IT Strategic Planning and Governance Manager

IT Strategic Planning and Governance Manager

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Kopernik Global Investors, LLC is an SEC registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The Firm provides investment management services to individual and institutional investors. Kopernik is a client‑centric, 100% employee‑owned, global equity investment management specialist.

Summary The IT Strategic Planning and Governance Manager position’s overall responsibility is to provide technology infrastructure planning, governance and deployment of technology for the firm. The position will be responsible for the strategic planning, development and implementation of IT policies and architectural and design standards with respect to network, storage and cloud services, and cybersecurity; governance over IT policies and risk assessment reporting;

delivery of new services and solutions; and capacity planning to ensure the firm’s IT infrastructure meets current and future requirements. This position will partner with the IT Manager for the overall responsibility for technology infrastructure planning and deployment of technology across the firm. This position reports to the Director of Operations.

• Primary individual responsible for assessing and promptly communicating relevant impact of technology/cybersecurity events, whether industry and/or Kopernik‑related, and ensuring that a holistic view is taken with respect to the firm’s third‑party providers and systems utilized.
• Work with the Director of Operations to analyze business needs, recommend and develop plans for strategy, budget and staffing levels in conjunction with current and long‑range objectives and policies, as well as the development, implementation and monitoring of management information and network systems policies and controls to ensure data accuracy, security and legal and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with IT Manager to lead the technology infrastructure strategy and execution for the firm. Includes ensuring comprehensive disaster recovery architecture and operations in a cloud‑based network architecture.
• Planning, project management and implementation leadership, identifying opportunities for automation, cost savings, efficiencies, and service quality improvement throughout the firm.
• Provides infrastructure services vision, enables innovation and seeks to leverage IT emerging technologies that can create business value consistent with the firm’s requirements and expectations.
• Development of enterprise standards, technology architecture and IT governance process, including preparing/reviewing/updating IT Policies and Annual Risk Assessments to identify and mitigate potential threats to the firm’s IT systems, networks and data, and adopt best practices.
• Actively manage relationships with IT vendors (and potentially other firm‑wide vendors as needed) ensuring awareness of infrastructure roadmaps, with a particular focus on the changing cybersecurity landscape and the requirements on the infrastructure to protect against known and emerging threats.
• Prepare and finalize an Annual Risk Assessment and ensure its calendar year‑end assessment date is completed prior to June of the following year.
• Evaluate, negotiate, and manage the IT department’s third‑party service providers to ensure effective and reliable service delivery.
• Manage Kopernik’s Business Continuity Plan (BCP) including updating the BCP on an annual basis and as needed; coordinate with the firm’s Emergency Contact Lead Persons to initiate the BCP when needed consistent with the BCP; provide firm‑wide notification and communication prior to and during an event; and as necessary, complete post‑mortem evaluation of event.
• Review and respond to due diligence questionnaires and request for information related to IT, as needed.
• Maintain record of cybersecurity events impacting the firm and provide firm‑wide notification on cybersecurity events and their impacts (if any) to Kopernik.
• Monitor the IT department’s expenditure to ensure cost‑effective service delivery.
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