VP, Enterprise Infrastructure & AI Strategy

GOEBEL FIXTURE COMPANY; Rochelle Park (NJ); On-site; USD 175,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Goebel Fixture Company seeks a Vice President of Enterprise Infrastructure to own the strategy, performance, and security of our enterprise systems serving corporate users and Retail locations. You will co-own the multi-year IT strategy and oversee budgets, governance, and global infrastructure initiatives.

You will lead a multi-tier Enterprise Infrastructure organization, manage vendor relationships and capital budgets, drive AI readiness, and ensure disaster recovery and business continuity.

Qualifications

• Minimum fifteen years’ business experience in an IT environment with at least five years leading an Enterprise Infrastructure function at director level or above.
• Experience supporting multi-unit retail or restaurant environments across multi-site, multi-state footprints including site build-outs and acquisitions.
• Ownership of a capital and operating budget, including forecasting, vendor negotiation, and total cost of ownership analysis.
• Ability to communicate technology strategy, risk, and investment cases to executive leadership and the Board.
• Experience operationalizing AI in an enterprise environment, including platform capacity, data access, identity and security controls to move pilots into production.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field; combination of work experience, coursework, and certifications considered.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, roadmap, and performance of the Enterprise Infrastructure portfolio (Microsoft 365/Azure, networks, storage, telecommunication services).
• Build and lead a multi-tier Enterprise Infrastructure organization with workforce planning and succession for key roles.
• Evaluate and govern external technology providers to augment capabilities as needed.
• Own enterprise identity in Microsoft Entra; partner with Enterprise Applications on RBAC and provisioning.
• Ensure responsive, customer-focused service and knowledge sharing for Level 1 support.
• Oversee design, configuration, testing, and implementation of enterprise platforms and networks across locations.
• Lead infrastructure for enterprise AI adoption, including compute, data platform, identity controls, and data protection guardrails.
• Manage InfoSec across Enterprise Infrastructure and ensure change logs for audit trails.
• Establish and govern PMO processes for infrastructure projects and budgets; manage IT asset lifecycle and incident reporting.
• Develop and manage capital budgets and report spend, forecast, and total cost of ownership to leadership.
• Oversee disaster recovery and business continuity planning for infrastructure.
• Lead due diligence for acquisitions and new site openings; report KPIs and risks to executives and Board.
• Be on-call and travel up to 50%.

Skills

Leadership

IT strategy

Budget management

AI in enterprise

Vendor management

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Team development

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Goebel Fixture Company seeks a Vice President of Enterprise Infrastructure to own the strategy, performance, and security of our enterprise systems serving corporate users and Retail locations. You will co-own the multi-year IT strategy and oversee budgets, governance, and global infrastructure initiatives.

You will lead a multi-tier Enterprise Infrastructure organization, manage vendor relationships and capital budgets, drive AI readiness, and ensure disaster recovery and business continuity.