CIO: AI-Driven Strategy Leader for Digital Transformation

True North Consultants, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

True North Consultants, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA, seeks a Chief Information Officer to lead technology strategy and digital evolution beyond keeping the lights on.

The CIO will partner with the executive team to translate technology into measurable business value in a cloud-first environment. The ideal candidate blends deep technical depth with executive presence, business acumen, and a track record of enterprise-wide modernization, AI adoption, data governance, and robust cybersecurity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business administration, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within information technology.
• Strong understanding of cloud and SaaS environments.
• Knowledge of Vista is highly preferred.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an enterprise-wide technology roadmap aligned with the organization’s strategic priorities and long-term growth objectives.
• Identify opportunities to simplify operations, eliminate inefficiencies, improve productivity, and enhance decision-making.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and determine where they can deliver meaningful business impact.
• Advance a modern, scalable, cloud-first technology environment capable of supporting continued organizational growth.
• Position technology as a competitive advantage and strategic business enabler, rather than simply a support function.
• Balance innovation with operational stability, security, governance, cost, and risk.
• Take a leadership role in the organization’s continued adoption of artificial intelligence and automation.
• Identify practical opportunities to incorporate AI into workflows, business processes, analytics, and employee productivity.
• Establish and evolve responsible AI governance, policies, education, and adoption standards.
• Partner with business leaders to move promising ideas from concept to implementation.
• Stay ahead of emerging technology trends and help leadership understand which developments matter — and which do not.
• Champion the use of data as a strategic organizational asset.
• Continue advancing enterprise analytics, reporting, and business intelligence capabilities.
• Improve access to meaningful information across the organization and enable leaders to make faster, more informed decisions.
• Promote strong data governance, integrity, accessibility, and security.
• Maintain a strong enterprise cybersecurity posture and continually evaluate emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
• Provide executive leadership and the Board with clear visibility into cybersecurity, technology risk, and organizational readiness.
• Ensure effective business continuity, disaster recovery, incident response, and data protection strategies.
• Establish appropriate controls without creating unnecessary barriers to innovation or productivity.
• Ensure technology practices remain aligned with applicable corporate, legal, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide executive oversight of enterprise applications, cloud infrastructure, collaboration platforms, integrations, data environments, and technology services.
• Evaluate technology investments based on business impact, scalability, security, usability, and return on investment.
• Lead key vendor and technology partner relationships, including contract negotiation, performance management, and strategic sourcing.
• Ensure major technology initiatives are delivered effectively and achieve their intended business outcomes.
• Develop and manage the technology budget while balancing innovation, security, reliability, and responsible spending.
• This role will provide strategic leadership and oversight for IT operations and support across multiple locations in several states.
• Technology leadership to build credibility with both technical and non-technical leaders.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Communication

Business acumen

Executive presence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline

Tools

Vista

AWS

Azure

Job description

True North Consultants, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA, seeks a Chief Information Officer to lead technology strategy and digital evolution beyond keeping the lights on.

The CIO will partner with the executive team to translate technology into measurable business value in a cloud-first environment. The ideal candidate blends deep technical depth with executive presence, business acumen, and a track record of enterprise-wide modernization, AI adoption, data governance, and robust cybersecurity.