Director, IT Strategy & Alignment

Marmon Holdings, Inc.•Chicago, IL

16h

About The Position

This is a strategic, business-facing role focused on product ownership, business process insight, and stakeholder engagement. The Director bridges business strategy and execution, ensuring the organization works on the right initiatives for the right reasons at the right time. The role defines the strategic direction of business applications by identifying, prioritizing, and advocating for solutions that drive business value. It partners with business leaders, users, and technical teams to understand processes, pain points, and opportunities and to align IT investments with organizational goals. The Director evaluates and prioritizes application investments, manages application roadmaps and portfolios, oversees Agile delivery and deployments, and advises business leaders on using technology to achieve outcomes. The role also leads stakeholder engagement and change efforts, and manages and develops business analysts and other team members.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, including business relationship management or similar roles.
3+ years leading IT strategy, portfolio management, or enterprise application roadmaps.
Experience partnering with executive stakeholders to define and deliver business-driven technology solutions.
Demonstrated success managing multiple initiatives in cross-functional environments.
Hands-on experience implementing and managing Agile delivery frameworks.
At least 15 years of IT applications experience.
Ability to translate business objectives into actionable IT roadmaps.
Strong understanding of business operations, financial drivers, and ROI-based decision-making.
Deep knowledge of Agile frameworks, sprint planning, and iterative delivery methodologies.
Exceptional ability to engage, influence, and build trust with stakeholders at all levels.
Skill in prioritizing competing demands, evaluating trade-offs, and making data-driven decisions.
Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field is preferred.
Multi-location and international experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Evaluate opportunities for application enhancements or new solutions based on business outcomes, ROI, and strategic fit.
Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT, aligning technology strategies with business objectives.
Understand business processes, goals, and pain points to inform technology decisions.
Translate business needs into clear problem statements and priorities.
Facilitate the gathering, documentation, and validation of high-level business requirements.
Develop business cases for strategic initiatives.
Define and manage business application roadmaps aligned with business priorities.
Develop and manage a multi-year IT application portfolio, balancing enhancements, new solutions, and technical debt remediation.
Build business cases for investments, including ROI analysis, cost/benefit evaluation, and risk assessment.
Prioritize initiatives based on business value, urgency, risk, resource capacity, and dependencies.
Analyze application usage and performance and recommend improvements.
Create and deploy enterprise frameworks for requirements gathering, prioritization, communication, and alignment.
Lead governance forums to evaluate proposed projects and changes.
Maintain roadmap transparency and communicate progress, decisions, and rationale to stakeholders.
Organize work into sprints aligned with business needs, IT capabilities, and delivery timelines.
Conduct Agile delivery rhythms that promote high-quality deployments and process adherence.
Manage deployments to meet requirements, minimize risk, and maximize value.
Advise business unit leaders on leveraging technology to achieve key outcomes.
Communicate project status, risks, and dependencies clearly to executives and stakeholders.
Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and planning meetings to align stakeholders on priorities and solution approaches.
Drive change management to support adoption of new technologies and processes.
Lead and mentor business analysts.
Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture between business and IT teams.
Lead workforce planning, goal setting, performance management, and career development for team members.
Promote Agile principles, continuous improvement, and customer-centric thinking across IT.
Model leadership excellence, empathy, transparency, inclusivity, and high performance.