Director of Information Technology
Tekmetric•Houston, TX
•Hybrid
About The Position
Tekmetric is seeking a Director of IT who has experience scaling an internal technology function through rapid growth and increasing complexity. This role focuses on evolving the IT strategy, modernizing systems and tooling, embedding security and compliance, and leading AI adoption and governance. The Director will partner with Engineering, Security, Finance, People, and Operations as a strategic partner to accelerate business growth and efficiency. The company culture emphasizes winning together, moving fast, staying curious, taking ownership, and providing honest feedback. Tekmetric offers hybrid and remote work models with expected travel for team and company-wide offsites.
Requirements
- Experience leading IT strategy at a company of 500+ employees
- Proven track record of designing and scaling IT systems and tooling
- Strong understanding of modern SaaS ecosystems and architecture
- Experience implementing AI tools and/or defining AI strategy in a business context
- Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels
- Strong cross-functional leadership and executive communication skills
- Experience partnering with security/compliance functions (SOC2, ISO, etc.)
- Experience leading IT strategy and systems architecture at a 500–1500 employee company
- Experience in high-growth environments where the company scaled significantly over a 3–5 year period
- Proven success consolidating fragmented tooling environments and driving more standardized, scalable systems
- Deep experience with identity and access management in complex SaaS environments
- Strong judgment balancing security, compliance, and business speed
- Experience creating AI governance frameworks, evaluating AI tools, and driving responsible adoption across a company
- Strong understanding of modern SaaS ecosystems, integrations, automation, and internal systems architecture
- Ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on execution levels
- Strong cross-functional leadership and executive communication skills
- Experience partnering with security and compliance teams across frameworks like SOC2 and ISO
Responsibilities
- Defining and leading the company’s IT strategy, creating a clear 12–24 month roadmap aligned with business priorities, growth plans, and operational needs
- Establishing accountability and process discipline across the organization — identifying where standards aren't being followed, setting clear expectations, and driving adoption even where there's resistance.
- Partnering closely with leadership to proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and gaps across systems, security, tooling, and processes
- Building strong relationships across the organization and leading through influence, ensuring teams adopt the right processes, controls, and ways of working
- Driving a company-wide tooling strategy, ensuring investments are thoughtful, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with long-term business needs
- Establishing strong governance around systems, security, identity and access management, and AI usage across the company
- Developing processes and operating rhythms that allow the IT function to stay ahead of company growth rather than reacting to it
- Leading and developing the IT team, providing strategic direction while empowering the team to execute effectively
- Thriving in a fast-moving, high-growth environment with evolving priorities, ambiguity, and increasing complexity
Benefits
- Remote work
- Competitive base salaries
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid maternity leave
- Paid parental bonding leave
- Medical leave
- Comprehensive health benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage
- For employee only, we offer plans that cover 100% of premiums
- We cover 50% of costs for families
- Free, confidential counseling through our partnership with BetterHelp
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with 100% employer match on contributions up to 6%
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Up to $60/month toward fitness, mental health, or other wellness activities
- $300 home office setup bonus after one year of employment
- Support for continuing education
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
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