Director of IT

Director of IT

• Full-Time, Direct- Hire
• St. Louis, MO
• Onsite
• $140,000 – $160,000 salary with benefits, bonus, and relocation assistance (if necessary)
• Bachelors Degree Preferred
• Industry:   eCommerce, B2C sales

Job Summary:

• Responsible for overall Application and Technology Lifecycle Management, strategic development, management and operations of applications and IT services
• Responsible for local infrastructure and technical operations including helpdesk support sites
• Provide leadership, manage strategic and tactical planning, manage vendor relationships and contracts, project coordination, development of infrastructure and application solutions
• Contributes to development and execution of enterprise wide IT strategy and delivery of compelling business value

Key Responsibilities:

• Defines and executes the vision and strategy of IT applications and services
• Provides leadership, vision and direction to the organization and its goals.
• Development and support of enterprise technology standards, governance processes and performance metrics.
• Builds successful stakeholder relationships
• Work closely together with Business system owners and key users
• Develops and controls the annual IT budget
• Design and management of a comprehensive and integrated ITSM landscape
• Manage personnel and continuously assess and address new needs
• Manages external vendors and contractual agreements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master degree in computer science preferred (or equivalent work experience in eCommerce/B2C industry)
• Experience in leading IT transformation in a direct-to-consumer (D2C/B2C) business context.
• 15+ years experience working with IT (infrastructure and applications)
• 10+ years of management and leadership experience
• Experience working at an executive level (Director, VP, CIO)
• The following experience or mix of experience is highly preferred:
  • Application implementation (ERP/CRM/Financials)
  • Call Center systems
  • Data privacy, HIPAA, CCPA
  • Business Process optimization, RPA
  • Integrations, middleware, SOA, EA – enterprise architecture