IT VP

GEODIS • Brentwood, TN

35d

About The Position

GEODIS is a global third-party logistics provider that helps move goods worldwide. The Vice President of IT leads the Americas IT development roadmap, aligning it with business strategy and GEODIS’s global technology direction. The role advises executive leadership on technology investments, manages modernization of legacy and modern platforms, and oversees software development and delivery for operations-critical logistics systems.

The VP leads multiple teams and external partners, develops engineering practices and architecture standards, and is accountable for platform reliability, security, disaster recovery, and business continuity. The position also owns development budgets, headcount planning, resource allocation, vendor relationships, and performance reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in software development or IT, including 5+ years leading large engineering organizations across multiple teams and 50+ people.
• Demonstrated experience running a hybrid estate of legacy and modern workloads and leading phased modernization.
• Strong background with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), microservices, APIs, and DevOps practices.
• Experience delivering enterprise systems in a 24/7, operations-critical environment.
• Track record managing budgets, vendors, offshore/onshore models, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage executives, operations leaders, and customers.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the Americas IT development roadmap in alignment with business strategy and GEODIS global technology direction.
• Advise executive leadership on technology investments, trade-offs, and risk.
• Lead modernization strategy and sequence platform changes to avoid disrupting live operations.
• Oversee the full software development lifecycle across WMS, TMS, order management, yard and dock systems, billing, and customer portals.
• Drive delivery of customer onboarding and integrations, including EDI, API, and event-based connectivity with shippers, carriers, marketplaces, and ERPs.
• Mature engineering practices, including Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing, observability, and release management for 24/7 operations.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget with minimal operational impact.
• Maintain the reliability and supportability of legacy and mainframe-era applications while reducing technical debt and key-person risk.
• Lead migration to cloud-native, containerized, API-first architectures, including hybrid and phased coexistence models.
• Establish integration patterns that allow old and new systems to interoperate.
• Guide adoption of data, analytics, and AI/ML capabilities such as visibility, forecasting, slotting, and automation.
• Lead, mentor, and develop directors, managers, and engineers across onshore, offshore, and vendor-partner teams.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning, and upskill teams with legacy expertise on modern tooling.
• Own hiring, succession planning, performance management, and organizational design.
• Set architectural standards for scalability, resilience, and maintainability, aligned with global architecture governance.
• Partner with Information Security to embed secure development and meet customer, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
• Own platform reliability, disaster recovery, and business continuity for operations that cannot go down.
• Own the development budget, headcount planning, and resource allocation.
• Manage software developers, vendors, system integrators, contractors, and licensing.
• Report on KPIs including delivery velocity, quality, uptime, integration cycle time, and cost efficiency.

Benefits

• Early access to wages through the Rain financial wellness app.
• Free telemedical access to doctors and therapists through FirstStop Health, available from the first day of employment.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance after 30 days of employment.
• 401(k) match.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave.
• Career development, employee resource groups, and mentorship programs.
• Employee discounts.
• Fitness class discounts and free access to a relaxation and meditation app.
• Free financial wellness programs.
• Daycare discount program.
• Opportunities to volunteer and give back to the community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive