Vice President Information Technology

Confidential; United States; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a VP of IT to lead and scale IT operations, ensuring availability, scalability, and risk mitigation. The role oversees a hybrid onsite/remote model with occasional travel to client locations in New Jersey, Western Massachusetts, and Hudson, NY.

It involves managing an offshore MSP and migrating new clients. The position requires extensive experience in IT leadership within financial services, strong communication, and data-driven decision making to drive service quality

Qualifications

• 15 years IT experience.
• 10 years of management/leadership experience.
• Experience with offshore MSPs.
• Financial services background preferred.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the IT business unit to meet service level commitments.
• Oversee multi-tenant matrixed environment and remote teams.
• Lead solutions architecture across network, applications, security, and cloud.
• Manage on-premise and cloud services.
• Ensure security requirements in a highly regulated environment.
• Interact with auditors and resolve findings in a timely manner.
• Lead all key aspects of IT infrastructure including security monitoring, DR, and 24x7 availability.

Skills

Resource management

Project planning

Communication skills

Remote team leadership

Offshore MSP management

Financial services experience

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Execution oriented

Analytical abilities

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Our organization is an innovative model designed to drive Credit Unions to world-class services. We are a shared service created by credit unions.

We are looking for a leader to enhance our IT operations and drive our Clients’ customers’ (we call them members) experience. Our business is growing and we have some very ambitious plans. We are looking for a leader who can scale up our IT services to the next level.

The job is located in or around the New Jersey area. The company intends to have a blend of onsite and remote presence for the foreseeable future. The role does involve occasional travel to clients’ locations which are located in New Jersey, Western Massachusetts, and Hudson, N.Y.We have a hybrid model of in-house personnel and outsourced services through a third-party MSP, located in India. The VP of IT role is to lead and manage day-to-day operational aspects of the IT business unit, helping to ensure availability, scalability, and risk mitigation, under the direction of senior leadership. The VP of IT will also support the migration of new clients.

Desired background:

• Thorough knowledge of hardware system, system software, networks and application software development.
• Must have excellent resource management, project planning and communication skills.
• 10 years prior management experience preferably involving multiple clients and remote teams.
• Experience with managing offshore MSPs.
• Previous financial services experience preferred.
• Proactive, service-oriented, client management skills
• Proven ability to manage remote teams.
• Strong analytical and quantitative abilities; strong bias towards data-based decision making and comfort with financial analysis.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to effectively work cross-organizationally.
• Results driven and execution oriented
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, both written and verbal
• Quick learner, flexible, comfort with ambiguity
• Fluent in written and spoken English

Specific responsibilities:

• Help manage the IT business unit to meet service level commitments.
• Effectively operate in a multi-tenant matrixed environment.
• Manage a remote team located in different parts of the USA and globally.
• Solutions architecture and engineering, with a focus on network, applications, security, and cloud-based solutions
• Manage on-premise and cloud-based services.
• Meet security requirements in a highly regulated, security-centric environment.
• Effectively interact with technology auditors and resolve audit findings in a timely manner.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Lead and manage all key aspects of IT infrastructure including:
• Security monitoring
• On premise and cloud-based phone environment.
• On premise and cloud-based disaster recovery environment.
• 24x7 high availability platforms.

Education, Experience & Qualifications:

• College level education with a degree.
• 15 years work experience in IT.
• Ten years of management/leadership experience.
• Must be analytical, detail-oriented, organized, motivated, and flexible.
• Demonstrated customer service and written communication skills.

Salary commensurate with experience with an expected range of $190,000-$210,000/annually.