Manager Technology & Information Governance

About the role

Our Human Resources Department is focused on ALDI’s most valuable asset: our people. With teams including Administration, Employee Communications, Payroll & Benefits, Human Resource Information Systems, Legal, Risk & Security, Recruitment and Training & Development, HR makes sure that ALDI continues to employ talented and motivated people that are focused on preserving the supportive culture we're known for.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the training, development, and performance of their team’s staff to retain a motivated, professional workforce that achieves their career objectives.
• Recruits and recommends qualified employees for their team’s staff positions.
• Establishes, communicates and evaluates job responsibilities, priorities and performance expectations to their team to ensure a mutual understanding of desired results.
• Understands the overarching company strategy while communicating and modeling the core values of the organization to create a sense of teamwork and membership among employees.
• Reports on information governance progress and makes recommendations to leadership regarding changes to improve policies and procedures.
• Provides guidance and training to teams on information governance principles and practices.
• Evaluates and recommends the use of off-the-shelf or custom developed software.
• Consults with leadership on the development of their team's strategy.
• Advises leadership to source external vendors for applicable services when appropriate.
• Liaises with applicable areas of the business to ensure appropriate collaboration and timely, efficient communication flow.
• Consults with the business to effectively design and streamline applicable processes within the organization.
• Keeps up-to-date on external best practices and relevant changes to their field/area; communicates updates to leadership.
• Communicates and assures compliance with the Office Employee Handbook and established policies and procedures.
• Implements information retention and destruction policies in accordance with legal, regulatory, and business requirements.
• Establishes and maintains an information governance framework, including roles, processes, and tools for managing information across its lifecycle.
• Oversees information retention, ensuring regulatory compliance and mitigating risks related to data privacy and security.
• Oversees Legal Hold and eDiscovery activities in accordance with direction from counsel.
• Collaborates with information stewards and business units to maintain information integrity.
• Conducts audits and assessments to ensure compliance with information governance policies and regulatory requirements.
• Reviews applicable contracts for alignment with information governance best practices and organizational goals.
• Maintains and administers legal service management tooling.
• Manages the overall maintenance of existing programs and Legal IT systems.
• Implements information and policy process improvements and technology solutions to enhance the effectiveness of the Legal team and meet organizational goals.
• Creates appropriate documentation and effectively communicates status and potential organizational changes that may result out of a project’s scope.
• Leads and manages a technology and information governance staff.
• Lead and manage their team by driving projects and tasks to completion through effective prioritization, work planning, resource allocation, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Identifies cost-saving opportunities and potential process improvements.
• Serves as the primary link between their team’s staff and leadership to ensure understanding of company goals, objectives, and opportunities for improvement.
• Complies with ALDI privacy and security requirements and policies if job responsibilities include possible access to confidential and/or sensitive information.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Bachelor's Degree or a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge required.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Business, Legal, or Information Governance Technology and retail operations required. Or, a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.
• Previous experience leading and managing a team.

Skills

• Consistently demonstrates the ALDI Acts Competencies as outlined for the role.
• Ability to recommend, interpret, and/or apply company policies and procedures.
• Gives attention to detail and follows instruction.
• Ability to lead and manage a team.
• Ability to develop rapport, trust, and open communication that enhances the growth and job performance of direct reports.
• Understands the history, strategy, organizational authority, interdependence of job duties, products, systems, and services of the company.
• Conflict management skills.
• Knowledge of business system environments and processing requirements.
• Understands overall data flow from user specifications considering all input and output, hardware, software, and the operating environment.
• Knowledge of computer hardware components and their function relative to the overall operation of the equipment.
• Knowledge of the functions and purposes of software in a personal/network computer environment for organizing and analyzing files and information.
• Ability to define specifications from user requirements.
• Ability to facilitate group involvement when conducting meetings.
• Negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of legal technology solutions and legal data and information practices.
• Ability to work collaboratively with international and local stakeholders and business partners.
• Ability to navigate complex environments and drive change.
• Ability to evaluate work performance and motivate behavior change among direct reports when necessary.
• Effective time management; maximizes productivity.

Pay & schedule

• Position Type: Full-Time
• Starting Salary: $176,000
• Salary Increases: Year 2 - $186,250 | Year 3 - $196,750
• Work Location: Aurora, IL
• This role is eligible to participate in ALDI's Hybrid Work Program, which allows remote work up to 3 days per week (i.e., work remotely up to 3 days per week; work in-office at least 2 days per week).

Benefits

• 401(k) Plan
• Company 401(k) Matching Contributions
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• PerkSpot National Discount Program
• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)
• Generous Vacation Time & 7 Paid Holidays
• Up to 6 Weeks Paid Parental Leave at 100% of pay
• Up to 2 Weeks Paid Caregiver Leave at 100% of pay
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life, Dependent Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance