Director, IT Business Systems

Description

The opportunity: Smurfit WestRock is seeking an IT Director, Corrugated Application Systems to lead the strategy, delivery, and operational performance of critical business applications supporting our Corrugated operations.

Requirements

• Education & experience: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; 10+ years of progressive IT experience with significant leadership in enterprise application delivery.
• Applications leadership expertise: Proven experience leading business application portfolios in complex, multi-site manufacturing environments.
• Integration, data, and cloud architecture expertise: Strong understanding of enterprise integrations, APIs, and data architectures supporting ERP/MES platforms, with experience leveraging relational and cloud-based databases and scalable cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS) in high-availability manufacturing environments.
• Strong delivery and governance discipline: Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale portfolios, establish intake and prioritization processes, and deliver initiatives on time and within budget.
• Business partnership capability: Ability to engage with plant, operations, and commercial leaders to align technology solutions with business priorities and drive measurable outcomes.
• Vendor and financial management: Experience managing third-party vendors, contracts, and SOWs, with accountability for budgets, cost optimization, and value realization.
• Operational excellence mindset: Deep understanding of IT service management, including incident, problem, and change management, with a focus on stability and continuous improvement.
• Collaboration and communication skills: Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical topics into clear business impacts.
• Change leadership: Ability to lead teams through transformation while maintaining operational stability in a fast-paced, manufacturing-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Agile delivery tools such as Azure DevOps or similar backlog and sprint tracking platforms.
• Experience utilizing AI tools and agents to improve team productivity and faster delivery.
• Working knowledge of project management concepts, release planning, or change management in an IT or business setting.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage meeting cadences, action items, and team documentation in a structured way.