Senior Director, Tech Strategy & Transformation

independencepetgroup; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 172,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Bonuses & incentives

Pet-friendly office

Job summary

Independence Pet Holdings seeks a Senior Director to lead a multi-brand technology organization, aligning roadmaps, budgets, and delivery with business goals. You will partner with executives to move environments to standard platforms, own communication, and drive large initiatives with measurable ROI.

You'll influence stakeholders, manage complex programs, and ensure capital allocation supports growth and transformation across North America.

Qualifications

• Proven experience 15+ years in project management, strategy, communication, and operations in technology-driven global organizations.
• Experience driving internal development teams and external partners to deliver business outcomes using agile methodologies.
• Strong understanding of technology project lifecycles, portfolio management, and best practices in delivering large-scale technology initiatives.
• Strong understanding of financial management, including budgeting, ROI analysis, and investment prioritization for technology projects.
• Experience with vendor management in an outsourced or managed service environment.
• Experience with M&A or PE environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Partner with technology leadership and other executives to define and communicate the long-term technology roadmaps aligned with the company’s business goals and market opportunities.
• Lead planning efforts to ensure that technology investments are future-proof, scalable, and capable of supporting business growth and transformation.
• Identify emerging technologies and industry trends, advising leadership on their potential impact on the business and shaping the organization’s technology roadmap.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive, technology road maps that align with both current and future business needs.
• Drive the planning and prioritization of key technology initiatives across the organization, ensuring that resources are optimally allocated and aligned with strategic goals.
• Work with business units to understand their strategic objectives and translate those into actionable technological plans and solutions.
• Oversee the portfolio of technology projects, ensuring alignment with business outcomes and proper resource allocation.
• Evaluate project performance, track KPIs, and adjust course as necessary to ensure timely delivery and alignment with overall strategy.
• Identify risks within the portfolio and collaborate with project managers and business leaders to mitigate or resolve issues.
• Foster close collaboration between the technology team and other business units to ensure alignment and successful execution of technology initiatives.
• Act as a liaison between technical and non-technical teams, ensuring clear communication of technology strategy and priorities to senior leaders.
• Drive integration of technological initiatives across the business, ensuring systems and processes work cohesively to support objectives.
• Lead change management activities required to roll out and adopt technology projects to ensure effective ROI.
• Drive communication to ensure stakeholders across the portfolio are kept aware of developments and buy into impacts.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Change management

Technology roadmapping

Budgeting & ROI

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Agile & project management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field

Job description

Independence Pet Holdings seeks a Senior Director to lead a multi-brand technology organization, aligning roadmaps, budgets, and delivery with business goals. You will partner with executives to move environments to standard platforms, own communication, and drive large initiatives with measurable ROI.

You'll influence stakeholders, manage complex programs, and ensure capital allocation supports growth and transformation across North America.