Head of IT

Launch Potato•Delray Beach, FL

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a greenfield build. You will stand up, centralize, and own Launch Potato's internal IT function, and you will decide the operating model the company scales around. The upside is rare: full ownership, direct line to senior leadership, and the chance to design the systems a 200-person global company. We are lean and we move fast. You will not inherit mature processes or a large team to delegate to. You will assess an ambiguous environment, set priorities yourself, and personally drive implementation, not just define strategy. You own the function end to end: Google Workspace, identity and access, employee lifecycle, SaaS, assets, vendors, procurement, budgeting, and compliance support. You partner directly with the founders and senior leaders and take administrative IT load off their plate. Your recommendations get heard and acted on. You define the standards, controls, and documentation from the ground up and set the roadmap for systems, vendors, and future staffing. You help advance our SOC 2 Type II work and build the foundation for future SOX-readiness, shaping how the company governs risk as it grows. You will build, centralize, and own Launch Potato's internal IT function. You will assess the current environment and establish a scalable operating model across Google Workspace, identity and access, employee lifecycle, SaaS, assets, vendors, procurement, licensing, budgeting, forecasting, and compliance support. You will work shoulder to shoulder with HR, Accounting, Security, Engineering, and senior leadership to automate onboarding and offboarding, tighten access governance, strengthen controls, cut unnecessary spend, and create clear accountability across the company's technology environment. You will identify risks, make practical recommendations, and drive the implementation yourself.

Requirements

Experience building or leading Corporate IT, Business Technology, Workplace Technology, or IT Operations inside a startup, scale-up or similarly fast-moving company where systems and documentation were still being built.
Strong identity and access management: SSO, SAML, SCIM, MFA, role-based access, least privilege, and privileged-access governance.
Experience creating scalable processes, controls, policies, and documentation that support SOC 2 Type II, SOX-readiness, or comparable audit requirements.
The judgment to evaluate integration and automation opportunities across HRIS, identity, Google Workspace, and SaaS.
Strong executive communication, project management, prioritization, and the ability to build trust across teams.
The ability to operate independently, create structure in ambiguity, and stay close to execution without a large internal team.
Background in AdTech, digital media, SaaS, digital publishing, ecommerce, fintech, healthtech, or a broader technology company.

Nice To Haves

BambooHR or comparable HRIS administration and integration.
Kandji, Intune, or comparable endpoint management.
Okta or another identity provider.
Google Vault, retention, eDiscovery, DLP, or advanced Workspace security.
Direct SOC 2 Type II readiness, remediation, evidence collection, and recurring control operation.
SOX, ITGC, pre-IPO, or public-company controls experience.
SaaS-management, identity-governance, vendor-management, or license-optimization platforms.
Governing company AI tools: access, security, privacy, licensing, utilization, and cost.
ITIL certification or practical IT service-management experience.
Supporting a distributed workforce across Apple, Windows, and mobile.
Interest in eventually hiring and developing an internal IT team while staying close to execution.

Responsibilities

Hands-on, company-wide ownership of Google Workspace as an organizational platform: user lifecycle, org structure, admin roles, security controls, audit logs, application access, and third-party integrations.
End-to-end ownership of onboarding, role changes, and offboarding across the HRIS, Google Workspace, identity platforms, endpoint tools, and core SaaS.
Ownership of vendors, contracts, renewals, licensing, utilization, hardware and software procurement, departmental budgeting, and forecasting.
Full-lifecycle device and asset management: procurement, provisioning, inventory, assignment, recovery, replacement, and retirement.
Build, centralize, and own Launch Potato's internal IT function.
Assess the current environment and establish a scalable operating model across Google Workspace, identity and access, employee lifecycle, SaaS, assets, vendors, procurement, licensing, budgeting, forecasting, and compliance support.
Work shoulder to shoulder with HR, Accounting, Security, Engineering, and senior leadership to automate onboarding and offboarding, tighten access governance, strengthen controls, cut unnecessary spend, and create clear accountability across the company's technology environment.
Identify risks, make practical recommendations, and drive the implementation yourself.