Director, IT Strategy

Samsung Electronics•Plano, TX

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of IT Strategy defines and drives Samsung Electronics America’s enterprise-wide IT strategic direction. The role provides executive-level vision and leadership for designing, prioritizing, and implementing IT initiatives that deliver measurable business value. It leads planning, governance, and execution of large-scale IT transformation and cost optimization efforts across cloud infrastructure, enterprise systems, security policy enforcement, and IT cost management. The Director partners with senior leadership, Samsung HQ stakeholders, and business-unit decision-makers to shape the IT roadmap, govern enterprise-system investments, and translate company strategy into scalable technology solutions. The position leads the PI IT Strategy team, manages strategic technology budgets and vendor relationships, and collaborates across Finance, Operations, Security, and IT. The role is part of the Business Transformation & Excellence team, which analyzes, develops, and implements solutions and systems across SEA and leads centralized AI strategies and directives with Samsung top management. The position requires working in the office five days per week under HR guidelines and travel of up to 10%. It is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Requirements

At least 15 years of progressive experience in IT strategy, process innovation, enterprise systems management, or a related field in a large corporate environment.
At least 8 years leading enterprise-scale IT programs involving cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP; ERP platforms such as SAP; CRM platforms such as Salesforce; or comparable platforms.
Business-level fluency in Korean and English, including the ability to read, write, and translate technical and business documents.
Proven experience owning IT cost management strategy and achieving measurable cost optimization across enterprise IT services and cloud infrastructure.
Experience with IT security policy governance, compliance, and audit in a large enterprise.
Experience managing and developing high-performing teams in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.
Experience presenting to and influencing C-suite and executive stakeholders, including HQ leadership.
Background in Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.
Ability to translate business objectives into actionable IT roadmaps and execution plans.
Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence across organizational and geographic boundaries.
Understanding of cloud cost optimization, enterprise architecture principles, systems integration, and digital transformation frameworks.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities and a data-driven approach to performance management and decision-making.
Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and drive enterprise-wide adoption of systems and processes.
Proficiency with MS Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Willingness to work five days in the office under HR guidelines and travel up to 10% of the time.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

PMP or equivalent certification.
Experience with AWS, SAP, Salesforce, N-IRP, Alteryx, Tableau, or equivalent platforms.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute an IT Cost Management Plan and strategy, leading cost optimization across enterprise IT services, cloud infrastructure, and vendor contracts.
Lead the AWS Cost Optimization Project and related cloud strategy initiatives, identifying and implementing savings measures with infrastructure and finance teams.
Oversee enterprise system transitions, including email archiving migration from BMA to eVault and email platform transitions from Exchange to Knox; manage scope, stakeholder alignment, timelines, and change management.
Lead N-IRP system policy enforcement with NA/SEA Security teams; define and govern IT security policies, ensure organizational compliance, and manage security issue escalation and resolution.
Provide strategic direction for IT governance, information security, audit, and data privacy compliance; support inquiry responses and corporate and regulatory alignment.
Translate company vision and senior management strategy into an IT roadmap and communicate it to executive stakeholders and Samsung HQ to secure alignment across business units.
Build, manage, and develop a high-performing PI IT Strategy team; design and evolve its organizational structure and foster excellence and continuous improvement.
Drive cross-functional collaboration among Finance, Operations, Security, and IT stakeholders to align initiatives with business priorities and promote enterprise-wide adoption.
Oversee IT vendor and partner relationships and govern strategic technology budgets, contracts, and delivery performance to achieve value and mitigate risk.
Lead internal process improvement projects related to internal and external systems; evaluate and document current processes and identify improvement opportunities.
Apply knowledge of senior management business strategies and systems project management to support Samsung’s competitive advantage.
Facilitate collaboration among business stakeholders, technical stakeholders, and PI throughout project lifecycles.
Gather business requirements and maintain project documentation; evaluate business needs and conduct quantitative or qualitative analyses for project proposals or evaluations.
Monitor project scope with project teams and provide regular status updates to relevant stakeholders.
Present analysis findings and project updates to internal and external stakeholders.