Manager Information Technology | Palo Verde Digital Transformation

Summary

This role plays a key leadership part in advancing digital transformation at Palo Verde, helping modernize how technology supports safe, reliable, and efficient operations. As a Manager of Information Technology, you’ll guide a team that designs and delivers digital solutions that improve how work gets done, how data is used, and how systems perform. Your leadership directly supports APS’s mission by enabling smarter decision‑making, strengthening reliability, and ensuring technology investments align with enterprise standards that protect our people, systems, and communities.

• Lead, coach, and develop a technology team delivering digital solutions that improve operational efficiency, reliability, and data‑driven decision making at Palo Verde.
• Partner closely with business units to identify priorities, translate needs into digital capabilities, and deliver solutions that create real operational value.
• Guide the design and implementation of new technologies while ensuring seamless integration with existing Palo Verde systems.
• Ensure digital initiatives align with enterprise transformation goals, cybersecurity expectations, and compliance requirements.
• Manage financial planning, vendor coordination, and resource allocation to deliver results responsibly and efficiently.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and high customer satisfaction across the team.

• Experience leading and developing IT teams delivering technology or digital transformation initiatives.
• Ability to partner effectively with business stakeholders to prioritize work and translate needs into practical technology solutions.
• Strong understanding of integrating new digital tools with existing systems while maintaining reliability, security, and compliance.
• Experience overseeing vendor relationships, budgets, and team performance.
• A leadership style focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Alignment with APS values and a commitment to delivering high‑quality service and outcomes.
• BS in Computer Science, Business or related degree or equivalent work experience.
• PLUS eight to ten (8-10) years progressively responsible related experience in area/s of assignment is required to obtain an advanced understanding of information and/or communication systems, operating systems, network communications, equipment and infrastructure.
• AND three (3+) years experience working at a Nuclear Generating Station is preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership skills required.
• Previous supervisory experience preferred.
• Demonstrated high quality oral, written and presentation communication skills, high quality interpersonal and people management skills, and demonstrated experience in project management.
• Extensive experience in the development, integration, and support of information and communication systems applications, distributed and mainframe environments, network architecture and sub-systems, distributed and mainframe server architectures cross platform interfaces.
• Extensive experience in information systems methodologies, systems guidelines & architectures, and technologies.