Director-Information Technology

As an S&C Electric team member youll work on projects that have real-world impact. Youll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer more reliable and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. Were big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively. Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrows energy challenges and become an employee-owner!

Hours

• 8:00 am 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) On Site with Flexibility

Compensation

At S&C we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members and we are committed to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated annual base salary range for this position in the United States is $187341 - $248229.74. Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors including performance knowledge job-related skills and experience and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for S&Cs annual incentive plan (AIP) subject to eligibility criteria.

Join our Team as a Director Information Technology!

The Director of Information Technology Infrastructure & Service Delivery is responsible for the strategy architecture operations and continuous improvement of all enterprise IT infrastructure and related service delivery supporting S&C. This role leads a blended-on premise cloud and hybrid environment ensuring high availability security scalability and cost efficiency while delivering reliable IT services aligned with uptime safety and productivity requirements. This role serves as a critical partner to business leaders ensuring technology enables enterprise performance productivity digital initiatives and long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Strategy & Architecture

• Define and execute the infrastructure and service delivery roadmap aligned to business and manufacturing objectives.
• Architect govern and optimize hybrid IT environments including:
  • On premises data centers
  • Private cloud platforms
  • Public cloud services (IaaS PaaS SaaS)
• Establish reference architectures and standards for compute storage networking cloud platforms and endpoint technologies.
• Lead technology lifecycle planning including refresh modernization and decommissioning strategies.
• Support mergers acquisitions plant expansions and technology integrations.

Data Center & On Premises Infrastructure

• Oversee enterprise data center operations including:
  • Server platforms (physical and virtual)
  • Storage systems (SAN NAS object storage)
  • Backup and recovery platforms
• High availability and failover architectures
• Ensure resiliency of on prem infrastructure supporting operations MES ERP OT integrations and engineering systems.
• Manage virtualization platforms
• Own capacity planning performance management and infrastructure optimization.

Cloud & Platform Services

• Lead cloud adoption and optimization across:
  • Public cloud (e.g. Azure AWS GCP)
  • Private and hybrid cloud environments
• Govern cloud landing zones identity integration networking security and cost management (FinOps).
• Oversee migration of workloads from on prem to cloud while maintaining uptime.
• Ensure cloud platforms support:
  • ERP and business applications
  • Analytics and data platforms
  • IoT and smart manufacturing initiatives

Network & Connectivity

• Own enterprise network architecture including:

  • LAN/WAN
  • Plant and industrial networks
  • SD WAN
  • Wireless (corporate and plant floor)

Ensure secure and reliable connectivity across:

• Manufacturing plants
  • Warehouses and distribution centers
  • Engineering sites
  • Corporate offices
  • Remote and hybrid workforce
• Partner closely with OT teams to ensure safe and secure IT/OT segmentation and integration.

End User Computing & Collaboration

• Oversee end user platforms including:
  • Desktops laptops and mobile devices
  • Virtual desktop and remote access solutions
  • Peripheral and shop floor devices
• Support manufacturing specific endpoint needs (kiosks HMIs rugged devices).
• Govern collaboration platforms and productivity tools (email messaging file services conferencing).
• Drive automation self service and standardization to improve user experience.

Service Delivery & IT Operations

• Lead enterprise IT service management using ITIL based practices including:
  • Incident problem change and request management
  • Service catalog and SLAs
  • Asset and configuration management (CMDB)
• Ensure 24x7 operational support for manufacturing environments.
• Own major incident management and root cause analysis.
• Continuously improve service quality responsiveness and customer satisfaction.
• Measure and report on service performance using KPIs and operational metrics.

Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance

• Partner with Information Security leadership to embed security into infrastructure design and operations.
• Ensure infrastructure environments meet cybersecurity regulatory and compliance requirements relevant to manufacturing.

Support:

• Identity and access management
• Network security
• Endpoint protection
• Backup disaster recovery and ransomware resilience
• Participate in business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Reduce operational risk across IT platforms supporting production and logistics.

Identity & Endpoint Management (IAM / UEM)

• Own the enterprise identity and access management (IAM) function ensuring secure reliable and scalable identity services across on prem cloud and SaaS environments.
• Lead strategy architecture and operations for Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) including authentication authorization conditional access MFA identity lifecycle management and privileged access management.
• Govern endpoint and device management using Microsoft Intune and related tools including policy management device compliance application deployment patching and remote access support.
• Ensure seamless identity integration across enterprise platforms including ERP manufacturing systems collaboration tools and third party SaaS applications.
• Partner with Information Security to design and operate identity centric security controls including zero trust principles endpoint posture enforcement and secure remote workforce access.

Vendor Financial & Contract Management

• Manage strategic technology vendors service providers and outsourcing partners.
• Negotiate contracts service agreements and licensing.
• Develop and manage the infrastructure and operations budget including:
  • Capital and operating expenses
  • Cloud consumption and cost optimization
• Ensure vendor performance aligns with uptime and service commitments.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead mentor and develop high performing infrastructure and service delivery teams.
• Build capabilities across cloud automation security and service management.
• Establish a culture of accountability operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Drive collaboration across IT OT engineering supply chain and plant leadership.
• Business Partnership & Manufacturing Enablement
• Act as a trusted advisor to manufacturing and business stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into actionable technology solutions and roadmaps.

Additional Functions:

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Attend in-person or virtual meetings as requested or required.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with others.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

What youll need to succeed:

Required

• Bachelors degree in Business Information Systems Computer Science Computer Engineering Business or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience in managing information systems including 5-7 years of progressive leadership experience in IT.
• Deep subject matter expertise in at least one Infrastructure technology domain with requisite knowledge in all others
• Ability to act as a business partner understanding service standards and the process for analyzing and recommending solutions to address business needs.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to lead guide motivate and delegate to deliver results build teams and capabilities embrace change drive decisions and outcomes embrace culture and inclusion and exhibit integrity.
• Excellent organizational planning and project management skills coordinating internal and external resources creative problem-solving when obstacles arise and juggling a heavy volume of diverse projects including both strategic and tactical assignments.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to establish meaningful relationships built on mutual trust and respect navigate and resolve conflict moderate behaviors and foster collaborative working relationships amongst a diverse audience.
• Excellent communication skills (written verbal listening and presentation); able to liaise with internal and external stakeholders at all levels from senior executives to support staff and present compellingly to achieve buy-in from executives managers and team members.
• Excellent business acumen and analytical skills with the ability to use and analyze data to drive informed decisions problem-solve complex issues and leverage data and learnings to drive continuous improvement.
• Sound financial acumen and numerical ability to manage budgetary resources to maximum effectiveness.
• Skilled at navigating through ambiguity and leading teams and organizations through change.
• Ability to travel as required.

Preferred

• Masters degree in Business Information Systems Computer Science Computer Engineering and Business.

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