VP Information Technology

## What Does This VP Information Technology Role Involve?

This role will be onsite based in Omaha, NE.The Vice President, Information Technology is responsible for leading Green Plains’ enterprise technology organization and ensuring technology capabilities are effectively aligned with business priorities, operational needs, cybersecurity requirements, and long-term enterprise objectives. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, this role serves as the senior technology leader for the company and is accountable for enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity and data protection, technology project delivery, IT governance, vendor management, digital transformation initiatives, and enterprise technology strategy.

This role serves as the critical link between business operations and technology, partnering closely with leaders across business functions to improve processes, enhance data quality, optimize technology investments, mitigate risk, and deliver measurable business outcomes. The Vice President is expected to operate as a business-first technology leader who understands how to balance strategic direction with practical execution.

Success in this role requires broad business and technology leadership experience, strong financial and operational discipline, exceptional stakeholder management capabilities, and a demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams. The ideal candidate combines executive leadership capability with a hands-on, player-coach mindset and possesses a pragmatic approach focused on leveraging technology to simplify processes, improve performance, strengthen decision-making, and create enterprise value.

The Vice President is accountable for ensuring Green Plains maximizes the value of technology investments by improving utilization of existing systems, simplifying the technology landscape, strengthening cybersecurity and operational resilience, enabling automation and data-driven decision-making, and building a scalable technology organization capable of supporting the company's growth and evolving business needs.### Responsibilities include but are not limited to:### Enterprise Technology Leadership & Governance
- Develop and execute the enterprise technology strategy in alignment with Green Plains’ strategic business objectives.

- Establish and maintain a business-facing IT operating model that strengthens collaboration between technology and business functions.

- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology strategy, investments, risks, opportunities, and emerging technologies.

- Establish governance frameworks for technology prioritization, investment decisions, project delivery, portfolio management, and value realization.

- Lead executive stakeholder communication regarding technology initiatives, priorities, project performance, operational risks, and business outcomes.### Business Partnership & Digital Enablement
- Serve as the primary technology liaison, partnering closely with Finance, Operations, Commercial, Human Resources, Legal, and other business functions to understand priorities, challenges, opportunities, and strategic objectives.

- Translate functional strategies and business needs into practical technology-enabled solutions and actionable roadmaps.

- Facilitate cross-functional process integration and ensure technology solutions support end-to-end business workflows rather than functional silos.

- Promote continuous process improvement through workflow optimization, automation, improved reporting, and enhanced data accessibility.### Enterprise Applications & Business Systems
- Own the enterprise applications portfolio, including Dynamics Finance & Operations, One Stream, Emburse/Certify, Capex
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