Director Digital Transformation

Zeus•Orangeburg, SC

36d

About The Position

This senior leadership position is responsible for serving as the key driver of strategic improvements, focusing on optimizing and digitizing processes, harvesting intelligence from standardized data, leveraging technology, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement to enhance efficiency and innovation for growth. This leadership role is responsible for leading and executing major change initiatives across the organization. The role requires a unique blend of strategic, analytical, and interpersonal skills to navigate complex organizational dynamics and drive change effectively

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in either business administration, Information technology, engineering, management information systems, or computer science is required.
12+ years in IT/business transformation roles, with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity.
A proven track record of leading and delivering large, complex cross-functional projects.
Ability to lead and motivate diverse teams, often without direct authority.
Skillfully articulate the vision, strategy, and progress of transformation efforts to stakeholders at all levels.
Effectively gain buy-in and align competing priorities across different departments and stakeholder groups.
Navigate internal politics and manage the human element of change with empathy.
Drive forward despite uncertainty and adapt plans as organizational needs and market conditions evolve.
Ability to understand the "big picture" and translate overarching business strategies into actionable plans.
Use data to identify problems, measure outcomes, and guide transformation efforts.
Anticipate issues and develop creative solutions to complex business challenges.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree (MBA or MS in IT) is preferred.
Possess deep knowledge of the medical device industry, processes, and market landscape, is preferred.
Experience with specific tools or methodologies, such as Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or Kaizen, is highly valued.

Responsibilities

Lead and execute major change initiatives across the organization.
Optimize and digitize processes.
Harvest intelligence from standardized data.
Leverage technology.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Oversee the deployment of new technologies, such as AI-driven systems or enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, to enable transformation.
Drive upgrades and integrations across enterprise systems (ERP, HCM, SCM, etc.) to ensure scalability and interoperability.
Serves as liaison among stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies, and information systems.
Understand business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommend / deploy solutions that enable the specific functional organization to achieve its goals.
Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and a governance framework to track progress, measure the impact of initiatives, and ensure accountability.
Provide leadership in development and engagement for direct report team members
Partner with senior leadership to develop and communicate a vision and roadmap for the company's digital transformation.
Plan and execute large-scale change programs, managing organizational shifts to ensure successful adoption and sustaining results.
Collaboration across functions (i.e. IT, finance, sales & marketing, HR, legal, and operations) to align all stakeholders with digital transformation goals.
Analyze existing business processes, identify inefficiencies, redesign workflows and automate, digitize to improve operational effectiveness.
Identify and mitigate potential risks and issues that could impact the successful execution of transformation projects.