Director of Information Technology

This individual will lead day-to-day IT operations while partnering directly with executive leadership and business stakeholders to modernize systems, improve processes, address technical debt, and develop a long-term technology roadmap. The ideal candidate will bring 10+ years of progressive IT experience, a strong hands-on technical foundation, and demonstrated success leading complex enterprise technology environments. This role requires a leader who can understand the business at a detailed level, identify technology gaps, and translate those needs into practical solutions while maintaining reliable day-to-day operations.

This is an opportunity to take significant ownership of the IT function, influence technology strategy, and help move an established organization toward a more modern, integrated, and technology-forward environment.

• Lead day-to-day IT operations across infrastructure, applications, software development, security, networking, data, and end-user support.
• Provide leadership and direction to a multidisciplinary IT organization supporting technology needs across the enterprise.
• Partner with business and operational departments to understand challenges, troubleshoot issues, identify technology gaps, and deliver strong internal customer service.
• Oversee business-critical enterprise applications and systems, including legacy platforms, Salesforce, Oracle, and other core technologies.
• Assess the current technology environment to identify technical debt, system limitations, integration gaps, operational bottlenecks, and areas for improvement.
• Develop and execute strategies for modernizing, upgrading, replacing, and integrating legacy systems while maintaining business continuity.
• Establish a technology roadmap that aligns IT investments and priorities with the organization's short- and long-term business objectives.
• Develop and execute initial 30/60/90-day priorities while establishing a longer-term IT strategy.
• Lead multiple technology projects and initiatives, balancing competing priorities, resources, timelines, and business requirements.
• Manage IT budgets and help prioritize technology investments based on business value, operational impact, risk, and long-term strategy.
• Oversee third-party technology vendors, contracts, consultants, and strategic partners.
• Evaluate existing processes and recommend improvements that increase efficiency, scalability, security, reliability, and overall technology effectiveness.
• Lead, mentor, and develop IT team members while establishing clear priorities, accountability, and performance expectations.
• Build strong relationships across the organization and serve as a trusted technology partner to executive leadership and business stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and determine where new solutions can provide practical value to the organization.

• 10+ years of progressive information technology experience with demonstrated leadership responsibility.
• Strong technical foundation with a clear progression into senior IT leadership.
• Proven experience leading enterprise IT operations across multiple technology disciplines.
• Experience overseeing applications, infrastructure, networking, security, development, data, and end-user support functions.
• Hands-on experience modernizing, upgrading, replacing, and integrating legacy systems.
• Demonstrated experience assessing technical debt and developing actionable improvement and modernization roadmaps.
• Strong understanding of enterprise systems integration and the dependencies between business-critical technology platforms.
• Experience managing complex IT projects, competing priorities, budgets, and organizational technology initiatives.
• Proven experience managing third-party vendors, technology partners, contracts, and external resources.
• Ability to understand complex business operations, identify technology gaps, and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong cross-functional partnership experience with business and operational teams.
• Ability to develop and execute 30/60/90-day priorities as well as a longer-term IT strategy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with executives, technical teams, and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative, hands-on leadership style with a willingness to learn the business and become actively involved in solving technology challenges.
• Strong leadership presence and ability to operate effectively within a tenured…