Vice President, Information Technology

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About The Position

Are you a forward-thinking technology leader with a passion for modernization, automation, and AI transformation? We are looking for a Vice President of Information Technology to lead our global IT function through a critical phase of evolution and enterprise innovation. This is more than a traditional IT executive role—it’s an opportunity to shape how 5,000+ employees across the globe experience technology every day. Reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer, you’ll lead a globally distributed team of 70 to 150 professionals with primary delivery hubs in India and core leadership based in the U.S. and drive high-impact initiatives across infrastructure, end-user experience, enterprise applications, collaboration platforms, identity and access management, and global service delivery. This role sits at the intersection of leadership transition, enterprise automation, and an AI-first vision. The foundation is strong—now it’s your time to stabilize, scale, and bring cohesion to a rapidly evolving function.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive IT leadership, including global team oversight and executive stakeholder engagement.
Strategic and operational depth across infrastructure, identity, enterprise applications, endpoint management, and collaboration ecosystems.
Proven ability to lead modernization, AI adoption, and automation initiatives at scale, especially in complex or high-growth environments.
Hands-on experience with enterprise platforms like Okta, ServiceNow, Atlassian, Zoom, O365, Workday, and AWS.
Strong working knowledge of IT security, compliance frameworks, and access governance in support of IPO and audit readiness.
Experience leading across globally distributed teams, with a strong ability to collaborate across cultures and time zones—even as a U.S.-based leader.
Pragmatic leadership style: calm under pressure, strong in ambiguity, and able to bring structure without slowing down innovation.
Experience leading IT through M&A integration and due diligence is highly valued.
Experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.
Apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.
Grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading IT through M&A integration and due diligence is highly valued.

Responsibilities

Stabilize and inspire a high-performing global IT organization through a leadership transition—earning trust and delivering results from day one.
Define and execute a strategic roadmap that balances operational reliability with modernization and enterprise scalability.
Drive enterprise AI and automation adoption, including the rollout and governance of tools like ChatGPT Enterprise, Glean (federated search), and agent-based workflows through n8n.
Lead global IT operations across infrastructure, service desk, identity and access management (Okta), client engineering, collaboration systems (O365, Slack, Zoom), and corporate platforms (Atlassian, ServiceNow, Workday).
Act as the trusted IT lead for M&A transactions, managing due diligence, identity integration, and post-close execution across global acquisitions and divestitures.
Deliver on near-term initiatives such as mobile device management rollout, a unified “single front door” employee experience, and expanded Glean and n8n deployments.
Strengthen data governance and compliance in support of IPO readiness, SOX alignment, and long-term architectural maturity.
Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Security, People, and Engineering teams to translate business goals into scalable, secure solutions.