Sr. IT Manager - Food Safety, Quality and Traceability

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the technology strategy and roadmap for food safety, product recall, and traceability capabilities across the enterprise.
• Partner with Safety, Quality, Supply Chain, and Regulatory Affairs leaders to ensure technology solutions support end-to-end product traceability, recall readiness, compliance reporting, and risk management.
• Drive the implementation and continuous improvement of technology solutions supporting product recalls, food traceability, quality management, supplier quality, audits, and corrective action processes.
• Serve as the primary IT partner to Safety and Asset Protection leadership, aligning technology initiatives with business priorities and strategic objectives.
• Develop and maintain technology roadmaps supporting safety, food safety, recall management, traceability, compliance, risk management, and asset protection capabilities.
• Lead a portfolio of projects, enhancements, and operational support activities, ensuring effective prioritization, governance, and delivery.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve compliance, operational effectiveness, risk mitigation, and data-driven decision making through technology solutions.
• Provide leadership and oversight for applications, integrations, reporting, and data solutions supporting Safety and Asset Protection functions.
• Ensure technology solutions support regulatory requirements, audit readiness, product traceability, recall preparedness, and business continuity objectives.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics, and external vendors to deliver scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions.
• Support Asset Protection initiatives through technology solutions related to loss prevention, investigations, incident management, physical security, fraud detection, and analytics.

Job Requirements

• Education / Certifications: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field. Preferred: MBA or other advanced degree. Relevant certifications such as PMP, Agile, SAFe, or ITIL.
• Experience: 8+ years of progressive IT experience with responsibility for enterprise business applications, technology delivery, and business engagement. 3+ years of people leadership experience managing teams, vendors, and cross-functional initiatives. Demonstrated experience supporting Safety, Food Safety, Quality, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, Risk Management, or related business functions. Experience implementing, supporting, or managing enterprise technology solutions that enable product recall management, food traceability, quality management, regulatory compliance, supplier quality, audit management, or incident management. Experience partnering with business leaders to define strategy, prioritize investments, and deliver measurable business outcomes. Strong understanding of application delivery, systems integration, technology governance, and vendor management. Preferred: Experience with commercial Food Safety, Recall Management, Traceability, Quality Management, or EHS platforms. Experience supporting Asset Protection, Loss Prevention, Physical Security, Investigations, Fraud Prevention, or related business functions. Experience working in retail, healthcare, food and beverage, consumer products, manufacturing, distribution, or other highly regulated industries.