Director, Technology Governance

Category/Area of Expertise: IT & Technology

Job Requisition: 500589

Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2110 Executive Drive

Store Code: OCIO - Budget & Financial Mgmt (5175549)

Technology governance is not just about controls—it’s about enabling the business to move with speed, clarity, and confidence. As our Technology organization continues to evolve, this role will shape a more modern, risk‑aware, and well‑governed environment that supports innovation  Director of Technology Governance, you will own and evolve the enterprise governance function—establishing clear guardrails, decision rights, and operating standards that enable teams to move faster with confidence.

You’ll bring together governance, audit readiness, and knowledge management into a cohesive, scalable approach that strengthens how we operate across the organization. This is a highly visible role within IT, partnering closely with Internal Audit, Information Security, and senior Technology leaders. You will help embed “compliance by design,” enhance transparency across risk and decision‑making, and drive measurable maturity without slowing the business down.

If you’re energized by turning governance into a strategic enabler and shaping how a large, evolving Technology organization makes decisions and manages risk, this role offers the opportunity to make a lasting, enterprise‑wide impact.

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in‑person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office location for this role is Salisbury, NC.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.

• Define and lead the enterprise technology governance model, including decision rights, forums, RACIs, standards, and exception frameworks—ensuring clarity and consistency across domains.
• Establish and continuously improve governance policies and processes, including lifecycle management, ownership, approvals, exceptions, attestations, and change control.
• Operate as a strong second line of defense by setting control expectations, monitoring effectiveness, and providing independent, constructive challenge to first line teams.
• Lead audit and compliance readiness efforts (e.g., SOX ITGC, PCI, HIPAA as applicable), including scoping, evidence strategy, walkthroughs, findings governance, and remediation tracking.
• Serve as a key partner to Internal Audit and Information Security, aligning on risk priorities, testing approaches, and lessons learned from audits and incidents.
• Establish and lead governance forums (e.g., Change/Release, Architecture/Standards, Data/Platform guardrails), ensuring decisions are clear, actionable, and consistently upheld.
• Own knowledge management for governance artifacts, including taxonomy design, centralized repositories, version control, accessibility, and change communications.
  
  Define and deliver KPI and KRI dashboards (e.g., policy adoption, attestations, exception trends, control effectiveness, finding aging) and use insights to drive continuous improvement.
• Embed “compliance by design” through enablement, training, and integration into ways of working and supporting tools.
• Partner across Procurement, Security, and Legal to strengthen governance of third‑party and vendor technology risk within the CIO organization.
• Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing team responsible for governance, risk, and knowledge management capabilities.
• Manage budgets, platforms, and external partners supporting GRC and knowledge management initiatives.
• Contribute to broader IT strategy development, ensuring governance frameworks support both innovation and risk management objectives.
• Partner with business and Technology leaders to identify opportunities to improve decision‑making, reduce risk, and increase operational transparency.

• 12+ years of progressive Technology leadership experience, including ownership of strategic programs, platforms, or domain‑specific functions, with strong exposure to governance, risk, audit/compliance, or IT controls.
• 4+ years of experience leading diverse, cross‑functional teams within complex, matrixed environments.
• Bachelor’s degree…