Director, IT

Position:         IT Director    

Location:        Houston, TX  

Department:  Information Technology

Position Summary:

This is a senior management position responsible for all elements of information technology in the organization.  The head of IT will have current knowledge and future vision to make and implement strategic decisions aligning with business needs.  As a key member of the organization’s leadership team this role is responsible for executing the IT strategy and positioning the IT function to maximize its value to the business. 

Qualifications/Experience: 

• B.S. Degree required; M.S. or M.B.A. preferred
• Marine industry experience preferred

• Ten or more years of experience in IT
• Four or more years in IT leadership role, including strategy, budgeting, and staffing
• Six or more years in an IT infrastructure technical role
• Expertise in software and hardware architecture, operating systems, cloud adoption, networking, cyber security, and line of business applications

• In-depth business process analysis experience
• Experience in vendor management and negotiation 
• Experience in process improvement
• Strong business acumen, including industry and specific processes
• Deep understanding of current and emerging technologies and practices
• Skilled in strategic thinking, business and technical planning
• Demonstrated leadership, decision-making and team building skills
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and technologies to business leaders

• Must be a self-starter, self-motivated, detail oriented and solution focused

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Sets the mission, vision, and strategy to maximize the success of business and IT initiatives.
• Prioritizes resources and maintains budget, ensuring that it’s consistent with strategic objectives.
• Develops an understanding of the business needs by building a relationship with key business leaders.
• Accountable for performance, security, and life cycle management of the organization’s infrastructure including datacenter, networking, telephony, end-user equipment, and security.
• Develops processes, technology/vendor standards and deployment guidelines for all critical aspects of the IT service offering.
• Develops, reviews and maintains an effective disaster recovery and business continuity plan.
• Runs an effective service management program based on best-practice processes and disciplines.
• Provides the oversight of projects including but not limited to completion of comprehensive definition of direction, scope and objectives; development of work plans, schedules and budgets; staffing; definition of deliverables; issue management; risk management and establishment of design review and quality assurance checkpoints.
• Stays abreast of emerging technologies and evaluates whether they should be incorporated into IT products to deliver positive business value.
• Manages the supervision, evaluation, and development of team members.
• Understands and propagates the importance of cyber security within the organization; champions processes and technologies to achieve a secure environment.
• Serves on IT and policymaking committees and drives the development of enterprise technologies standards and performance metrics.