Director of IT & Infastructure

Delta Building Center and affiliated companies

Lamoni, Iowa | Onsite at Team Corporate | Full time | Reports to Integrator

Base salary: $100,000 – $120,000 annually. Annual performance bonus: $30,000 at target, with a maximum of $40,000. Total annual cash compensation: $130,000 – $150,000 at target performance and up to $140,000 – $160,000 at maximum performance. Bonus is earned against defined goals and is not guaranteed. Company benefits and relocation assistance are available for the right candidate.

Travel:
Approximately 20%, with additional travel during assessments and major projects.

Delta is a growing, family-owned group of manufacturing, building-materials, retail and service businesses with approximately 200 team members across multiple states. We are creating our first centralized internal IT leadership position to make technology more reliable, responsive and useful across our operations.

We are looking for a hands-on leader who can personally troubleshoot complex problems, administer key systems and implement improvements while establishing clear priorities, standards and accountability. You will build internal capability, evaluate outside services and develop the right combination of employees and specialized partners to improve service and control total technology costs.

You will initially work with existing outside providers and business leaders. The future team may include a technician based in Colorado and other resources as needs and budgets are established. You will help shape that structure and remain actively involved in technical execution as the function grows.

• Personally diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure and system issues; implement practical improvements in Microsoft 365, identity, Windows environments, networking, endpoints and related systems.
• Lead reliable support across locations through clear priorities, escalation, communication and follow-through. Eliminate recurring causes of disruption while balancing direct support with planned improvement work.
• Establish and maintain company-controlled documentation, administrative access, inventories, technology standards and purchasing processes.
• Own cybersecurity and recovery readiness, using appropriate internal and specialist resources for monitoring, prevention, response, backups and tested restoration.
• Work with operational leaders and application vendors to improve ERP and other critical business applications, integrations, access and data reliability.
• Manage vendor performance, contracts, service expectations and invoices. Identify which services should move in-house, remain outsourced or be redesigned.
• Build the IT budget, equipment lifecycle plan and technology roadmap. Lead projects and develop the internal team with measurable improvements in service, reliability and cost effectiveness.

First 90 days:
Establish trusted working relationships; assess systems, contracts, costs and workload; address urgent risks; and present an initial improvement roadmap and staffing/provider recommendation.

First six months:
Implement priority fixes, establish service measures and cost visibility, validate critical recovery capabilities, and begin the approved plan for building internal capacity and improving outside support.

First year:
Demonstrate sustained improvements in reliability, issue resolution, employee experience, internal capability and total technology cost effectiveness. Maintain a practical 12- to 24-month roadmap with clear owners, budgets and priorities.

• At least seven years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, systems administration, operations or technology leadership, including recent hands-on…