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FirstEnergy - Akron, OH

posted 2 months ago

Full-time - Executive
Akron, OH
Utilities

About the position

The Vice President, Enterprise Technologies at FirstEnergy is a key leadership role responsible for driving the company's digital transformation and technology strategy. This position involves overseeing the development and implementation of innovative information technologies that align with business goals, while promoting a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Vice President will lead a team to enhance the organization's technology infrastructure, ensuring security and reliability, and will act as a catalyst for continuous improvement across the company.

Responsibilities

  • Define the organization's overall technology vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals.
  • Stay informed about emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the organization.
  • Prioritize technology investments and allocate resources effectively.
  • Develop and implement a long-term technology plan to support the organization's growth and innovation.
  • Partner with functional leaders and various business stakeholders to ensure their goals and objectives are achieved through enterprise technology enablement.
  • Lead diverse teams of technologists, including the administration of personnel and budget to ensure maximum effectiveness and quality of service delivered.
  • Build and manage a high-performing team of IT professionals.
  • Develop and implement technology and data policies, standards, and procedures.
  • Ensure the security and reliability of the organization's technology infrastructure, applications, and services.
  • Identify and champion new technologies that can improve efficiency, create new products or services, or gain a competitive advantage.
  • Foster a culture of innovation within the technology organization and enterprise wide.
  • Lead research and development (R&D) initiatives related to technology.
  • Communicate the technology vision and strategy to all stakeholders, including executives, business unit leaders, and employees.
  • Collaborate with other departments to ensure that technology initiatives are aligned with business needs.
  • Build strong relationships with key vendors and partners.
  • Act as a spokesperson for Enterprise Technologies and represent the organization at industry events.
  • Develop and maintain the blueprint for enterprise architecture and ensure architecture is aligned with the company's operating model, strategic plan goals, and objectives.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 15 years in a senior Technology leadership role with experience running a variety of IT systems in diverse business and technology environments.
  • Demonstrated track record of measuring, tracking, and trending performance data to improve the delivery of efficient and effective IT deployment at the enterprise level.
  • Experience in identifying new sources and analytical capabilities around big data while designing with risk and data security as key considerations.
  • Experience with IT policy and legal issues.
  • Prior experience representing the interests of an organization through interactions with federal, state, and local agencies.
  • Demonstrated success working cooperatively with all parts of a company to engage in co-identifying, designing, and co-developing new IT solutions and processes.
  • Experience in management of large, multi-year, complex enterprise software implementations or product development/delivery programs.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience in the electric utility industry is not a requirement but is preferred.
  • An MBA is a plus.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay plus incentive compensation
  • Company-sponsored pension plan
  • 401(k) savings plan with matching employer contribution
  • Choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs
  • Skills development training with tuition reimbursement
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