JOB DESCRIPTION
The Director, Information Technology leads adoption and development of technologies and processes roadmaps across the organization. Acts as a trusted advisor to ULS leadership in supporting delivery of Enterprise solutions to drive organizational KPIs - increase revenue, reduce costs, mitigate risks and improve efficiency.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Innovation - Own the applications and technology platforms as assigned, provide architecture, engineering and development expertise, tooling, capabilities, and mentorship for enabling reliable and secure application development.
- Product development and delivery - Define and own platform backlog based on the feature improvements from the product roadmap and user community feedback and lead the execution. Develop and own the applications and platform roadmap, in alignment with organizational goals and objectives. Define and prioritize feature improvements for enterprise capabilities as well as supporting specific portfolio/business unit needs.
- Strategy and Standards - Collaborate with Enterprise architects, Platform engineering, Infrastructure and Security teams in defining comprehensive enterprise vision, strategy, and execution plans.
- Governance - Define operating model through a center of enablement for governing and leading - internal and external - across the enterprise. Measure performance against established critical metrics and objectives to report and to drive compliance.
- Quality Assurance - Engage QA teams to define and implement automated test plans. Develop validation methodology.
- SRE/Support organization - Set up a platform support organization to lead product deployments and provide post deployment support. Find opportunities for automation of deployments and configurations across multiple environments.
- Manages the performance of direct reports by developing accountabilities, establishing performance objectives, providing career counseling, feedback, and guidance, and ensuring that all policies are understood and adhered to.
- Performs other duties as directed.
QUALIFICATIONS
- University degree (equivalent to bachelor's degree) in Computer Science, IT, or Engineering or a related discipline and preferably 10+ years experience in global IT leadership
- Solid grasp of security considerations specific to applications and platforms, including data protection, encryption, communication with executive leadership
- Experience leading strategic partners and vendors
- Strong business acumen.
- Budget management, negotiation, and financial analysis skills.
- Very strong capabilities and experience working with senior executive leaders, adept at critical stakeholder management.
- Expert management abilities to guide direct reports and matrixed resources
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What We Do
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
Why Work With Us
Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Depending on the role we offer hybrid or remote opportunities.
