Business Information Systems Director

Filtration Group Corp•Colonial Heights, VA

About The Position

Porex is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. Porex is a global leader in developing custom-engineered porous polymer solutions that turn into high-value functional components in our customers’ end products. Porex is trusted for unique components across a wide variety of device applications in the life sciences, consumer, and electronics markets to give products a competitive edge. For more information, visit www.porex.com . We are seeking an experienced Business IS Director to lead and support enterprise information systems for a global manufacturing business. This role is responsible for ensuring the stability, security, and scalability of business information systems across multiple sites, while ensuring alignment with business strategy, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives. The Business IS Director partners closely with Corporate IT to ensure that business systems and technology initiatives comply with enterprise standards, policies, governance, and security requirements. In this partnership, the role represents business requirements and use cases for new or enhanced technologies, working with Corporate IT to evaluate, approve, and, where appropriate, implement enterprise solutions. While Corporate IT defines enterprise technology strategy, architecture, and controls, this role translates business strategy and operational needs into compliant information system requirements and services and ensures effective adoption within the business. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with strong technical depth, proven people management skills, and experience supporting manufacturing environments, including plant-floor systems and global systems. This role ensures that Business IS plans and initiatives align with business objectives and are fully compliant with Company IT policies and guidelines.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
8–12+ years of progressive Information Systems and Services experience, with at least 3–5 years in a leadership or management role.
Experience supporting manufacturing or industrial environments.
Strong knowledge of enterprise systems, cybersecurity, cloud technologies, service and support.
Proven experience managing global or multi-site IS operations.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or MBA.
Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics).
Familiarity with MES, SCADA, and industrial automation systems.
Relevant certifications (ITIL, PMP, , etc.)

Responsibilities

Develop and execute Business IS strategies that support global business objectives, manufacturing operations, commercial and development activities.
Partner with executive leadership, operations, engineering, finance and supply chain teams to align technology solutions with organizational goals.
Lead, mentor, and develop a global Business IS team responsible for configuration, maintenance, and Porex’s global business information systems.
Serve as the primary business liaison with Corporate IT, coordinating enterprise initiatives and standards while representing business requirements and collaborating on the evaluation, approval, and implementation of enterprise technology solutions.
Oversee Porex’ Business IS including its systems, services, and third-party service providers.
Ensure high availability and performance of enterprise systems such as ERP, MES, PLM, BI, Dashboards and related manufacturing applications.
Manage system upgrades, integrations, and technology standardization across regions.
Enforce cybersecurity policies, controls, disaster recovery and incident response procedures.
Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and industry standards (e.g., ISO, SOX, GDPR, NIST).
Conduct risk assessments and drive remediation plans to protect operational and business systems.
Support OT/IT convergence, including shop-floor systems, automation interfaces, quality systems, and industrial networks.
Partner with plant leadership to minimize downtime and improve system reliability.
Lead IT involvement in new plant launches, expansions, and equipment integrations.
Manage Business IS budgets, forecasting, and cost optimization initiatives.
Negotiate and manage Business IS relationships with global vendors, service providers, and system integrators.
Oversee Business IS contracts, licensing, and service-level agreements.
Lead global Business IS projects from planning through implementation, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
Drive change management initiatives to support technology adoption and user engagement.
Oversee and manage global data governance.
Establish and track KPIs and service metrics to continuously improve Business IS performance.