterprise IT governance, enterprise data governance enablement, quality assurance and testing excellence, strategic alignment, performance metrics, organizational change management (OCM), resource and capacity management (RCM), business relationship management (BRM), portfolio and program management (PPM), and financial transparency. The role ensures IT investments deliver measurable business value through standardized processes, data driven insights, and optimized resource utilization.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leadership & Strategy

Defines and executes the vision and operating model for SIME aligned with enterprise objectives

Establishes and supports governance frameworks for business relation management, data, portfolio, program, and project management (PPMO)

Drives IT strategy alignment with business priorities and ensure benefits realization

Portfolio & Program Management (PPMO)

Implements stage-gate processes, prioritization models, and portfolio dashboards for capital and operations/maintenance initiatives

Oversees enterprise portfolio planning and integrated program and financial controls

Enterprise Data Governance Enablement

Establishes and runs decision rights, standards, stewardship model, data quality measurement, and controls, embedded into IT delivery and operations, partnering with business data owners and analytics teams

Defines governance forums, standards, and escalation paths

Establish and run the data governance operating model: councils, roles (data owners/stewards) and decision rights

Develops and maintains data policies/standards (definitions, master data, quality, retention, classification)

Implements a data quality management approach: critical data elements, thresholds, monitoring, remediation workflow

Partners with business functions and analytics/data platform teams to embed governance in solution delivery (SDLC), change management, and operations

Quality Assurance & Testing Center of Excellence (TCOE)

Develops and enforces QA standards, automation frameworks, and performance/security testing practices

Ensures compliance and quality gates across all technology initiatives

Metrics & Performance Management

Builds and maintains dashboards for delivery predictability, resource capacity, and throughput

Implements data-driven insights for decision-making and continuous improvement

Focused on automation, consolidation, and sustainability of IT services

Organizational Change (OCM), Resource Management (RM), and Business Technology Account Management (AM)

Creates and deploys OCM playbooks to improve adoption and accelerate benefits realization

Partners with HR and Communications for stakeholder engagement and training strategies

Manages IT resource management framework and data input/output

Leads, directs and motivates Business Technology Account Managers through leadership communication, performance management and employee management

IT Financial and Supplier Management

Establishes financial transparency for run vs. change, unit cost baselines, and optimization opportunities

Supports budget and financial analysis, cost governance, and partner with IT contract owners on contract management and financial controls

COMPETENCIES:

Extensive business and technical orientation with a…