11/14/24 update:
We still have 2 finalists, and 13 more candidates submitted to the client already (out of 100’s of applicants). The finalists are interviewing this week.
MUST HAVE REQUIREMENTS: Live locally to Santa Monica, CA, be an In-The-Weeds Technical Leader, have experience with Law Firms, Entertainment AND Small Firms/Start-Ups, Private Equity Firms, IT Governance, Operations & Security. Please make sure your resume backs up the qualifications to the requirements as there are hundreds of applicants.
2 sets of questions below
PLEASE READ THE REQUIREMENTS CAREFULLY before APPLYING
MUST BE: US Citizen or Green Card
JOB TITLE: Director of Information Technology (Mini CIO)
LOCATION: Santa Monica, CA 90010
HYBRID, but want local people.
SALARY RANGE: $200-$270 (DOE)
JOB STATUS: Exempt
REPORTS TO: CFO
PRIVATE FIRM
SIZE OF STAFF TO MANAGE: 25 in IT and growing
WHO IS DOING THE WORK NOW: Current Director of IT
SIZE OF COMPANY: <200> employees (Los Angeles, Ireland & India)
INDUSTRY: Legal/IT
TECH DETAILS: 7 Petabytes of Data, 2000 servers (both Virtual and Physical), Windows environment
MUST BE: US Citizen or Green Card
SUMMARY:
Looking for a Director of IT to be responsible for overseeing the organization’s internal IT operations, ensuring they align with corporate objectives. The Director of IT manages the company’s technology infrastructure (networks, data centers, etc.) and the IT services that support business operations and service delivery. This includes responsibility for ensuring the integrity, availability, security of data and IT systems, cybersecurity, compliance with regulations, and data privacy standards.
IT Governance, Operations and Security. Reporting directly to the CTO, the Director of IT plays a crucial role in this structure, managing and optimizing internal IT infrastructure and operations. By incorporating the Director of IT under the CTO, our Client will benefit from unified leadership in technology, streamlining decision-making processes and fostering a more agile IT infrastructure capable of adapting to the rapid changes in our tech landscape.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provides expert guidance, direction and leadership in regard to a company’s selection and use of technologies. Leads an organization’s IT function. Determines long-term needs and pursues purchases and contracts that will aid in accomplishing business objectives. Responsible for budgeting, strategic planning and forecasting. Relies on extensive knowledge and professional discretion to achieve goals. Reports to the Chief Technology Officer. Manages others. Significant ingenuity and flexibility are expected. May require an advanced degree in a related area with at least 10 years of IT experience.
- Licensing & budgeting
- Compliance
- Lead team of security managers, security analysts
- Manage teams in multi regions
- Support, train, coach, manage and mentor IT personnel
- Track projects and other company initiatives to their successful conclusions
- Assist management and executives in developing a long term, strategic IT direction for the company
- Able to translate company and department strategic direction to tactical policies and effective implementations
- Efficiently communicate IT polices to service personnel
- Develop policies and procedures governing IT purchases, issues, and infrastructure
- Proposing, maintaining and responsible for the IT budget
- Oversee IT security for the company
- Assess new products or services and suggest enhancements to executives
- Responsible for vendor management including periodic auditing
- Able to formulate and follow through long term strategic projects
- Rely on extensive knowledge and professional discretion to achieve goals
QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE):
- 10+ years’ experience and/or bachelor’s degree in IT or related fields
- Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills a must
- Excellent project management skills
- Demonstrated strategic mindset with an emphasis in IT
SOFT SKILLS:
- Professional, pleasant and patient in demeanor
- Help reinforce image and professionalism of the IT Services team and Company through polished professional communications and interactions
- Can demonstrate the ability to work with hardware and software vendors
- High degree of professionalism and ability to work with nominal supervision
- Must have demonstrated maturity in judgment and ability to provide guidance and leadership to others
- Must be flexible, prioritize workload, and have strong attention to detail
- Ability to identify, create and maintain a neat infrastructure with a strong attention to detail to create an aesthetically pleasing environment
- Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external contacts at all levels
- Ability to manage projects
- Ability to develop, engineer, and manage entire IT department
- Exceptionally self-reliant and self-directed
PRODUCT SKILLS:
- A multi-disciplined manager
- Highly proficient in Office Suite
- Highly proficient in communicating, educating and explaining technical concepts
- Microsoft Project a plus
- ITIL Certification/training a plus
GENERAL DIRECTOR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Budget: Manage, or oversee the management of the budgets for your department and the team(s) within it, including quarterly budget reconciliation
- Communication: Model courteous, clear, complete, and concise communication.
- Compliance: Be compliant and ensure your teams’ compliance with all Company policies and procedures.
- Conflict Resolution: Seek to understand the perspective of other individuals and teams and work to solve conflict collaboratively; respectfully direct concerns to an individual before escalating elsewhere in the organization.
- Culture: Support adoption of our Client’s cultural initiatives with all individuals and teams reporting into you, including promoting conversations about happiness and monitoring happiness survey results.
- Develop People: Develop your direct reports by meeting regularly with them, by providing timely feedback (positive and constructive) and by participating fully in our bi-annual review processes. Model responsible career stewardship by actively seeking feedback on your own performance and accepting feedback with an open mind.
- Model Exemplary Behavior: demonstrate honesty, integrity, trust, discretion, collaboration within and among departments.
- Planning: Participate in Quarterly Planning meetings for our Client, and cascade goals to your teams to support their Quarterly Rocks Planning.
- Reporting: Deliver Quarterly Business Report (iQBR) for your department and lead the teams reporting into you to do so, too.
- Staffing and Utilization: Maintain a staffing plan for your department and oversee the utilization management for all individuals and teams reporting into you.
APPLICATION QUESTIONS (Please answer all questions)
- Legal Name & Preferred Name or Nickname:
- Best Contact Info (Cell & email):
- Your Linked In:
- Why looking for a new job:
- Availability for interviews and a new job:
- Where do you live (City, State, Zip):
- Desired geographical work location:
- Are you open to 100% onsite, hybrid and/or remote:
- Are you open to relocation if required:
- Are you open to travel if needed and have an active passport if needed:
- Are you authorized to work in US (Please indicate US, Green Card or Other):
- Hourly/Salary Expectations: (We need a range) $
- Sizes of staff managed and their titles(include # of direct reports):
- Budgetary Responsibility: $
- Education/Certs/Degrees(also indicate which certs are active):
- Who Referred You/ How Did You Hear About Job/ DKKD Staffing:
- NOTE: Please read the job requirements carefully. In the comments section, please answer the second set of questions in the job description.
PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW ALSO
How many total years of experience do you have and what is the most recent year used?
Elaborate & Provide Examples as needed.
- Held the role of Dir IT, VPIT, CIO:
- Still very hands-on/ in the weeds technical (please elaborate):
- Worked for a small company <200>:
- Experience working with or for Private Equity:
- Managed a team of security managers, security analysts, & manage a team in multi-regions:
- Windows, Linux, Oracle SQL Server:
- Experience in the law firm/ entertainment/ start-up industry:
- Experience with IT Governance, Operations & Security:
- Licensing & budgeting:
- Vendor Negotiations:
- ITIL certification and/ or experience:
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