Director, Technology
About The Position
The Director, Technology serves as a key Senior Leadership Team member within CPNA, leading technology strategy to support business transformation, data and analytics structure, cybersecurity, and operational technology capabilities that leverage digital innovation to create measurable and sustainable business value for the organization. This role primarily exists to lead CPNA technology strategy and roadmap, advance data, analytics and AI capabilities, ensure business risks are mitigated while current platforms are modernized and technical debt is minimized, develop and uplift capability and skills of IT organization, and drive a culture of innovation by identifying, incubating, and scaling emerging technologies and digital capabilities that differentiate CPNA and accelerate business value creation. Continuously assess and introduce innovative technologies (e.g., AI, automation, advanced analytics) to improve competitive advantage, operational efficiency, and customer outcomes. This role also has accountability for technology investment governance, ERP, CRM and cloud initiatives, cybersecurity management and business continuity, IT/OT integration and MES enablement, talent development and succession planning, and enterprise stakeholder management.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
- Significant experience in leading an IT/OT function and managing in a complex and diverse IT structure, global organization preferred
- Demonstrated experience transforming business through value creation within technology platforms like ERP, CRM
- Manufacturing acumen with understanding of manufacturing systems like MES, preferred to have experience implementing modern MES platforms
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and experience in partnering within complex and matrixed businesses
- Highly resilient and can lead and deliver in a matrixed environment
- Demonstrated ability to engage with and influence key stakeholders to enable strategy development and implementation
- Ability to translate strong technology acumen to strategic business value creation
- Customer and business process centricity
- Continuous improvement drive
Nice To Haves
- Postgraduate in business or technology desirable
- experience implementing modern MES platforms
Responsibilities
- Lead CPNA technology strategy and roadmap
- Advance data, analytics and AI capabilities
- Ensure business risks are mitigated while current platforms are modernized and technical debt is minimized
- Develop and uplift capability and skills of IT organization
- Drive a culture of innovation by identifying, incubating, and scaling emerging technologies and digital capabilities that differentiate CPNA and accelerate business value creation
- Continuously assess and introduce innovative technologies (e.g., AI, automation, advanced analytics) to improve competitive advantage, operational efficiency, and customer outcomes
- Technology investment governance
- ERP, CRM and cloud initiatives
- Cybersecurity management and business continuity
- IT/OT integration and MES enablement
- Talent development and succession planning
- Enterprise stakeholder management
Benefits
- health insurance
- life insurance
- short and long term disability
- paid time off
- retirement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
