Head of Technology [HT-XXXXXXX]

VisionSpark • Owensboro, KY

8d • $190,000 - $210,000

About The Position

Asmark Institute is seeking a strategic, practical, and trusted technology leader to lead its Technology function and help guide the organization’s technology decisions. The Head of Technology will balance long-term vision with current business needs, build trust across technical teams and business stakeholders, and apply sound judgment to modernization, security, emerging technologies, and business value.

The role leads how Asmark builds, modernizes, secures, and scales the technology behind its products and operations. The leader will own the technology roadmap, strengthen engineering practices and team accountability, manage technical risks, and develop technical staff. They will partner with Product, Operations, and organizational leadership to turn business priorities into scalable technical solutions and make technology performance, capacity, priorities, and risks visible.

The position is full-time and may be based onsite in Owensboro, Kentucky, hybrid, or remote for the right candidate. Relocation assistance may be available for a candidate interested in joining the team in Owensboro. The posted salary range is $190,000–$210,000, with a potential bonus opportunity.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of senior Technology or Engineering leadership experience, including ownership of a technical function and direct partnership with senior leadership.
• Direct people leadership experience with software development or engineering teams, with a track record of creating clarity, accountability, and stability.
• Experience leading software engineering or application development teams through architecture, modernization, technical risk, and delivery decisions.
• Experience building and scaling a Technology or Engineering function through clearer structure, standards, priorities, accountability, and measurable execution.
• Strong business and technology judgment, with experience advising leaders on technical risk, investment priorities, scalability, security, and emerging technology.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading and scaling technical teams of roughly 5–25+ people, including employees, contractors, vendors, or technical leads.
• Leadership experience in a small to mid-sized organization.
• Experience in a regulated or operationally complex environment.
• Experience working with LMS, SaaS, or compliance-driven software platforms.
• Experience with AWS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, TypeScript, Next.js, CI/CD, or automated testing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience in AgTech, agricultural retail, safety, risk management, compliance, training, or related industries.
• Familiarity with EOS or similar operating systems.
• Advanced technical degree, AWS certification, Scrum certification, or similar technical credentials.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a strong Technology function with clear standards, ownership, and accountability across engineering and technical teams.
• Own the technology roadmap to ensure technical priorities support business goals, product direction, security, and long-term scalability.
• Lead modernization efforts involving systems, data, infrastructure, and development practices.
• Establish technical discipline that supports quality, predictable engineering work, and clear priorities.
• Strengthen collaboration among Technology, Product, Operations, and leadership to turn business priorities into scalable technical solutions.
• Reduce cybersecurity, data, system reliability, and technical risks before they become business problems.
• Create practical technology rhythms that make capacity, system health, blockers, priorities, risks, and decisions visible to leadership.
• Lead and develop technical team members into strong owners, problem solvers, and future leaders.
• Use clear measures of technology success to connect system performance, engineering capacity, security, and business impact.
• Evaluate AI, automation, and emerging technologies with practical judgment and business relevance.
• Make business-minded decisions about vendors, resources, architecture, and capacity, considering return on investment and execution.
• Identify technical debt, capacity issues, and execution risks early, and develop practical solutions.

Benefits

• Wellness Allowance
• 401(k) with match
• PTO
• Annual Company Trip
• 10-Year Employee Trip
• Potential bonus opportunity
• Relocation assistance may be available for a candidate interested in joining the team in Owensboro.

What This Job Offers

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