Principal, IT Transformation and Integration

Gulf Copper; Galveston (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health & Dental Plan

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Holiday & Vacation Pay

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Gulf Copper is seeking a Principal, IT Transformation and Integration to drive complex technology transformations and cross-functional initiatives across the organization. The role combines business analysis, project leadership, technology integration, and change management, operating with significant independence to define paths forward and achieve measurable results.

Backed by a 75+ year history in marine repair and ship construction, the role reports to senior leadership and will coordinate

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT transformation, business analysis, or project management.
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives from requirements to implementation.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own complex, cross-functional technology initiatives from definition to handoff.
• Translate business needs into clear requirements and actionable plans.
• Lead process improvement and automation opportunities.
• Coordinate IT, business, cybersecurity, vendors, and partners.
• Ensure solutions deliver expected business outcomes and sustainable operations.
• Provide concise updates to leadership.

Skills

IT transformation

Business analysis

Project management

Systems integration

Stakeholder management

Change management

Tools

ERP platforms

Integration tools

Project management software

Collaboration software

Job description

PRINCIPAL, IT TRANSFORMATION AND INTEGRATION

Company Overview:

Gulf Copper LLC, a subsidiary of Davie Defense, is a leading Marine Repair and New Construction company based in Galveston, Texas with more than 75 years of shop repair and fabrication experience on the Gulf Coast. Gulf Copper's primary business is the repair and refurbishment of marine vessles, ship construction, and fabrication for transportation, government, and oil and gas markets.

Benefits:

• 401 (k)
• Group Health & Dental Plan
• Short-&-Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Voluntary Life Insurance
• Holiday & Vacation Pay
• Employee Assistance Program

Position Summary:

The Principal, IT Transformation & Integration is a senior individual contributor responsible for driving complex technology transformation, technology-related business process improvement, systems integration, and strategic IT initiatives across the organization. This hands-on role combines business analysis, project leadership, technology integration, process improvement, and change management. The position operates with significant independence to define practical paths forward, remove obstacles, and drive cross-functional initiatives through implementation, operational adoption, and sustainable handoff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned.

• Take ownership of complex, cross-functional technology initiatives from problem definition through implementation and operational handoff.
• Translate business needs and loosely defined objectives into clear requirements, solutions, workstreams, ownership, and actionable plans.
• Lead business process analysis and identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, automation, and technology enablement.
• Drive initiatives across business teams, IT, cybersecurity, vendors, and implementation partners, proactively removing obstacles and resolving dependencies.
• Lead technology and business integration activities associated with system implementations, organizational changes, acquisitions, and technology consolidation.
• Coordinate requirements, solution design, testing, data migration, cutover, user readiness, and operational transition, as appropriate.
• Establish the appropriate level of project structure and governance needed to maintain accountability, manage risk, and achieve results.
• Personally engage in analysis, documentation, troubleshooting, coordination, and implementation activities when needed to keep initiatives moving.
• Provide concise, decision-oriented communication to business and technology leadership.
• Ensure implemented solutions achieve intended business outcomes and are successfully transitioned into sustainable operations.

Required Education & Experience:

Required:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in IT transformation, business analysis, program or project management, systems integration, enterprise applications, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated success personally driving complex, cross-functional initiatives from ambiguous requirements through implementation.
• Strong business analysis, problem-solving, process-improvement, and project-leadership capabilities.
• Experience translating business requirements into practical technology solutions and implementation plans.
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, systems integration, technology implementation, and organizational change.
• Ability to operate independently, manage competing priorities, and create structure in ambiguous situations.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to influence and drive accountability across teams without direct authority.
• Strong bias toward action, ownership, and measurable results.
• Ability and willingness to operate at both strategic and detailed execution levels.

Preferred:

• Experience with ERP and other enterprise business-system implementations and integrations.
• Experience with mergers, acquisitions, business integration, or technology consolidation.
• Experience in manufacturing, maritime, shipbuilding, defense, engineering, or another complex operational environment.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-PBA, CBAP, Prosci, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable certification preferred.

Working Conditions:

• Work is primarily performed in an office environment, with visits to operational, production, warehouse, or shipyard areas as business needs require.
• May require travel to company facilities, implementation sites, vendor locations, or business-unit locations.
• Must be able to sit or stand for extended periods and regularly use a computer and standard office equipment.
• Must comply with site-specific safety requirements and wear required personal protective equipment when entering operational areas.

Necessary Equipment Operation:

• Computer, laptop, mobile phone, and standard office equipment.
• Enterprise applications, ERP platforms, integration tools, project-management systems, and collaboration software.
• Business-analysis, process-mapping, reporting, testing, documentation, and data-migration tools.
• Standard personal protective equipment when entering designated operational areas.

Special Skills:

• Advanced ability to turn complex or ambiguous business and technology challenges into practical, executable plans.
• Strong hands-on leadership across business analysis, systems integration, process improvement, project governance, implementation, and change management.
• Ability to communicate concisely with executives and translate between business, technology, cybersecurity, vendor, and implementation-partner stakeholders.
• Strong ownership, sound judgment, and a results-oriented approach focused on implementation, adoption, and measurable business outcomes.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, resolve dependencies, remove obstacles, and drive accountability without direct authority.

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