Manager, IT

Oversees the organization's technology infrastructure and operations, ensuring systems are reliable, efficient, and secure. Leads the IT team, manages projects, and aligns technology strategies with business goals within the nutraceutical industry. This full-time, exempt position reports to the President of the company.

Responsibilities

• Owns the performance, availability, and reliability of enterprise technology systems, ensuring they consistently support business operations with minimal disruption, meet defined service levels, and evolve to address changing business needs.
• Defines the road map to meet business needs.
• Monitors work queues and directs work to ensure requests are prioritized and completed efficiently.
• Establishes, maintains, and enforces standards for IT and enterprise systems documentation, including system configurations, integrations, processes, workflows, support procedures, change logs, vendor information, company policies, and knowledge transfer materials to ensure continuity, scalability, and effective cross-functional support.
• Manages and develops a high-performing IT team, establishing clear priorities, service standards, and accountability.
• Provides maintenance and operation of the company’s servers, networks, computing hardware, virtualized infrastructure, cloud deployments, software licenses, and enterprise applications.
• Builds a culture of documentation, process discipline, and knowledge sharing across the IT function.
• Oversees cybersecurity and risk management program, ensuring regulatory compliance, strong internal controls, and ongoing system protection. Demonstrates compliance on request to external audit and insurance contacts.
• Manages relationships with external vendors, consultants, and technology partners to ensure performance, cost efficiency, and service quality. Negotiates and monitors pricing, support parameters, and service level commitments.
• Engages stakeholders across the organization to identify and implement opportunities to optimize business processes through technology and automation.
• Designs, implements, maintains, and regularly tests business continuity and disaster recovery strategies to ensure operational resilience.
• Owns and monitors IT budgeting and financial management, ensuring disciplined investment prioritization, cost transparency, and ROI alignment.
• Evaluates, prioritizes, and implements AI, automation, and emerging technologies, ensuring responsible use, data integrity, scalability, and measurable business impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business administration, or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five (5) years of progressive experience leading IT functions, preferably within manufacturing, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or food and beverage environments.
• Proven ability to translate complex business needs into technical requirements and long-term infrastructure plans.
• Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities, with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to executive stakeholders.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership techniques, production methods, budgeting, and coordination of resources.
• Advanced skill in developing tools, programs, and services. Ability to develop informative and succinct management status reporting, managing service level agreements, establishing key performance metrics, and fostering a continuous process improvement culture.

Physical & Mental Requirements

• Ability to sit for long periods of time; a stand-up desk is available upon request.
• Ability to listen to and understand information presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Ability to verbally communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Pay

$116,730 - $194,550 per year (DOE). The Company’s pay range for this job is published in compliance with the State of Washington’s Equal Pay Opportunities Act and is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with labor market data, or other applicable law.

Schedule

Generally works Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm but may be required to work on an altered schedule to meet the needs of the business. Local travel to other company locations and training seminars may be required from time to time.

Benefits

For information about our benefits, please go to: https://fungi.com/pages/fungi-perfecti-llc-summary-of-benefits.