CIO - Food Ingredients BU

Job Summary

We are seeking an accomplished Chief Information Officer to lead the technology separation, stabilization, and long-term transformation of a private equity-backed Food Ingredients company following a major carve-out. This is a unique opportunity to build a standalone IT organization from the ground up while establishing the digital, data, and AI capabilities that will accelerate growth, operational excellence, and value creation.

About the Role

Join a transformational, collaborative, and results-oriented leadership team where your expertise will help shape the future of a newly established standalone organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead all technology separation activities, ensuring Day 1 operational readiness and business continuity across critical systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and support services.
• Establish and execute the target-state technology strategy, operating model, and roadmap for a standalone global enterprise.
• Direct TSA governance and exit activities, managing service levels, costs, risks, and transition milestones.
• Develop a scalable enterprise architecture encompassing ERP, business applications, infrastructure, security, cloud, data, and collaboration platforms.
• Define and implement the organization's long-term digital, data, and AI strategy to accelerate growth, innovation, and operational effectiveness.
• Partner with leaders across Finance, Operations, Commercial, HR, and Supply Chain to integrate technology into key business processes and decision making.
• Build a secure and resilient technology environment, including cybersecurity, disaster recovery, data governance, and risk management capabilities.
• Lead technology investments, vendor partnerships, and IT financial management to ensure disciplined spending and measurable business value.
• Build and develop a high-performing global technology organization capable of supporting future growth, transformation initiatives, and M&A activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Significant executive technology leadership experience as a CIO, Divisional CIO, SVP IT, or equivalent role.
• Proven success leading carve-outs, separations, TSA exits, or standalone company creations.
• Deep expertise across enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud technologies, and IT service delivery.
• Strong experience leading large-scale SAP transformation, modernization, or optimization programs.
• Demonstrated track record of aligning technology strategy with business performance, growth, and value creation objectives.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide digital transformation, data, and AI-enabled initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen, including technology budgeting, vendor management, investment prioritization, and ROI analysis.
• Exceptional executive presence with the ability to influence senior leadership teams, boards, investors, and external partners.

Qualifications

• Experience in private equity-backed organizations and value creation environments.
• Experience supporting post-acquisition integrations and M&A-driven growth strategies.
• Demonstrated success implementing enterprise AI capabilities and scaling data-driven decision-making across global organizations.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and execution.
• Leadership and team management.
• Financial acumen and budgeting.
• Technology strategy development and implementation.
• Collaboration and cross-functional partnership.
• Enterprise architecture and design.
• Data and AI strategy development.
• Security and risk management.
• Vendor management and procurement.
• IT financial management and investment prioritization.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and executive-level benefits package.

Pay

$279,342.00 - $399,060.00 USD

Schedule

Hybrid role based in one of our offices in the United States.