Chief Information Officer

Marmon Holdings, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Marmon Group LLC, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is seeking a Chief Information Officer to lead global IT strategy and transformation from the Chicago area with hybrid office presence.

The role directs a federated IT model across 120+ businesses, oversees AI governance and cybersecurity, and partners with Berkshire Hathaway on enterprise technology initiatives. Travel is expected 25-30% to Marmon locations worldwide.

Qualifications

• Experience leading global IT organizations and driving digital transformation.
• Ability to influence senior leaders across autonomous business units.
• Strong governance, risk management, and cyber security discipline.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute enterprise technology strategy aligned with Marmon’s priorities.
• Lead digital transformation programs to modernize operations and enable growth.
• Drive ERP simplification and rationalization across 120+ businesses.
• Set Marmon’s AI strategy and governance, including an AI Center of Excellence.
• Own end-to-end cyber security: strategy, risk, security operations, and compliance.
• Serve as Marmon’s IT and cybersecurity liaison to Berkshire Hathaway.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Digital transformation

Cybersecurity

ERP management

AI strategy

Vendor management

Job description

Marmon Group LLC

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings - which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway you'll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We're committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone's empowered to be their best.

Marmon Holdings, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a global industrial organization with over 30,000 employees. It operates eleven business groups comprising 120+ independent manufacturing, leasing, and service businesses, with combined annual revenues exceeding $14 billion.

The Chief Information Officer is Marmon's senior technology executive, accountable for all aspects of information technology, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity across the enterprise. The role sets technology strategy and leads a global organization of approximately 450 people spanning infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity and AI.

Marmon operates a decentralized, federated IT model: each business group has its own IT leader with a dotted-line relationship with this role. Success therefore often depends on leading through influence rather than direct authority, aligning group IT leaders, business group presidents, corporate functions and commercial teams around shared standards, priorities, and technology-driven value. The role also serves as Marmon's primary IT and cybersecurity liaison to Berkshire Hathaway and manages all enterprise IT vendor relationships. This role is located in the Chicago area with hybrid office presence at Marmon's offices downtown and approximately 25-30% travel to Marmon's business locations globally.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and digital transformation

• Define and execute the enterprise technology strategy, aligned with the priorities of Marmon's business groups and corporate leadership
• Lead digital transformation programs that modernize operations, improve customer experience and enable growth
• Drive ERP simplification and rationalization across 120+ businesses, reducing complexity, cost and risk
• Active management of core, shared enterprise systems and applications with partnership across corporate functional leaders and business stakeholders to modernize, optimize and improve system effectiveness

AI and innovation

• Set Marmon's AI strategy and governance, including responsible-use standards and an AI Center of Excellence that directly drives measurable business value across the business portfolio by prioritizing and executing use cases
• Partners with functions and commercial organizations to identify, prioritize and scale AI use cases with clear business outcomes

Cybersecurity and Berkshire relationship

• Own end-to-end enterprise cybersecurity: strategy, risk management, security operations, incident response and compliance
• Serve as Marmon's primary point of contact with Berkshire Hathaway on IT and cybersecurity matters, including reporting, standards and coordinated response

Federated IT leadership

• Lead the community of business group IT leaders through dotted-line relationships, setting enterprise standards, shared platforms and common priorities
• Use influence and consensus-building to drive adoption of enterprise initiatives across autonomous businesses, without relying on direct authority
• Balance business group autonomy with enterprise-wide needs for security, scale and cost efficiency

Financial management and vendors

• Own the IT budget and lead the annual planning and budgeting process
• Manage leveraged spend across business groups and with Berkshire Hathaway, consolidating purchasing power for better terms
• Lead strategic vendor relationships, negotiations and performance management

Talent and organization

• Lead, develop and retain a global IT organization; build succession and a