VP – IT-Global Commercial Technology

VP – IT-Global Commercial Technology

Requirements

• 15 years of progressive application development/maintenance and/or project/program management experience. Preferably experience working in multiple regions/countries.
• Minimum of 10 years in a significant managerial role
• Technical and business support of commercial or regional IT
• Demonstrated success driving the development, implementation, support, and upgrading of large enterprise platforms. E.g., JDE or Salesforce
• Experience with project/product and portfolio level Agile methodologies
• Demonstrated success leading in a complex matrix environment with direct and indirect resources geographically distributed
• Experience managing a robust IT budget and corresponding vendor strategy
• Demonstrated ability to build strong teams; recruit top talent and develop colleagues of all levels
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build relationships, influence outcomes, and to deliver effective presentations to a variety of audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to interact comfortably with all levels of management and actively participate on senior leadership teams
• Demonstrated experience in overseeing the concurrent delivery of multiple programs across multiple functions and business groups
• Experience in identifying and applying innovative ideas to business problems and driving them through the development stage to implementation and successful adoption
• Strong eye for business with understanding of regional market differentiation, finance, budgeting, forecasting, and business management.
• Experience in managing and influencing vendors and consultants.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement technology strategy that supports commercial growth objectives and collaborate with executive leadership to prioritize work based on value
• Ensure key partners receive effective communication regarding key portfolio level initiatives and priorities.
• Influence functional commercial and product development strategy to promote capabilities that support strategic themes and achieve stability, quality, and development velocity.
• Align with commercial, R&D, and functional IT peers to manage application rationalization and solution lifecycle management to best support the portfolio strategy, freeing up resources to support innovation, product lifecycle management and SG&A targets.
• Provide clear visibility to roadmaps and plans to meet IT demands, working with business leaders and the IT organization to ensure any new requirements are well defined and efficiently assembled.
• Drive strategic IT communications between business owners and IT Leadership through reporting of portfolio oversight and capacity management while proactively identifying, communicating and championing opportunities to converge existing solutions to a standard that benefits enterprise wide.
• Play a supporting senior leadership role in driving the utilization of data, analytics and AI across functions in support of value driven insights and improved productivity.
• Lead inclusively to build and develop talent to meet the evolving intersection of enterprise demand and roles and skills critical to future technology.
• Assess applicability and readiness of new technology solutions and influence suppliers to develop solutions to meet our needs.
• Ensure products and solutions meet or exceed federal, state and international standards.
• Mature and influence the enterprise and IT operating models and application delivery and support services to ensure teams are productive and focused on velocity with a clear articulation of objectives, direction and service expectations.
• Build relationships with key leaders across the enterprise to align milestones and transformative opportunities to drive continuity.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree being preferred.