Vice President of Information Technology

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The Opportunity:

JR Automation a Hitachi Group Company is driven to deliver customer success worldwide. We provide intelligent automated manufacturing and distribution technology solutions that transform how the worlds leading manufacturers make and distribute products. Our strength is our people and were always looking to get stronger across North America Europe and Asia. Join us as Vice President of Information Technology as we work together to bring innovative automation solutions to life.

Location Type: This position is hybrid in Holland MI or Lake Orion MI.

Travel: This position may require up to 25% domestic and international travel to support global business initiatives and stakeholder engagement.

What We Offer:

• Competitive wages medical benefits starting your first day and paid parental leave

• Opportunity to work on unique custom automation projects

• A collaborative engineering-driven environment

• Career growth and skill development opportunities

• A role where craftsmanship and quality truly matter

Role Overview

The Vice President of Information Technology is a strategic and operational leader responsible for defining and executing the enterprise technology vision that enables business growth operational resilience IT modernization AI-first transformation data-driven decision-making and superior employee/customer experiences. This role oversees enterprise architecture applications infrastructure cybersecurity data/AI collaboration platforms and vendor/partner ecosystemsdelivering secure reliable scalable and business-aligned technology services across the organization.

How Youll Make an Impact:

Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and execute a 35-year ICT strategy aligned to business objectives and budget with a clear roadmap investment plan and measurable outcomes.

• Translate strategy into annually prioritized portfolios (run/grow/transform) balancing innovation with risk and cost.

• Lead and coach multi-disciplinary teams; build succession pipelines and a high-performance culture focused on outcomes accountability and continuous improvement.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology trends modernization priorities AI opportunities risk posture and measurable business value.

Enterprise Architecture & Applications

• Own enterprise architecture standards (application data integration infrastructure) and govern adherence.

• Oversee the lifecycle and modernization of core platforms (ERP CRM MES/PLM HCM Finance Collaboration M365 data platforms) including selection implementation integration simplification and adoption.

• Drive API first cloud-smart patterns master data quality and reusability across the portfolio.

Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance

• Act as security owner and lead security team to maintain a risk-based cybersecurity program covering identity endpoint network cloud application and data/AI security.

• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations/standards (e.g. ISO 27001 SOC 2 NIST GDPR/CCPA PCI HIPAAtailored to the business).

• Establish incident response readiness disaster recovery (DR) business continuity (BCP) and tabletop exercises.

Infrastructure Cloud & Collaboration

• Ensure resilient performant and cost-efficient operations across networks data centers/cloud (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) endpoints and unified communications/collaboration (Teams SharePoint Exchange).

• Optimize observability automation asset management and lifecycle management (patching backup endpoint compliance).

Data Analytics AI & Enterprise Modernization

• Govern data strategy platforms (data lake/warehouse) BI self-service and data quality.

• Define and execute the enterprise AI roadmap including secure use of AI/ML co-pilots automation guardrails use cases model risk adoption and value measurement.

• Partner with business leaders to identify and scale high-value AI automation analytics and digital workflow opportunities that improve productivity quality speed and decision-making.

• Advance literacy and adoption through enablement programs and a federated operating model (central standards local ownership).

Service Management & Experience

• Mature ITSM/ESM practices (incident request change problem CMDB) with strong SLAs/XLAs and continuous improvement.

• Implement clear service catalogs intake and prioritization drive adoption via training comms and change management.

Financials Sourcing & Vendor Management

• Own ICT budgets forecasts and value realization (TCO/ROI) ensuring transparency and financial discipline.

• Lead contract negotiations partner strategy and vendor performance (scorecards QBRs risk management).

• Identify and retire technical debt; standardize where appropriate to reduce cost and complexity.

M&A Expansion & Enterprise Programs

• Lead technology due diligence separation/integration plans and synergy realization.

• Partner on major business transformations (e.g. ERP modernization global network upgrades cybersecurity uplift data platform buildouts AI enablement and enterprise process automation).

People Leadership

• Provides strategic and operational leadership for the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) organization fostering a high-performance customer-focused culture aligned with business objectives.

• Leads develops and mentors IT leaders and team members across multiple technology disciplines ensuring organizational capability succession readiness and employee engagement.

• Responsible for setting the vision and direction for the ICT function establishing clear goals performance expectations and accountability measures.

• Drives talent management activities including workforce planning recruitment coaching performance management career development and succession planning.

• Promotes collaboration across business and technology teams enabling effective partnership innovation and continuous improvement.

• Champions a culture of inclusion transparency and continuous learning while building organizational capabilities to support evolving business needs.

• Leads through organizational change helping teams adapt to new technologies processes and strategic priorities.

• Ensures leadership practices reflect company values and support employee engagement retention and professional growth.

• Oversees a team of technology leaders and professionals managing resources and organizational structure to deliver reliable secure and scalable technology solutions while maintaining operational excellence and business alignment.

Note: This list of responsibilities is inclusive; however it is intended to be a guideline for activities.

What Youll Bring:

• 15 years of progressive enterprise IT leadership including 5 years at Senior Director/VP level with demonstrated execution experience in IT modernization cybersecurity enterprise applications data platforms and AI/digital transformation.

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Business Administration or a related discipline required. Masters degree or other advanced degree strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated success leading large-scale programs across applications infrastructure/cloud security and data/analytics.

• Certifications: TOGAF ITIL PMP/Agile (PMI-ACP SAFe) cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP) security (CISSP/CISM) data (Azure DP Databricks).

• Global Leadership & Strategy: Experience managing international multicultural teams across different time zones.

• Negotiation and Contract Management: Strong financial management (multi-million OPEX/CAPEX) vendor management and contract negotiation.

• Financial & Budget Management: Proven competence in cost control budgeting and financial reporting.

• Communication & Stakeholder Management: Strong negotiation persuasion and interpersonal skills to manage relationships with senior leadership and external stakeholders.

• Prior experience within the automation industry or a Hitachi Group company is strongly preferred.

Disclaimer: JR Automation requires candidates to successfully complete a 10-panel drug screen physical examination and background check.

Company Overview:

At JR Automation A Hitachi Group Company we discover potential reimagine limits and advance industry. When faced with a problem we find a solution. Together we push whats possible to automate for tomorrow.

Join our team of 2000 at one of our 20 facilities around the world and be a part of the most experienced team of advanced automation integrators.

Fueled by Possible.

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