Sr. Director, IT Business Relationship Management

Building the people that build the world. With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world. Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development. We’re a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world.

As part of HVAC Cooling, SPX Cooling Technologies is a leader in high quality industrial HVAC equipment used to cool large facilities like hospitals, data centers, and power plants. With cooling towers, fans, and refrigeration units, companies rely on brands like Marley, Recold, and SGS to provide comfort and mission critical and industrial cooling solutions.

How You Will Make An Impact (Job Summary)

SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As the Sr. Director, Information Technology – Cooling Products, you will interface between the senior business leaders, local, and corporate SPX IT teams. You will be responsible for aligning IT and the business unit’s strategic direction to assure that IT investments are delivering the highest value to SPX, serving as a champion for enterprise strategic initiatives including Digitalization, Mergers & Acquisition, and Technical Debt Reduction.

You will be highly strategic and accountable for working collaboratively across the organization at various levels to understand business needs to enable growth and business outcomes. Ensure business unit priorities are effectively communicated to the IT organization, and facilitate the generation, oversight and delivery of IT support and projects required to deliver business objectives. Actively manage local IT leadership and teams.

Identify appropriate technical and business resources needed to ensure projects are completed on schedule, within budget, meeting business and technical requirements.

What You Can Expect In This Role (Job Responsibilities)

• Information Technology Strategy and Execution
• Responsible for prioritizing, developing, communicating, and driving IT strategies aligned with business strategies; direct the IT activities and personnel to translate these strategies into achievable outcomes and tangible actions
• Serve as the relationship linkage between the business unit and IT
• Represent IT to the business by promoting IT’s vision, value, services, and capabilities
• Facilitate and serve as a lead for the prioritization, planning and initiation of efforts to enable the achievement of business objectives through the effective use of technology
• Communicate decisions, priorities, and relevant information to appropriate levels of staff regarding opportunities, initiatives, and requests
• Work with peers to understand breadth of opportunity in an effort to maximize value of investments
• Business Advocate:
• Act as a business advocate to ensure IT services meet their business priorities and needs
• Provide highly-valued strategic consulting support and guidance

What we are looking for (Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education) Required Experience

• 7-10+ years relevant IT architecture, operations and application development experience with 5+ years’ experience at senior management level, with P&L, Cost Center, or equivalent accountability
• Understanding of business process management & IT relationship
• Experience managing a virtual team
• Proven experience leading large, complex, cross-functional projects from strategy to execution
• Demonstrated expertise driving digital/AI transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business impact

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Background in industrial manufacturing or equivalent environment
• Strong analytical skills
• The ability to conduct cost/benefit analysis
• Business case development
• Expertise on a variety of business and technical concepts, practices, and procedures
• Strong business acumen and technology skills

Education & Certifications

• A relevant Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science / Informatics/ Information Systems/ Technology/ Industrial Engineering/Business Management or Business…