Director Of Information Technology

Senior Director of IT

New York (Hybrid)

$200,000 - $240,000

This is the most senior role in the IT Department within the firm, accountable for IT throughout the organization. The Senior Director of IT is responsible for the delivery of all IT infrastructure and related IT operations used to enable business capabilities and services across the enterprise.

This role reports to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and has line management responsibilities for Infrastructure (on-premise & Cloud), Applications (on-premise, Cloud & SaaS), support and operations, including levels 1-3 user support.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Sets the mission, vision, and strategy of the IT organization to maximize the success of the firm through IT enterprise initiatives.
• Designs and develops a strong and diverse IT leadership team, together with a reporting structure for the function.
• Builds successful stakeholder relationships with other IT and business key stakeholders by developing a clear understanding of business needs, acting as a trusted advisor, and ensuring cost-effective delivery of IT services to meet those needs.
• Works with the IT senior leadership team on the service portfolio and governance required to prioritize resources, including budget. Works with key stakeholders to measure and prioritize technical debt remediation.
• Introduces innovative, differentiating infrastructure and operations capabilities that enhance our overall competitive capabilities and enhance employee productivity.
• Develops the maturity of IT to improve efficiency, deliver new innovations and increase collaboration with other IT and business areas (e.g., through Agile, DevOps, platform, and product approaches).
• Defines, develops, and manages a comprehensive and integrated IT Service Management (ITSM) landscape, based on best-practice processes, disciplines, and related toolsets. This includes delivery of a comprehensive IT asset management program.
• Collaborates with the Director of Security & Risk to ensure IT contributes to, embraces, and applies security strategy.

Skills and Educational Requirements:

• Creating self-service mechanisms to streamline infrastructure provisioning and ongoing management
• Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to develop and communicate an IT vision that inspires and motivates staff and aligns with the IT and business strategy
• Evangelizing and implementing transformational initiatives where the target state included agile, DevOps, cloud adoption at scale.
• Strong business acumen, including industry, domain-specific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units
• Delivery of hybrid working excellence to improve customer and user experiences
• Building cloud management solutions, including software development, integration, and ongoing engineering aspects.
• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in complex environments where resources required for success may not be in direct control of this role
• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 10+ years of experience in IT or law firm technology.
• Maximizing effectiveness of nearshore / offshore resource models
• Developing staff including coaching, mentoring and performance management.