Director of IT Operations

Our client is a growing organization with an expanding operational footprint and major technology investments ahead. They are seeking a business-minded Director of IT Operations to take ownership of the technology function, strengthen the infrastructure supporting multiple locations, and help shape the next stage of growth. This is a highly visible opportunity for a technology leader who wants to build rather than simply maintain, including leading the technology strategy behind a significant new production facility and developing an internal IT team as the business scales.

• Competitive compensation package, including base salary, annual bonus opportunity, comprehensive health benefits, paid time off, and company holidays.
• High-visibility leadership opportunity with direct access to senior executives and influence over company-wide technology priorities.
• Opportunity to build an IT organization, establish scalable processes, and develop a team rather than inherit a fully mature function.
• Long-term opportunity to grow into a more strategic technology leadership position as the organization expands.

• Set the technology roadmap across corporate and plant environments, translating business priorities into scalable plans, budgets, risk assessments, and implementation strategies.
• Direct core infrastructure spanning networks, servers, endpoints, identity, access, backup, recovery, security controls, and business applications.
• Own the technology workstream for a major new production site, including network and wireless design, equipment connectivity, security, vendor selection, budgeting, and deployment.
• Partner across finance, operations, engineering, supply chain, and plant leadership to ensure technology effectively supports growth and production requirements.
• Provide leadership for ERP and enterprise applications while partnering with dedicated application specialists and external technology resources.
• Manage technology vendors, licensing, procurement, support partners, contractors, and project resources with a focus on performance and accountability.
• Build and develop an internal technology team as the organization expands, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and thoughtful delegation.
• Establish scalable policies, documentation, operating standards, access controls, and service processes while coordinating with broader enterprise technology partners.

• Progressive IT experience with strong knowledge of infrastructure, networking, servers, security, identity and access management, and enterprise systems.
• Business-minded leadership skills with the ability to evaluate objectives, define resources and budgets, communicate recommendations, and own execution.
• Experience working in a manufacturing or industrial environment preferred.
• Experience supporting a new facility buildout, including IT infrastructure, networking, systems deployment, or related technology implementation preferred.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build credibility with executives, technical teams, vendors, office employees, and plant personnel.
• Experience building, modernizing, or expanding technology infrastructure across multiple sites or within a growing organization.
• People leadership experience or demonstrated readiness to hire, develop, manage, and delegate to a growing technical team.
• Experience with ERP platforms or business systems oversight. Net Suite familiarity is helpful but not required.
• Background delivering facility technology, network deployments, systems implementations, integrations, or other substantial IT projects.
• Comfort working in industrial, manufacturing, construction, project-based, or other multi-location operating environments, with the flexibility to travel as business needs require.