Chief Innovation Officer

Moonshot•Denton, TX

About The Position

Moonshot builds electrical distribution equipment for large AI datacenter deployments and is in a hypergrowth phase, moving into a purpose-built manufacturing campus near Dallas. The Chief Innovation Officer is the executive responsible for the company's technology direction, technology leadership team, and technology posture as seen by the board, customers, and auditors. This is an executive strategy and leadership role, not a head-of-IT, head-of-AI, or software development position. IT, cybersecurity, software and technology development, and applied AI functions are run by directors reporting to the CIO. The CIO sets multi-year technology strategy, participates in executive decisions on capital and growth, and develops the leaders responsible for day-to-day operations. The position reports to the Chief Operating Officer and partners directly with the CEO, CFO, and executive team. The CIO also represents Moonshot's technology posture to the board, strategic customers, industry partners, auditors, insurers, and the broader market. Moonshot aims to become the most AI-advanced electrical equipment manufacturer in the world, applying AI both to the equipment it builds and to how it runs the company. The CIO will shape technology investments and organizational capabilities across physical AI infrastructure and applied AI, while building an operational and durable technology organization at the pace the business demands.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive technology leadership.
Experience as a sitting CTO, CIO, or equivalent executive at a company of meaningful scale.
Demonstrated ability to operate through a director-tier leadership team rather than as a player-coach or hands-on builder.
Experience participating at an executive table in company-level decisions involving capital, capacity, M&A, and customer commitments.
History of representing technology to a board, strategic customers, or external auditors.
Experience in a hypergrowth phase where technology had to scale ahead of the business.
Ability to set multi-year technology strategy, sequence investments, and communicate tradeoffs to non-technical executives and the board.
Organization-design and leadership-development capability at the director-and-above level.
Enterprise risk and governance fluency, including cybersecurity posture, IT controls, and data and AI governance at a level required by enterprise customers and outside auditors.
Experience with capital allocation and vendor portfolio management across enterprise platforms.
Executive presence and credibility across a boardroom, customer C-suite, and manufacturing floor.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Capital-intensive manufacturing, industrial, or asset-heavy experience.
Advanced degree such as an MBA or MS.

Responsibilities

Define how Moonshot's technology investments will compound over the next three to five years, set platform-level direction, and shape the technology posture evaluated by customers and auditors.
Own build, buy, and partner decisions for major technology capabilities and sequence investments according to business impact.
Participate on the executive team and contribute technology-informed input to capital planning, capacity planning, M&A diligence, customer commitments, and annual and long-range plans.
Translate technology constraints into actionable business decisions for the executive team.
Design and evolve the organization beneath the CIO, and hire, develop, and hold accountable directors leading IT and cybersecurity, software and technology development, and applied AI.
Coach directors as they develop from operators into executives and build succession depth across functions, including the CIO seat.
Own the company's technology risk posture as presented to the board, strategic customers, auditors, and insurers.
Set policy and oversight for cybersecurity posture, the IT controls framework, data governance, and AI governance, while holding directors accountable for execution.
Approve major technology investments and enterprise vendor relationships; establish frameworks for evaluating, contracting with, and exiting platforms.
Steward the technology budget across IT, AI, software, and technology development as a unified portfolio.
Represent Moonshot's technology to the board, strategic customers, industry partners, and the broader market, including addressing questions about supply chain visibility, security, and engineering rigor.