Chief Information Officer

W.E. O'Neil Construction; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 265,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid role at primary office

Regular travel to regional offices and

100% ESOP

Competitive Pay

Bonus Program

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

PTO/Sick

100% Life Insurance

401(K) with Match

Student Debt Program

Job summary

W.E. O'Neil Construction seeks a Chief Information Officer to align technology strategy with business goals in Irvine, CA. The role leads enterprise IT across applications, data, analytics, infrastructure, and cybersecurity, partnering with executives to position technology as a strategic business driver.

The CIO will build a high-performing team, define multi-year roadmaps, govern IT services, and drive innovation while ensuring risk management and cost transparency across regional operations.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive technology leadership in a multi-site organization.
• Experience leading enterprise technology across applications, data, infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
• Proven ability to translate business strategy into a technology roadmap with measurable value.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise technology strategy and multi-year roadmaps aligned to business goals.
• Lead a high-performing technology organization with in-house and partner delivery.
• Rationalize application portfolio and governance across construction and corporate systems.
• Establish data governance and promote responsible use of automation and AI.
• Oversee cybersecurity strategy, risk posture, and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain resilient infrastructure and end-user technologies from site startup to closeout.
• Advise executive leadership and Board on technology strategy and investments.

Skills

Enterprise technology leadership

Cybersecurity risk management

Cloud strategy

Data analytics

Vendor governance

Strategic planning

Change management

Construction industry experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in technology, engineering, business, or related field

Advanced degree or business credential (a plus)

Tools

ERP systems

IT governance frameworks

Job description

Department: IT

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Irvine, CA

Compensation: $265,000 - $300,000 / year

The Chief Information Officer will serve as the company’s chief technology leader, aligning technology strategy with the company’s business strategy. The role leads the enterprise technology organization across applications, data and analytics, infrastructure and operations, and cybersecurity, and partners with executive leadership and regional teams to position technology as a trusted business partner, build a high-performing team, and provide a secure, scalable foundation that enables leaders to focus on winning work, executing projects, and developing people.

The Chief Information Officer reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer and serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team. The role partners closely with Presidents, Business Unit leaders, and shared services functions across all regions. This position can be located in the Los Angeles, Denver, or Chicago metro areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Own enterprise technology strategy and a multi-year roadmap aligned to business strategy, prioritizing and sequencing technology demand so major investments have clear owners, business cases, and defined results, and positioning technology as a trusted partner that drives measurable outcomes across all business functions and regions, spanning construction operations and corporate shared services, enabling technology to improve how the company wins work, executes projects, and develops people.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing technology organization, attracting and retaining talent and shaping a culture of accountability, service, and partnership, and designing the operating model and sourcing mix, keeping strategy, architecture, and risk in-house while using co-sourced delivery and managed services to scale efficiently.
• Rationalize and evolve the enterprise application and platform portfolio, establishing clear business process ownership, IT platform ownership, integration architecture, and vendor governance across construction and corporate systems, and lead the change management, education, and training, developed with affected departments, that drives adoption as platforms transition and continue to evolve.
• Establish data as a trusted enterprise asset, creating the governance, ownership, and architecture required for reliable reporting, and champion the responsible, practical adoption of automation and artificial intelligence that advances the business.
• Own the cybersecurity strategy, risk posture, incident response readiness, and regulatory compliance, including the controls and certifications needed to pursue work in regulated and government markets.
• Maintain resilient, well-managed infrastructure, end-user computing, and field technology, including reliable office/jobsite connectivity, networks, and devices deployed and supported from project startup through closeout.
• Set technology governance and service management standards that deliver consistent, high quality support and disciplined, transparent investment, and advise executive leadership and the Board of Directors on technology strategy, enterprise and cybersecurity risk, and major investments on a defined cadence.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Proven ability to lead enterprise technology organizations spanning applications, data, infrastructure, and cybersecurity, using a blend of internal talent and strategic sourcing partners.
• Command of cybersecurity risk management, identity, architecture, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience leading infrastructure modernization, cloud strategy, data and analytics, and application portfolio rationalization at scale.
• Clear vision for the practical application, deployment and adoption of automation and artificial intelligence to advance business strategy.
• Working knowledge of construction, project-based, and corporate technology stack, including ERP, field operations, and project management platforms and the integration between them.
• Proven ability to build, scale, and develop high-performing technology teams, including hiring, organizational design, and culture building.
• Track record of translating business strategy into a technology roadmap that delivers measurable enterprise value.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing technology budgets, vendor contracts, and investment portfolios with transparency and accountability.
• Ability to design and scale a technology operating model that flexes to the demands of a growing, multi-region construction organization.
• Experience leading organizational change management and technology adoption, including communication, training, and enablement, across a distributed workforce.
• Clear, direct communicator who builds trust with executive leadership and regional teams.
• Strong relationship builder through direct engagement and field presence, not email-only leadership.
• Pragmatic operator who can set enterprise standards and earn credibility with field, operations, and shared services leaders.
• Able to translate complex technical matters into clear executive narratives and to build cross-functional buy-in for change and adoption across a decentralized organization.

Personal

• High integrity, accountability, and ownership.
• Self-motivated, decisive, and forward thinking.
• Invests in people and brings out the best in a team.
• Resilient and adaptable while leading in a growing organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technology, engineering, business, or related field, or equivalent experience. Advanced degree or business credential a plus.
• 15+ years of progressive technology leadership, including senior responsibility for enterprise technology in a multi-site organization.
• Demonstrated success building and developing high-performing technology teams and organizations.
• Proven experience transforming IT functions into business-aligned, governed, service-oriented technology organizations.
• Track record modernizing technology operating models, including internal / co-sourced / managed services models, with measurable improvements in service quality, delivery capacity, risk posture, and cost transparency. Strong vendor and partner governance capability, including contracting, performance management, and value realization.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with operations leaders in construction or a closely related project-based industry. AEC experience preferred.

Benefits

• Hybrid role based at a primary office, with a standard Monday through Friday schedule.
• Regular travel to regional offices and active jobsites to build adoption and stay close to the work.
• 100% ESOP
• Competitive Pay
• Bonus Program
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• PTO/Sick
• 100% Life Insurance
• 401(K) with Match
• Student Debt Program

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.