Director, Strategic IT Management & Enablement

Director, Strategic IT Management & Enablement

JOB DESCRIPTION

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.

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.

• 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 ensures benefits realization

• 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

• 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
• Establishes and runs 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

• Develops and enforces QA standards, automation frameworks, and performance/security testing practices
• Ensures compliance and quality gates across all technology initiatives

• Builds and maintains dashboards for delivery predictability, resource capacity, and throughput
• Implements data‑driven insights for decision‑making and continuous improvement
• Focuses on automation, consolidation, and sustainability of IT services

• 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
• Establishes financial transparency for run vs. change, unit cost baselines, and optimization opportunities
• Supports budget and financial analysis, cost governance, and partners with IT contract owners on contract management and financial controls

• Extensive business and technical orientation with a working knowledge of financial and economic analysis, regulatory frameworks, engineering and IT principles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), process mapping, workflow management and general IT business practices
• Extensive knowledge and experience in strategic planning to integrate strategic, operational, financial, architectural, and regulatory issues and facilitate multi‑layered processes from officer level through operation work groups
• Strong ability to develop consensus positions with a wide…