Director of Information Technology
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Kansas City, MO - USA
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Job Summary
Position Summary
The Director of Information Technology is responsible for leading enterprise technology strategy execution and operations across infrastructure applications data and cybersecurity. This role combines hands-on operational oversight with forward-looking leadership to ensure systems are reliable today and scalable for tomorrow. Paramount to success of the role will be the ability of the leader to collaborate partner and implement new policies procedures and applications with a Director of AI which will be a peer.
This individual will partner closely with executive leadership and functional teams to align technology investments with business priorities while building the structure processes and team needed to support continued growth.
Position Responsibilities
- Define and execute a multi-year IT roadmap aligned with company growth and operational priorities. Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on technology strategy risk and investment decisions while ensuring alignment with key initiatives across operations finance sales and service.
- Provide scalable infrastructure processes environments security and compliance frameworks to support the AI Director with designing and building the backbone (e.g. architecture and workflow orchestration) for business applications.
- Own system reliability performance and scalability across infrastructure including servers network storage and cloud environments. Ensure effective service delivery establish monitoring and incident response processes and lead remediation of capacity constraints and single points of failure.
- Oversee ERP (Genius) CRM (Salesforce) and other critical systems. Define architecture and integration strategy improve system performance and drive initiatives that reduce manual processes and improve business efficiency. Find ways to partner with Director of AI to develop in-house applications rather than continued purchasing of COTS software.
- Lead the companys cybersecurity program including risk management policies monitoring and incident response. Support customer and regulatory requirements and guide investments to strengthen security posture.
- Own IT budgeting forecasting and cost control. Manage vendor relationships and contracts optimize spend across systems and services and ensure efficient use of internal and external resources.
- Build and lead a scalable IT organization. Recruit and develop talent define roles and responsibilities and implement processes that reduce dependency on individuals while improving accountability and execution.
- Oversee major IT initiatives including system upgrades integrations and infrastructure improvements. Establish prioritization frameworks manage competing demands and ensure projects are delivered on time and with clear business impact.
Position Qualifications
- 15 years of IT experience with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven experience managing infrastructure enterprise applications and IT operations
- Experience leading implementation cross departmental and transformative projects such as ERP and CRM
- Strong business acumen including budgeting vendor management and capital planning
- Experience scaling IT functions within a growing organization
- Preferred experience in manufacturing environments and/or ERP and Salesforce ecosystems
- Bachelors degree in computer science information technology or a related business field is strongly preferred. An advanced degree in a similar discipline is also desired.
Ideal Candidates Will Also Have
- Experience in manufacturing retail distribution or similar operational industries
- Familiarity with ERP systems supply chain software or industrial IoT integration
- Track record of building and leading small high-performing technical teams
- Advanced degree in Computer Science Data Science Engineering or related field or equivalent experience
- Exposure to AI governance responsible AI frameworks and data privacy regulations (GDPR CCPA etc.)
What Success Looks Like
- Reliable scalable systems that support company growth
- Embracing AI and weaving it into both traditional and new processes with Director of AI
- Reduced manual work through better integration and automation
- Clear alignment between IT investments and business outcomes
- Strengthened cybersecurity posture and reduced operational risk
Orange EV is an Equal Opportunity Employers and seek diversity in candidates for employment.
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About Company
Orange EV’s commercially deployed fleet of pure-electric terminal trucks has achieved unparalleled milestones – and uptime performance – in the industry.
