Chief Information Officer

Marmon Holdings, Inc.•Chicago, IL

1d•$320,000 - $480,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Chief Information Officer is Marmon's senior technology executive, accountable for information technology, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity across the enterprise. The role sets technology strategy and leads a global organization of approximately 450 people across infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, and AI. Marmon operates a decentralized, federated IT model, with business-group IT leaders reporting to this role through dotted-line relationships. The CIO aligns those leaders, business-group presidents, corporate functions, and commercial teams around shared standards, priorities, and technology-driven value, while balancing business autonomy with enterprise-wide security, scale, and cost efficiency. The CIO is also Marmon's primary IT and cybersecurity liaison to Berkshire Hathaway and manages enterprise IT vendor relationships. The position is based in the Chicago area, with hybrid office presence at Marmon's downtown offices and approximately 25–30% travel to business locations globally. The CIO owns the IT budget and annual planning process, leads the corporate IT team, and develops the global IT organization. The role also evolves Marmon's Global Innovation Center in Bangalore, India, and integrates its capabilities with teams worldwide. The CIO reports to the Chief Financial Officer. Marmon Holdings is a Berkshire Hathaway company and a global industrial organization with 11 business groups and more than 120 independent manufacturing, leasing, and service businesses. The role's stated enterprise scope includes 28,000+ employees and more than $14 billion in revenue.

Requirements

At least 15 years of progressive IT leadership experience, including at least 10 years in a senior executive role leading global, multi-country organizations.
Proven record leading digital transformation and large-scale ERP programs in a diversified or decentralized manufacturing environment.
Hands-on experience leading and managing core enterprise technology and applications in a complex environment, including seamless data flow among business, financial, and human capital management systems such as Workday, benefits platforms, and payroll.
Deep cybersecurity expertise, including ownership of enterprise cyber risk and reporting to boards or parent-company leadership.
Hands-on experience establishing AI strategy, governance, and adoption at enterprise scale.
Demonstrated ownership of budgets of several hundred million dollars, including vendor consolidation and leveraged-spend programs.
Proven ability to lead through influence in decentralized or matrixed structures, including dotted-line leaders.
Experience building and managing global capability centers.
Strong familiarity with global compliance, data privacy, and financial regulations.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business, or a related field.
Hands-on technology leadership, staying close to architecture, platforms, and delivery while engaging credibly with engineers, vendors, and executives.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with company-owned back-office and IT offshore operations.
MBA or advanced degree.

Responsibilities

Define and execute enterprise technology strategy in alignment with business-group priorities and corporate leadership.
Lead digital transformation programs to modernize operations, improve customer experience, and enable growth.
Drive ERP simplification and rationalization across more than 120 businesses.
Manage core shared enterprise systems and applications in partnership with corporate functional leaders and business stakeholders.
Set AI strategy and governance, establish responsible-use standards and an AI Center of Excellence, and prioritize and execute use cases that deliver measurable business value.
Partner with functional and commercial organizations to identify, prioritize, and scale AI use cases with clear business outcomes.
Own enterprise cybersecurity strategy, risk management, security operations, incident response, and compliance.
Serve as Marmon's primary contact with Berkshire Hathaway for IT and cybersecurity matters, including reporting, standards, and coordinated response.
Lead business-group IT leaders through dotted-line relationships; set enterprise standards, shared platforms, and common priorities.
Build consensus and drive adoption of enterprise initiatives across autonomous businesses without relying on direct authority.
Balance business-group autonomy with enterprise needs for security, scale, and cost efficiency.
Own the IT budget and lead annual planning and budgeting.
Manage leveraged spending across business groups and with Berkshire Hathaway, consolidating purchasing power to improve terms.
Lead strategic vendor relationships, negotiations, and performance management.
Lead, develop, and retain a global IT organization; build succession and a strong leadership bench.
Evolve the IT function and team at the Global Innovation Center in Bangalore, scaling capabilities and integrating them with teams worldwide.
Directly lead the corporate IT team, including help desk, service management, technology policies, practices, and support across corporate functions.
Foster accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across time zones.