Director, Corporate IT

Swooped; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness coverage

Retirement benefits

Paid time off and paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Education assistance and professional 

Job summary

Swooped is seeking a Director of Corporate IT in the United States to lead our enterprise technology program. This role manages IT operations, employee technology, and the AI-enabled modernization of internal systems, with a focus on secure, scalable experiences across the organization.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in corporate IT, leadership experience, and a track record delivering automation and AI-driven capabilities across HR, Finance, Legal, Procurement and Operations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in corporate IT and enterprise technology.
• Experience leading teams and cross-functional technology programs.
• Proven record deploying AI-enabled self-service and automation in production.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategy and roadmap for corporate IT, integrations, automation, and AI.
• Deliver secure, reliable employee technology experiences and proactive automated service delivery.
• Partner with leadership to improve processes, reduce manual workflows, and identify automation opportunities.
• Lead evaluation and adoption of AI-enabled tools, self-service capabilities, and workflow automation.
• Ensure security, privacy, data access, and governance in AI/ automation implementations.
• Oversee core IT platforms including identity management, Google Workspace, endpoint management, networking, and IT service management.
• Govern internal enterprise applications (HRIS, ERP, finance, procurement) and vendor oversight.
• Collaborate with Security on access controls, audits, onboarding/offboarding, and secure practices.
• Manage IT and enterprise applications budget, vendors, licensing, SLAs, and performance metrics.

Job description

About the Opportunity

The organization is seeking an AI-forward Director, Corporate IT to lead the corporate technology function. This is a full-time role located in the United States.

This leader will oversee IT operations, employee technology, enterprise business applications, integrations, workflow automation, and AI enablement for internal productivity and corporate operations. The role leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for delivering secure, reliable, and intuitive technology experiences across the organization.

The enterprise business applications portfolio includes internal systems supporting People, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Procurement, and Operations. This position requires a leader experienced in modernizing an IT or enterprise technology function through automation, intelligent self-service, AI agents, and integrated business systems, rather than focusing primarily on traditional infrastructure, administration, and ticket resolution.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategy and roadmap for corporate IT, integrations, automation, and AI, while establishing enterprise standards for business applications.
• Deliver a secure, reliable, and frictionless employee technology experience while evolving IT operations from reactive support toward proactive, automated service delivery.
• Partner with organizational leadership to enhance business processes, eliminate manual workflows, and identify high-value automation and AI opportunities.
• Lead the evaluation, implementation, governance, and adoption of AI-enabled tools, agents, self-service capabilities, and workflow automation.
• Ensure AI and automation solutions incorporate appropriate security, privacy, data access, human oversight, monitoring, and accountability.
• Oversee core IT platforms and services, including identity and access management, Google Workspace, endpoint management, networking, collaboration tools, IT service management, and employee lifecycle processes.
• Partner with business owners to govern enterprise applications—including HR, finance, accounting, procurement, and related internal systems ensuring proper integration, security, reliability, lifecycle management, and vendor oversight.
• Partner with Security to deploy and operate security technologies, enforce access controls, conduct periodic access reviews, support audits, and maintain secure onboarding and offboarding practices.
• Manage the IT and enterprise applications budget, vendors, licensing, service levels, and performance metrics in alignment with broader technology strategy.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in corporate IT and enterprise technology, including at least 5 years leading teams and cross-functional technology programs.
• Experience overseeing core IT platforms and services, including identity and access management, endpoint management, collaboration platforms, networking, IT service management, and employee lifecycle processes.
• A proven record of deploying AI agents, copilots, intelligent automation, self-service capabilities, or AI-enabled support into governed production environments, achieving meaningful adoption and measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrated success using low-code, no-code, integration, or workflow technologies to automate processes across multiple systems and business functions.
• Experience partnering with business owners to govern internal enterprise applications such as HRIS, ERP, finance and accounting systems, procurement platforms, and business workflow tools.
• Experience leading enterprise application implementations, migrations, integrations, or optimization programs.
• Strong understanding of APIs, workflow orchestration, data flows, access controls, and application lifecycle management.
• Experience partnering with Security to deploy and operate security technologies, manage access controls, conduct access reviews, support audits, and maintain secure onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Experience managing IT and enterprise application budgets, vendors, contracts, licensing, service levels, and delivery partners.
• Strong business judgment with the ability to communicate technology strategy, value, risks, and tradeoffs to executive leadership.
• Demonstrated success leading organizational change and driving adoption of new tools and operating practices.

Benefits

• Health and wellness coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Education assistance and professional development

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