Sr. Director, IT Business Relationship Management

our team • Overland Park, KS

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About The Position

SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As the Sr. Director, Information Technology – Cooling Products, you will interface between the senior business leaders, local, and corporate SPX IT teams.  You will be responsible for aligning IT and the business unit’s strategic direction to assure that IT investments are delivering the highest value to SPX, serving as a champion for enterprise strategic initiatives including Digitalization, Mergers & Acquisition, and Technical Debt Reduction.  You will be highly strategic and accountable for working collaboratively across the organization at various levels to understand business needs to enable growth and business outcomes.  Ensure business unit priorities are effectively communicated to the IT organization, and facilitate the generation, oversight and delivery of IT support and projects required to deliver business objectives.  Actively manage local IT leadership and teams.  Identify appropriate technical and business resources needed to ensure projects are completed on schedule, within budget, meeting business and technical requirements.

Requirements

• 7-10+ years relevant IT architecture, operations and application development experience with 5+ years’ experience at senior management level, with P&L, Cost Center, or equivalent accountability
• Understanding of business process management & IT relationship
• Experience managing a virtual team
• Proven experience leading large, complex, cross-functional projects from strategy to execution
• Demonstrated expertise driving digital/AI transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business impact

Nice To Haves

• Background in industrial manufacturing or equivalent environment
• Strong analytical skills
• The ability to conduct cost/benefit analysis
• Business case development
• Expertise on a variety of business and technical concepts, practices, and procedures
• Strong business acumen and technology skills

Responsibilities

• Responsible for prioritizing, developing, communicating, and driving IT strategies aligned with business strategies; direct the IT activities and personnel to translate these strategies into achievable outcomes and tangible actions
• Serve as the relationship linkage between the business unit and IT
• Represent IT to the business by promoting IT’s vision, value, services, and capabilities
• Facilitate and serve as a lead for the prioritization, planning and initiation of efforts to enable the achievement of business objectives through the effective use of technology
• Communicate decisions, priorities, and relevant information to appropriate levels of staff regarding opportunities, initiatives, and requests
• Work with peers to understand breadth of opportunity in an effort to maximize value of investments
• Act as a business advocate to ensure IT services meet their business priorities and needs
• Provide highly-valued strategic consulting support and guidance

Benefits

• Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave
• Competitive health insurance plans and 401(k) match, with benefits starting day one
• Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans
• Educational assistance, leadership development programs, and recognition programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees