Director of IT Strategy & Governance

Overview

Rain Bird Corporation is looking for a new Director of IT Strategy and Governance... Could this be you?

The Director of IT Strategy & Governance oversees the development of technology strategies, IT portfolio and planning processes, and governance standards across the IT organization and in support of IT strategic and operational objectives.

Responsibilities

• Drive development of the business-aligned technology strategy and roadmaps while
  
  

working collaboratively with business and IT leaders

• Facilitate the planning process for IT, including collecting business demands,
  
  

determining annual projects/initiatives, and completing all necessary operating and

capital planning.

• Establish approach, measurements, and tracking for: IT-specific performance of assets,
  
  

resources, IT-related business cases, project/solution delivery, roadmap execution, and

progress against committed objectives.

• Lead vendor management, including definition of strategy and processes for assessing,
  
  

selecting, and managing vendor relationships and overall contract management.

• Lead IT financial management, including defining the budget, tracking the budget, and
  
  

making changes throughout the fiscal year.

• Lead IT-related communications throughout the company
  
  

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in information technology, preferably in
  
  

the manufacturing and software industries.

• Proven ability to collaborate with senior business and IT Leaders on strategic planning
  
  

and roadmap development and provide guidance on leading industry practices /

methodologies to drive improvement across the IT function.

• Experience in developing and implementing IT processes and controls for budgeting,
  
  

monitoring, and forecasting financial and economic aspects of the organization.

• Experience executing a vendor management strategy, and evaluating and monitoring
  
  

internal and external service providers, contractors, and consultants.

• Strong understanding of the principles of change management, effective communication
  
  

to stakeholders, and associated activities to engage stakeholders and mitigate risk.

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders,
  
  

demonstrating the business value of enterprise architecture and data management

initiatives.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related
  
  

field.

Desired Qualifications

• Certifications such as ITIL (Info. Technology Infrastructure Library), Scaled Agile, etc
  
  

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