IT Director: Strategy, Security & Cloud (Remote)

Union for Reform Judaism; United States; Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Union for Reform Judaism is seeking a Director of Information Technology to lead strategy, cybersecurity, and operations for a largely remote workforce supporting 300+ end users across camps and offices. The role reports to the AVP, with a remote-first approach and periodic in-person meetings.

Start ASAP, salary $135,000–$155,000 plus benefits. The director will oversee a four-person IT team, manage budgets and vendors, ensure security, continuity planning, and modernize technology across

Qualifications

• Significant progressive experience in IT leadership, with responsibility for technology strategy, infrastructure, cybersecurity, operations, and end-user services.
• Demonstrated success managing and developing IT teams, including in remote or geographically dispersed environments.
• Strong technical expertise in cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud services, and enterprise systems, with the ability to guide complex technical decisions and troubleshooting.
• Experience managing cybersecurity risks, incidents, independent security assessments, and tested backup, recovery, and business continuity capabilities.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365, Entra, Azure, Intune, and network infrastructure.
• Experience managing technology budgets, vendors, contracts, and infrastructure projects across multiple locations.
• Strong analytical, project management, and communication skills, including the ability to use data to guide improvements and explain technical issues to nontechnical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute the organization's IT strategy, aligning technology priorities, investments, and resources with organizational needs, security, operational effectiveness, and long-term sustainability.
• Drive technology improvements and modernization, evaluating emerging technologies, including AI, and identifying opportunities to strengthen systems, services, and how staff work.
• Ensure effective IT governance and financial stewardship, establishing technology standards, multi-year plans, budgets, and performance measures while managing procurement, vendor relationships, contracts, and technology investments.
• Lead cybersecurity and technology risk management, strengthening security controls, identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities, and ensuring effective incident prevention, detection, and response.
• Ensure organizational readiness and resilience through security policies, staff awareness, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, and regularly tested backup and recovery capabilities across critical systems and cloud services.
• Drive accountability for cybersecurity improvement, including independent security assessments, annual penetration testing, timely remediation of findings, and clear reporting of material risks and progress to leadership.
• Ensure reliable, secure, and effective technology infrastructure, including new fiber installations, across the organization's remote workforce, 13 summer camps, and two office locations, including networks, connectivity, telecommunications, devices, and cloud services.
• Oversee the performance, security, and lifecycle of enterprise technology systems, including Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra, Intune, SQL Server, and related applications, equipment, software, and licensing.
• Lead infrastructure projects and complex technical problem-solving, ensuring technology solutions are well designed, implemented, maintained, and improved with minimal disruption to organizational operations.
• Ensure high-quality, responsive IT support that enables more than 300 end users across a largely remote workforce to work effectively and confidently.
• Establish clear service standards and accountability, using response and resolution times, first-call resolution, recurring issues, and employee feedback to evaluate performance and improve service quality.
• Improve employee technology experience by addressing recurring challenges, simplifying processes, and implementing proactive solutions that reduce disruptions and improve productivity.
• Lead and develop a team of four IT professionals, establishing clear priorities, expectations, accountability, and a shared commitment to service excellence.
• Build team capability and effectiveness through coaching, feedback, professional development, and a culture of trust, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Balance operational and strategic priorities, ensuring the team has the capacity, expertise, and support to deliver reliable daily services while advancing longer-term improvements.
• Serve as a trusted technology partner to leaders and teams across the organization, understanding their needs, anticipating challenges, and developing practical solutions that support programs and operations.
• Support informed decision-making by translating technical issues, risks, and options into clear recommendations for nontechnical stakeholders.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination around technology priorities, changes, projects, and incidents, working closely with system owners and organizational leaders.

Skills

IT leadership

Cybersecurity

Infrastructure

Cloud services

End-user services

Vendor management

Budget management

Project management

Strategy development

Tools

Microsoft 365

Azure

Entra

Intune

SQL Server

Job description

Union for Reform Judaism is seeking a Director of Information Technology to lead strategy, cybersecurity, and operations for a largely remote workforce supporting 300+ end users across camps and offices. The role reports to the AVP, with a remote-first approach and periodic in-person meetings.

Start ASAP, salary $135,000–$155,000 plus benefits. The director will oversee a four-person IT team, manage budgets and vendors, ensure security, continuity planning, and modernize technology across