Managing Director, Technology Enablement

Associated Electric Cooperative•Springfield, MO

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Associated Electric Cooperative is seeking a Managing Director, Technology Enablement to lead a new function focused on unifying how technology is built across the organization. This role will own the full lifecycle of technology development, including architecture, developer tools, platforms for applications, data, and AI, and the underlying infrastructure. The goal is to enable technology builders to create solutions safely, sustainably, and productively, together. The position requires a leader who can design and implement a unified approach to building technology, considering the unique needs of critical grid systems that must remain operational independently. The role reports to the Chief Information Officer and will lead teams already in place with early momentum and support from leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in technology, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of experience and relevant certifications.
10+ years of progressively responsible leadership experience in technology operations, security, infrastructure, or enterprise-scale technology environments, including experience leading through managers.
7+ years of people leadership experience with full responsibility for direct reports.
Demonstrated success leading and improving 24/7 monitoring, incident response, and support capabilities across complex systems.
Proven experience leading high-stakes incident and crisis response, coordinating cross-functional teams, and restoring operations under pressure.
Strong understanding of cybersecurity, infrastructure, and enterprise systems, including networks, identity, hosting environments, and endpoint technologies.
Experience building and evolving operational systems and capabilities, including observability, automation, and incident management platforms.
Strong leadership presence with the ability to make decisions in ambiguous, time-sensitive situations and communicate clearly with technical teams, business leaders, and senior and executive leadership.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the utility industry.
Experience with cloud and on-premise hybrid environments.
Experience with GenAI implementation.

Responsibilities

Lead teams to raise each region of the shared foundation: data products, enterprise apps, business apps, enterprise integrations, and others.
Make technology regions compelling enough for teams to migrate, enabling them to build safely, sustainably, and productively.
Lead the migration to a unified way of building technology.
Stand up enterprise architecture as a working function with architects who act as registry keepers, tool-crafters, and consultants.
Make data the fuel of the company by establishing trustworthy and discoverable data products, certifying builders for analytics and machine learning, and creating an AI-ready platform.
Modernize the craft of building products by implementing AI-integrated development, modern toolchains, a shared UI framework, and low/no-code capabilities.
Design a future for grid systems that delivers cloud-era engineering without cloud exposure, including modern network architecture and on-prem datacenter services like containerization.
Watch emerging technology waves, determine Associated's needs, and open new regions before teams feel the need to build alone.
Develop people, guide organizations through change, and leave teams stronger.