Director of Information Technology

Staffing Management LLC • Remote, US,

6h • $100,000 - $150,000 • Remote

About The Position

Elite365 Staffing Group is seeking a Director of Information Technology to serve as the company’s first dedicated internal IT executive. This is a senior individual-contributor leadership role responsible for technology strategy, cybersecurity, applications, network infrastructure, and data analytics across a multi-brand healthcare staffing platform spanning travel nursing, locum tenens, and permanent placement.

Reporting to the CEO/CFO and in close collaboration with the VP of Operations, this leader will own the IT roadmap, govern IT vendor relationships, drive post-acquisition system consolidation, and build the data infrastructure needed to support management decision-making and future M&A activity.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive IT leadership with prior budget and vendor management ownership.
• Experience in multi-entity or multi-brand environments, including post-acquisition system integration.
• Hands-on knowledge of staffing industry technology platforms: ATS systems, CRM (Salesforce), and finance and HR platforms.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks (NIST CSF or equivalent), endpoint security, SIEM, MFA/SSO, and incident response planning.
• Experience governing MSP relationships — contract management, SLA accountability, and cost optimization.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 / Entra ID, Azure, Power BI, and modern data warehouse concepts.
• Strong executive communication skills; able to translate technical risk into business impact for CEO/CFO, VP Operations audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Background in healthcare staffing — travel nursing, allied health, locum tenens, or permanent placement.
• Experience in PE-backed company environments with exposure to portfolio-level reporting and value creation frameworks.
• Familiarity with AI/automation tools applicable to staffing operations.
• Experience with data governance frameworks and enterprise data quality programs in fragmented, multi-system environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable IT strategies and maintain a multi-year IT roadmap aligned to business growth, brand integration, and operational efficiency objectives.
• Prepare and present IT reports for executive leadership including technology KPIs and security posture summaries.
• Serve as the IT/Tech Leader — owning vendor relationships, contract governance, and budget accountability.
• Establish IT governance including investment prioritization, project delivery accountability, and quarterly executive reporting.
• Build an M&A IT integration playbook to standardize onboarding of future acquisitions, including a 90-day checklist and system transition framework.
• Identify opportunities for automation, workflow efficiency, and AI-assisted tooling across staffing workflows and back-office functions.
• Define the optimal IT support model for the enterprise — establishing which capabilities to insource vs. retain with tech partners.
• Deliver a comprehensive application inventory across all brands — documenting systems, vendors, costs, and contract renewal dates.
• Define the target-state application architecture and build a consolidation roadmap covering ATS, CRM, finance, and back-office systems.
• Lead tech integration of new brands; develop integration roadmaps.
• Assess ATS consolidation options and produce recommendations with cost, risk, and timeline analysis.
• Drive systems integrations strategy — define data connection standards and eliminate manual handoffs between core platforms.
• Assume ownership of the organization’s cybersecurity program aligned to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF); conduct or commission an annual Security Risk Assessment and maintain a tracked risk register.
• Ensure security controls and solutions are in place and maintained — including patch management, MDR/XDR, email security, MFA/SSO, RBAC, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and Conditional Access policies.
• Own data protection controls including endpoint encryption, data in transit, and DLP policies covering sensitive client data.
• Maintain and exercise a documented incident response plan; serve as internal IR coordinator and primary communicator to leadership.
• Maintain a security awareness training and phishing simulation program.
• Conduct comprehensive IT budget reviews across all software, hardware, SaaS, network, and consulting spend (CapEx and OpEx) and identify savings opportunities.
• Define formal SLA tiers with escalation paths; publish vendor performance results to business leadership on a monthly basis.
• Administer user feedback program to capture IT service quality across business users.
• Develop a formal IT delivery roadmap, prioritized and aligned to business objectives.
• Manage a data governance program — establishing data element definitions, common terminology, and standard metric calculations across all brands.
• Work with SaaS vendors to enforce data standards in core systems, ensuring data quality in downstream dashboards and reports.
• Oversee support and enhancements of the centralized data warehouse as well as reports, dashboards, and data analytics.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed