Director, Technology Strategy & Enablement

Southern Company; Naperville, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company Services seeks a Director of Technology Strategy & Enablement to lead the Technology Organization's horizontal strategy function, shaping the overarching technology strategy, multi-year capability roadmaps, OKRs, and value realization framework to enable business aspirations.

This leader aggregates demand from Electric, Gas, Enterprise, and Shared Services to identify common capabilities and opportunities for platform reuse, coordinating with Architecture, Infrastructure & Cloud

Qualifications

• Leadership and change management experience demonstrated at scale.
• Ability to translate business strategy into technology capability roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technology Organization's strategic planning process and translate enterprise priorities into a cohesive technology strategy and multi-year capability roadmap.
• Partner with business strategy, operating company, and functional leadership to translate objectives into technology capabilities and investment recommendations.
• Lead strategic assessments for the operating model, governance, sourcing, workforce planning, and service delivery models.
• Aggregate demand to identify shared foundational capabilities and opportunities for reuse and cost optimization.
• Develop 3-5 year technology capability roadmaps supporting transformation and modernization.
• Align technology strategies with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, and Application leadership.
• Identify capability gaps, platform overlap, and future-state enablement requirements.
• Establish and manage Technology Organization OKRs, executive scorecards, and dashboards.
• Translate priorities into roadmap recommendations and investment themes for executives.
• Support investment planning with strategic insights and expected value realization.
• Coordinate with PMO, Application VPs, and business stakeholders to align strategy with execution.
• Provide visibility into performance, value realization, and strategic impact.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Talent development

Business-first mindset

Job description

Job Title: Director, Technology Strategy & Enablement

Department : Technology Services

Company: Southern Company Services

Reports To: Vice President, Technology Services

Job Summary

Southern Company Services is seeking a Director of Technology Strategy & Enablement to lead the Technology Organization's horizontal strategy function. This role is responsible for developing the overarching technology strategy, multi-year capability roadmaps, technology OKRs, and value realization framework that enable Southern Company's business and transformation objectives.

Operating across the Technology Organization, this leader will aggregate demand and strategic requirements from Electric, Gas, Enterprise, and Shared Services portfolios to identify common capability needs, strategic dependencies, and opportunities for platform reuse and standardization. Working closely with Architecture, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, and Application leaders, the Director will help ensure foundational technology capabilities are planned, aligned, and available to support future business needs.

This role serves as a strategic enabler and connector across the Technology Organization. It is accountable for technology strategy, capability planning, alignment, and value measurement. It does not own project delivery, portfolio execution governance, application business ownership, or investment approval authority.

Major Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the Technology Organization's strategic planning process and translate enterprise priorities into a cohesive technology strategy and multi-year capability roadmap.
• Partner with business strategy, operating company, and functional leadership teams to translate business objectives, growth strategies, regulatory requirements, and operational priorities into technology capabilities, roadmaps, and investment recommendations.
• Lead strategic assessments and recommendations for the Technology Organization operating model, including organizational capabilities, governance, sourcing strategies, workforce planning, and service delivery models required to support future business needs.
• Aggregate demand across technology portfolios to identify shared foundational capabilities, strategic dependencies, and opportunities for reuse, standardization, and cost optimization.
• Develop and maintain 3-5 year technology capability roadmaps that support business transformation, modernization, and innovation objectives.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, and Application leadership to align technology strategies and investment priorities.
• Identify technology capability gaps, platform overlap, technical debt reduction opportunities, and future-state enablement requirements.
• Establish and manage Technology Organization OKRs, executive scorecards, and dashboards that measure strategic progress, organizational performance, and value realization.
• Translate strategic priorities into roadmap recommendations, investment themes, and executive decision support materials.
• Support technology investment planning by providing strategic insights, capability requirements, business outcome alignment, and expected value realization.
• Partner with PMO, Application VPs, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment between technology strategy, portfolio priorities, and execution plans while maintaining clear ownership within each organization.
• Drive visibility and transparency into Technology Organization performance, ensuring leaders can effectively measure outcomes, business value, and strategic impact.

Knowledge and skills:

Leadership, Change & People Management

• Transformational Leadership & Talent Development:Recognized as a change agent who challenges the status quo. Demonstrated ability to attract top talent, build high-performing teams, and lead with well-defined core values.
• A Proactive, "Business-First" Mentality:Applies sound business judgment to "connect the dots," with a relentless focus on removing friction, clearing roadblocks, and partnering with the business to accelerate transformation.