Vice President of Information Technology

Location:

Holland, Michigan, United States

Job : R0141541

Date Posted:

Company Name: J.R. AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Profession (Job Category): IT, Telecom & Internet

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:
No

Job Description:

The Opportunity:

JR Automation, a Hitachi Group Company, is driven to deliver customer success worldwide. We provide intelligent automated manufacturing and distribution technology solutions that transform how the world's leading manufacturers make and distribute products. Our strength is our people and we’re always looking to get stronger across North America, Europe, and Asia. Join us as Vice President of Information Technology as we work together to bring innovative automation solutions to life.

This position is hybrid in Holland, MI or Lake Orion, MI.

Travel:
This position may require up to 25% domestic and international travel to support global business initiatives and stakeholder engagement.

• Competitive wages, medical benefits starting your first day, and paid parental leave
• Opportunity to work on unique, custom automation projects
• A collaborative, engineering-driven environment
• Career growth and skill development opportunities
• A role where craftsmanship and quality truly matter

The Vice President of Information Technology is a strategic and operational leader responsible for defining and executing the enterprise technology vision that enables business growth, operational resilience, IT modernization, AI-first transformation, data-driven decision-making, and superior employee/customer experiences. This role oversees enterprise architecture, applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data/AI, collaboration platforms, and vendor/partner ecosystems—delivering secure, reliable, scalable, and business-aligned technology services across the organization.

Develop and execute a 3–5-year ICT strategy aligned to business objectives and budget, with a clear roadmap, investment plan, and measurable outcomes. Translate strategy into annually prioritized portfolios (run/grow/transform), balancing innovation with risk and cost. Lead and coach multi-disciplinary teams; build succession pipelines and a high-performance culture focused on outcomes, accountability, and continuous improvement. Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology trends, modernization priorities, AI opportunities, risk posture, and measurable business value.

Own enterprise architecture standards (application, data, integration, infrastructure) and govern adherence. Oversee the lifecycle and modernization of core platforms (ERP, CRM, MES/PLM, HCM, Finance, Collaboration, M365, data platforms) including selection, implementation, integration, simplification and adoption. Drive API first, cloud-smart patterns, master data quality, and reusability across the portfolio.

Act as security owner and lead security team to maintain a risk-based cybersecurity program covering identity, endpoint, network, cloud, application, and data/AI security. Ensure compliance with applicable regulations/standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, GDPR/CCPA, PCI, HIPAA—tailored to the business). Establish incident response readiness, disaster recovery (DR), business continuity (BCP), and tabletop exercises.

Ensure resilient, performant, and cost-efficient operations across networks, data centers/cloud (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS), endpoints, and unified communications/collaboration (Teams, SharePoint, Exchange). Optimize observability, automation, asset management, and lifecycle management (patching, backup, endpoint compliance).

Govern data strategy, platforms (data lake/warehouse), BI self-service, and data quality. Define and execute the enterprise AI roadmap including secure use of AI/ML co-pilots automation, guardrails, use cases, model risk, adoption and value measurement. Partner with business leaders to identify and scale high-value AI, automation, analytics, and digital workflow opportunities that improve…