Digital IT Leader

Position: Digital IT Leader #983424

Director of Digital Technology & Product Strategy

Location: Tampa, FL (hybrid)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Overview

We are seeking a strategic and innovative technology leader to drive the vision, roadmap, and execution of digital business products across the organization. This role is responsible for enabling digital transformation, optimizing technology investments, and delivering high-performing digital solutions that enhance business operations.

The ideal candidate is a forward-thinking technologist with strong leadership, communication, and business partnership capabilities.

Strategic Leadership & Roadmap Development

• Develop and execute a long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for digital business products.
• Serve as a catalyst for digital transformation, guiding the organization toward modern, high-impact technology solutions.
• Ensure digital products are reliable, high-performing, and aligned with business priorities.
• Identify productivity improvements, cost efficiencies, and opportunities to increase the value of the digital technology portfolio.

Partnership & Business Engagement

• Build and maintain strong relationships with business leaders to gain support for transformation initiatives.
• Partner with business stakeholders to develop solution concepts, assess opportunities, and build business cases for new technology investments.
• Oversee the launch and adoption of digital products to ensure meaningful impact across the organization.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing technology team, supporting their professional growth and aligning their efforts with organizational goals.
• Manage external vendors and partners involved in product development, implementation, and support.
• Oversee budget planning, product portfolio management, and KPI performance tracking.

Customer-Centric Mindset

• Focus on understanding internal and external customer needs to ensure digital solutions create measurable value.

Communication & Influence

• Strong communication and persuasion skills; able to negotiate, influence stakeholders, and build consensus across the organization.
• Skilled in overcoming communication barriers to drive mutual understanding.

Business Acumen

• Understand core business processes and the financial, social, and operational impact of technology decisions.
• Ability to map workflows and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and efficiency.

Technical & Strategic Expertise

• Strong understanding of IT functions, cloud technologies, infrastructure trends, and digital architecture.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking, with the ability to distinguish between tactical and long-term initiatives and translate strategy into execution.
• Promote simplicity, agility, and rapid ideation in team operations.

Global Perspective & Accountability

• Ability to operate effectively in a global organization and leverage cross-border expertise.
• Take ownership of goals and outcomes while holding the team accountable for organizational objectives.

Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills

• Strong analytical abilities and comfort dealing with complex data, business economics, and financial analysis.
• Capability to propose alternative approaches for complex problems or ambiguous environments.
• Experience in managing external suppliers for discovery, modeling, implementation, and ongoing support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in programming, systems analysis, or implementation.
• 5+ years of experience leading or managing teams.
• Experience in the manufacturing industry is a plus.
• Background working with business processes such as Commercial, Supply Chain, or Industrial operations.
• Knowledge of IT processes including development, infrastructure, security, governance, and technologies such as Cloud, Big Data, APIs, AI, and GenAI.
• Expertise in Agile methodologies, Project Management, Product Development, and innovation processes.

Seniority Level

• Director

Employment Type

• Full-time

Job Function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Media

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