14439 - VP, Information Technology - Applications

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The VP, Information Technology – Applications is an executive-level leader accountable for setting and executing enterprise IT application strategy across the organization. This role owns the financial performance of the Applications function, influences resource allocation across multiple divisions and regions, and drives measurable business outcomes including growth, margin improvement, and customer experience. The VP reports directly to an L1 executive and serves as a key technology voice to the C-suite and board.

Responsibilities:

Strategy & Business Performance

• Set the enterprise IT application strategy and operating model; ensure differentiation vs. competitors and deliver measurable business outcomes (growth, margin, CX)
• Own financial performance within scope: investment planning, TCO/ROI, and benefits realization; guide capital and capacity allocation across divisions, regions, and subfunctions
• Represent the Applications function to the C-suite, board, and BU leadership; resolve escalations and align priorities across the enterprise

Portfolio & Program Governance

• Govern the application portfolio at enterprise scale — prioritize strategic bets, sunset low-value work, and assure delivery of cross-company initiatives
• Lead program decision-making on direction, approach, and vendor selection with urgency and accountability for near-term outcomes
• Evaluate key business and organizational challenges; direct the development of new or innovative solutions that create competitive advantage

Innovation & Modernization

• Lead platform modernization, cloud strategy, and data/AI enablement; incubate new capabilities and operating models
• Remove systemic constraints and drive architectural decisions that ensure the application ecosystem can scale and operate reliably over the long term
• Apply deep knowledge of how the Applications function integrates across the organization to create and sustain competitive differentiation

Risk, Compliance & Resilience

• Direct enterprise risk, cybersecurity posture, compliance, and resilience/DR strategy in partnership with security, audit, and legal
• Maintain governance frameworks aligned to NIST, ISO, SOC2, and applicable sector regulations

External Relationships & Influence

• Own top-tier external relationships with strategic vendors, partners, customers, and regulators
• Negotiate with wide latitude on outcomes; lead sourcing strategy, complex licensing, vendor consolidation, and M&A IT diligence
• Influence and negotiate internally and externally across multiple divisions, regions, and subfunctions

Knowledge, Skills, and Experiences:

• 15+ years of relevant experience
• Enterprise architecture and capability mapping; platform and data/AI strategy at scale
• Multi-year portfolio and investment governance (PPM, OKRs, value/benefits tracking) and scenario planning
• Cloud and platform operating models (multi-cloud/hybrid), reliability/SLO strategy, and FinOps/TCO management
• Compliance governance and enterprise risk
• Data governance (MDM, lineage, privacy-by-design) and applied analytics/AI enablement
• Sourcing and commercial strategy (RFPs, complex licensing, vendor consolidation, SaaS/outsourcing); M&A IT diligence, TSA, carve-out, and integration
• Enterprise change with program assurance for large-scale transformations
• Financial acumen: P&L literacy, budgeting and forecasting, chargeback/showback models

Leadership Competencies:

• Board-level executive presence; strategic storytelling with clear metrics and outcomes
• Systems thinking; converts corporate strategy into actionable roadmaps across multiple organizations and regions
• High-stakes negotiation and coalition building — internal and external — with broad decision-making latitude
• Change leadership at scale; culture shaping and organizational transformation
• Decisive, risk-based prioritization under uncertainty; calm and effective crisis and incident leadership
• Talent multiplier: coaching senior leaders, succession planning, and fostering inclusion

Base pay range for this position is $200,000 - $265,000 per year. Final annual compensation will be based on experience and may vary by geographic location.