Manager, IT

Fungi Perfecti LLC; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Fungi Perfecti LLC, based in Olympia, WA, seeks a Manager of IT to lead and evolve the company's technology infrastructure and security posture. The role combines hands-on support with strategic planning, budgeting, and vendor management to enable reliable systems across the business.

Reporting to the President, this exempt position requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to drive IT initiatives aligned with business goals in the nutraceutical industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5 years of progressive IT leadership experience, preferably in manufacturing/CPG/food & beverage.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into technical requirements and long-term infrastructure plans.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate with executives.
• Knowledge of budgeting, resource allocation, and continuous process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Owns performance, availability, and reliability of enterprise IT systems and defines road map.
• Monitors queues and prioritizes requests for efficient completion.
• Maintains standards for IT documentation, configurations, and knowledge transfer.
• Leads a high-performing IT team with clear priorities and accountability.
• Oversees security, governance, and regulatory compliance across IT systems.
• Manages external vendors and contracts to ensure service quality and cost control.
• Drives optimization of business processes through technology and automation.
• Plans and tests business continuity and disaster recovery strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Business-IT alignment

Analytical thinking

Executive communication

Budgeting

AI/Automation awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / IT / business administration

Job description

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Manager, IT

Full Time Olympia, WA, US 1 Attachments

8 days ago Requisition ID: 1007

Salary Range: $116,730.00 To $194,550.00 Annually

POSITION SUMMARY

The Manager, IT oversees the organization's technology infrastructure and operations, ensuring systems are reliable, efficient, and secure. They lead their team, manage projects, and align technology strategies with business goals. Responsibilities include actively overseeing desktop support, software deployment, strategic planning, budgeting, and ensuring the security and compliance of IT systems. This position requires exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across internal teams and external partners. In addition to providing hands-on technical support as part of our IT team, this role will develop strategies and plans to support the diverse IT needs of our business within the nutraceutical industry and interface with senior leadership of the company.

This full-time, exempt position reports to the President of the company. The Manager, IT generally works Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm but may be required to work on an altered schedule to meet the needs of the business. This position is in Olympia, WA, and local travel to other company locations and training seminars may be required from time to time. Work responsibilities herein represent typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Other duties may be assigned to meet emerging business needs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Owns the performance, availability, and reliability of enterprise technology systems, ensuring they consistently support business operations with minimal disruption, meet defined service levels, and evolve to address changing business needs. Defines the road map to meet business needs.
• Monitors work queues and direct work to ensure requests are prioritized and completed efficiently.
• Establishes, maintains, and enforces standards for IT and enterprise systems documentation, including system configurations, integrations, processes, workflows, support procedures, change logs, vendor information, company policies, and knowledge transfer materials to ensure continuity, scalability, and effective cross-functional support.
• Manages and develops a high-performing IT team, establishing clear priorities, service standards, and accountability.
• Provides maintenance and operation of the company's servers, networks, computing hardware, virtualized infrastructure, cloud deployments, software licenses, and enterprise applications.
• Builds a culture of documentation, process discipline, and knowledge sharing across the IT function.
• Oversees cybersecurity and risk management program, ensuring regulatory compliance, strong internal controls, and ongoing system protection. Demonstrates compliance on request to external audit and insurance contacts.
• Manages relationships with external vendors, consultants, and technology partners to ensure performance, cost efficiency, and service quality. Negotiates and monitors pricing, support parameters, and service level commitments.
• Engages stakeholders across the organization to identify and implement opportunities to optimize business processes through technology and automation.
• Designs, implements, maintains, and regularly test business continuity and disaster recovery strategies to ensure operational resilience.
• Owns and monitors IT budgeting and financial management, ensuring disciplined investment prioritization, cost transparency, and ROI alignment.
• Evaluates, prioritizes, and implements AI, automation and emerging technologies, ensuring responsible use, data integrity, scalability, and measurable business impact.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business administration or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five (5) years of progressive experience leading IT functions, preferably within manufacturing, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or food and beverage environments.
• Proven ability to translate complex business needs into technical requirements and long-term infrastructure plans.
• Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities, with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to executive stakeholders.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership techniques, production methods, budgeting and coordination of resources.
• Advanced skill in developing tools, programs and services. Ability to develop informative and succinct management status reporting, managing service level agreements, establishing key performance metrics and continuous process improvement culture.

PHYSICAL & MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to sit for long periods of time; a stand-up desk is available upon request
• Ability to listen to and understand information and presented through spoken words and sentences
• Ability to verbally communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
• Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand

Wage Range (DOE):$116,730 - $194,550 per year

The Company's pay range for this job is published in compliance with the State of Washington's Equal Pay Opportunities Act and is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with labor market data, or other applicable law.

For information about our benefits, please go to: https://fungi.com/pages/fungi-perfecti-llc-summary-of-benefits

Fungi Perfecti, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, national origin, disability, or veteran status.