Director, IT Strategy & Transformation

UL Solutions•Northbrook, IL

1d•$171,500 - $228,600

About The Position

The IT Director, IT Strategy & Transformation drives the definition and execution of enterprise technology strategy, with a strong focus on transforming the IT organization into a modern, business-aligned, product- and platform-driven function. This role ensures technology investments, standards, and architectures enable scalability, resilience, and measurable business value. The Director partners with business and IT leadership to shape long-term strategy, establish enterprise technology standards, and advance capabilities across AI, data, cloud, and digital platforms—while embedding business architecture principles to tightly align technology with business outcomes. Requires a deep understanding of both technology and business strategy, exceptional leadership skills and the ability to partner and foster a collaborative environment. This role, reporting to the CIO, will lead through influence.

Requirements

Proven experience in a senior technology role, ideally with a large and complex organization. 15+ years of progressively responsible IT experience and leadership roles, including IT strategy, integration management and application development.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering or a related field; an MS, MBA or related advanced degree is a plus.
Strong understanding of architecture frameworks and their application in business strategy
Experience successfully leading digital and/or organizational transformation initiatives that meet the objectives of excellence in a diverse global business environment.
Strong business awareness, a sound understanding of key business processes (e.g., order to cash, purchase to pay) and the way they impact business performance.
Deep knowledge of current and emerging technology trends.
Must have demonstrated leadership ability, technical and business acumen, and industry knowledge.
Strategic leader and builder of vision and bridges can energize the appropriate teams in the organization.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior executives.
The ability to communicate technology solutions including the technology policy, plans and roadmaps to nontechnical audiences at various hierarchical levels, ranging from board members to technical specialists.
Ability to lead, mentor and develop the architecture team to achieve tactical and strategic goals.
Excellent analytical skills, evaluative and problem-solving abilities
A strategic thinker focused on continuous improvement.
Financial/budget management, resource management
Ability to work within a complex and often ambiguous environment.
Ability to provide recommendations on complex issues and navigate conflict.

Nice To Haves

an MS, MBA or related advanced degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

Define and lead a multi-year IT transformation roadmap to modernize capabilities, operating model, and delivery approach
Transition IT toward product/service/platform-based delivery models and agile ways of working
Drive organizational change, including roles, skills, governance, and culture
Establish a clear linkage between strategy, execution, and value realization
Define and enforce enterprise technology standards across platforms, tools, integrations, and security
Partner with architecture teams to govern solution design and ensure alignment with target-state architecture
Lead or influence adoption of industry frameworks such as TOGAF, TBM and domain-driven design principles
Rationalize applications and technologies to reduce complexity and technical debt
Identify, evaluate, and scale emerging technologies (e.g., AI, automation, advanced analytics)
Establish innovation pipelines, pilots, and partnerships
Balance experimentation with enterprise scalability and risk management
Develop and execute strategies, such as cloud (public, private, hybrid), including migration, optimization, and cost governance
Partner across IT to define platform strategies (e.g., data platforms, integration platforms, developer platforms) to enable reuse and speed
Partner with engineering teams to embed DevSecOps and automation practices
Integrate business architecture practices to map capabilities, value streams, and customer journeys
Align technology investments to business capabilities and strategic priorities
Facilitate capability-based planning and prioritization
Ensure traceability from business strategy to technology execution and outcomes
Design and evolve the IT operating model, including governance, funding, and service delivery structures
Define KPIs, OKRs, and maturity models to measure transformation progress
Partner to drive strategic portfolio management, including prioritization, sequencing, and funding of initiatives
Establish governance forums to ensure alignment, transparency, and accountability
Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders on technology strategy and transformation
Translate complex technology concepts into clear business outcomes
Build alignment across business and IT leadership