SVP, Information Technology

About the Role

We are seeking a non-traditional, transformative Senior Vice President of IT to lead a bold reimagining of our organization's technology capabilities and culture. The ideal candidate is a disruptive thinker with a proven ability to challenge the status quo, drive enterprise-wide digital transformation, and create innovative technology ecosystems that enable business growth. This role demands a visionary leader who thrives on pushing boundaries, embracing emerging technologies, and fostering a culture of agility and innovation.

Purpose

• Lead transformation: Spearhead disruptive strategies to redefine how technology drives the organization’s long-term success.
• Reimagine IT culture: Foster an agile, forward-thinking technology organization with a focus on collaboration, innovation, and adaptability.
• Enable growth: Develop technology ecosystems that empower scalable growth, enhance decision-making, and create competitive advantages.

Organizational Scope

• Provide enterprise-wide strategic technology leadership that drives transformational change across all business units and functions.
• Oversee cross-functional technology governance frameworks to ensure alignment with business goals and a seamless integration of new innovations.
• Exercise full decision-making authority on technology investments and disruptive innovations that create measurable business value.

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities

• Disrupt and innovate: Challenge existing IT norms and processes, delivering bold, transformational strategies that position the organization as a technology leader.
• Lead digital transformation: Design and execute enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives to support organic business growth and operational excellence.
• Embrace cutting-edge technology: Leverage SaaS platforms, AI, data-driven decision-making tools, and emerging technologies to create a future-ready organization.
• Drive scalability: Build technology architectures that scale with the business and enable rapid innovation and growth.
• Create value: Develop technology strategies that directly contribute to long-term revenue growth and market differentiation.
• AI Leadership: Lead the design, implementation, and governance of AI-enabled solutions, ensuring alignment with business strategy, ethical standards, compliance requirements, and long-term workforce impact.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Foster a culture of disruption: Empower teams to take risks, embrace failure, and think creatively to solve complex challenges.
• Strategic partnerships: Cultivate relationships with technology innovators, thought leaders, and emerging startups to stay ahead of industry trends.
• Build talent pipelines: Recruit, develop, and retain a diverse pipeline of forward-thinking technology leaders.
• Champion security: Collaborate with security teams to ensure robust and adaptive cybersecurity frameworks that enable innovation without compromising integrity.
• Advocate for change: Educate executive leadership and key stakeholders on the value of disruptive technologies and their impact on the organization.

Requirements

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in technology, business, or related field preferred.

Professional Experience

• 15+ years of technology leadership, including experience driving enterprise-level digital transformation.
• Proven track record of creating and implementing disruptive technology strategies that generate measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, complex organizations through periods of significant change and innovation.

Skills

Technical/Professional Skills

• Visionary leadership with a focus on challenging traditional IT paradigms.
• Strong strategic thinking and decision-making capabilities.
• Hands-on experience with building scalable, agile technology ecosystems.
• Deep understanding of cutting-edge solutions in AI, predictive technologies, and data-driven decision frameworks.
• Robust knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and scaling AI solutions, including governance frameworks, change management, and cross-functional adoption.

• AI strategy development and roadmap planning
• Risk, ethics, bias, and compliance management
• Human-in-the-loop design and workforce enablement
• Vendor evaluation and AI solution governance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in global technology leadership roles.
• Expertise in emerging and disruptive technologies, including enterprise AI, advanced analytics, and cloud ecosystems.