Director of Information Technology

Role Overview

• Serve as a strategic IT Business Partner to RSS and division leadership, shaping business strategy, operating models and growth initiatives while supporting critical execution
• Translate business strategy into technology, data and AI roadmaps assessing needs, evaluating emerging technologies and building ROI-driven business cases and CAPEX investments
• Provide leadership and oversight of the IT function setting enterprise technology strategy, priorities and investment allocation across Infrastructure and Business Applications
• Drive the evolution and simplification of enterprise architecture including network, ERP and core business systems to enable scalability, efficiency and innovation
• Ensure IT initiatives deliver measurable business value on time, on budget and aligned to ROI targets while achieving strong leadership alignment and user adoption
• Lead advancement of Business Intelligence, data strategy and analytics capabilities enabling end-to-end visibility and data driven decision making across the enterprise
• Define and execute AI, automation and advanced analytics strategies embedding capabilities into core processes to drive productivity and business outcomes
• Enable eCommerce growth through scalable systems, integrations and data capabilities
• Act as a thought leader on digital innovation, proactively identifying opportunities to leverage AI, emerging technologies and automation to transform operations and customer outcomes
• Negotiate and manage strategic supplier and service provider relationships, optimizing value, performance and long term partnerships
• Build, lead and develop a high performing IT organization establishing clear standards of excellence, leadership capability and succession pipelines
• Partner with ITW Corporate & Segment IT to align on enterprise architecture, platforms, cybersecurity and shared capabilities ensuring both local agility and global consistency
• Support other projects and initiatives as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
• 10+ years of progressive IT experience including 5+ years in leadership roles
• Proven experience developing and executing IT strategy aligned to business priorities and ROI
• Experience partnering with senior leaders in a matrixed, multi-division environment
• Strong business acumen with experience supporting commercial and/or manufacturing organizations
• Experience leading enterprise systems, data and analytics initiatives
• Experience supporting eCommerce business models preferred
• Proven leadership in complex IT initiatives including ERP transformations
• Experience managing vendors, outsourced providers, and cross functional teams
• Strong understanding of enterprise systems, infrastructure and emerging technologies (AI, data, automation)
• Experience designing, implementing and managing cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS) including cloud migration and hybrid architectures
• Experience leveraging AI and advanced analytics to drive business outcomes.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Cyber Security
• ERP

Benefits

• paid vacation
• sick leave
• holiday leave
• parental leave