Director, APAC IT

About us:

Here at Tarro we build products that empower small brick and mortar restaurants by liberating them of the operational burden of running their business. We accomplish this by providing a frictionless connection between them and their customers through our -turn empowering them to focus on creating a better experience for their customers while helping their business thrive.

We obsess over placing our customers first and working backwards from there. When our customers succeed we succeed!

To learn more about our culture values and how you can be a part of helping mom & pop restaurants thrive please visit us here! were looking for:

We are looking for an experienced Director APAC IT that will own the development integration administration support and overall health of our corporate technology and applications. You will be managing a global team of IT engineers administrators and support staff as well as being a significant hands-on contributor.

This position is onsite at our offices in Manila (Pasig City) or Dumaguete with typical working hours from 3AM until 12PM noon Tuesday through Saturday Asia/Manila time (GMT 8.) Working hours may sometimes flex with the needs of the business. This role requires approximately 20% travel and will spend some time each quarter outside the home office at our offices in Dumaguete (or Manila) and Kuala Lumpur.

This position reports to the Head of Global IT and Security.

What you will accomplish:

• Lead our IT Engineering function with responsibility for both existing and green-field corporate technology

• Manage a team of IT engineers administrators and support staff

• Implement maintain and extend corporate applications for productivity security and connectivity including line-of-business systems owned by cross-functional peers

• Create an environment of rapid iteration on projects with cross-functional peers

• Give regular and clear feedback around direct reports performance

• Foster decision making on the team but make final decisions when necessary

• Set and manage technology consumers expectations

• Participate in production support incidents and hold team accountable for doing application support and resolving incidents

• Develop and enforce IT policies and practices

• Resolve issues escalated by technicians and engineers

• Provide support and guidance to users via service management tools

One year deliverables:

• Mobile device management systems

• Multifactor and directory login for endpoints

• Access orchestrations

• Global zero-touch hardware deployment

• Compliance tooling (VAPT GRC systems and CI/CD hardening SIEM etc.)

About you:

• You have 10 years of IT experience with 5 years leading a team

• You have experience managing the following concepts and/or applications:

  • Identity management (i.e. Okta Azure etc.)

  • Mobile device management (i.e. Jamf Kandji Intune etc.)

  • Productivity tools (i.e. Google Workspace Slack Atlassian etc.)

  • Line-of-business applications (i.e. Salesforce Netsuite Intercom etc.)

  • HR information systems (i.e. BambooHR Ashby etc.)

• You have experience delivering compliance tooling for common frameworks (PCI DSS SOC 2 etc.)

• You have broad generalist knowledge of networking information security and workstation technologies

• You have excellent high-level people management skills combined with project management skills

• You think critically about the status quo and how it can be improved

• You have experience with scripting and APIs

• You are comfortable working independently in ambiguous situations

Bonus points:

• You have experience building and managing a full-spectrum corporate technology portfolio

• You are experienced in startups and/or rapid-growth companies

• You are passionate about coaching mentorship and career development

• You are obsessed with delighting customers

• You are open and willing to take on additional responsibilities that may be outside of this role. We are a growing company!

If you do not meet all the requirements listed above which candidates rarely do dont worry. We still encourage you to apply!

Tarro is committed to hiring the best team to empower small businesses to thrive. We believe that a diverse workforce is paramount to our success. We welcome talent from all backgrounds - including but not limited to - race sexual orientation gender identity age nationality religion veteran status political affiliation and disability.

Required Experience:

Director