2401m - Managing Director, IT & Cybersecurity (Hybrid)

Overall responsibility for directing a team of information technology and cybersecurity professionals who provide IT Infrastructure and Networking, Information Systems and Business Solutions, Enterprise Analytics and Innovation, and Cybersecurity services to our utility client and other external companies, serving energy cooperatives and utility partners’ unique needs, helping energy cooperatives build a more secure, dependable, and responsive future

Responsibilities

• Establish, achieve and implement goals, objectives and strategies for the IT and Cybersecurity department and staff, including the ongoing recruitment and retention of best-in-class leaders and support staff
• Select and implement suitable technology to streamline internal operations and help optimize their strategic benefits
• Design and customize technological systems and platforms to improve the cooperative member-owner’s experience
• Develop IT and Cybersecurity policies, processes, procedures reflecting industry standards and best practices
• Plan and execute the implementation of new systems for our client
• Provide guidance to IT and Cybersecurity professionals and other staff enterprisewide

Qualifications

• BS Computer Science, Engineering or similar, required; advanced degrees, preferred.
• Certifications in IT and Cybersecurity, and general business operations, preferred
• 10 + years of progressively responsible experience, including proven experience as CIO or similar managerial role
• Knowledge of IT systems, infrastructure, business solutions and cybersecurity are required, and prior electric utility industry / electric cooperative experience is preferred
• Must be able to oversee the technological infrastructure (networks and computer systems) to ensure optimal performance and monitor changes or advancements in technology to discover ways to gain and provide a competitive advantage
• Must possess the ability to analyze the costs, value and risks of information technology to advise management and suggest actions
• Effective written and verbal communication and excellent interpersonal skills

Company Brief:

One of the nation’s largest electric cooperatives that provides electric service to nearly 170,000 members in Virginia with a service territory ranging from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay

Managing Director, Information Technology & Cybersecurity - 2401m

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This position is being offered through Management Recruiters of Bonita Springs, Inc., who proudly supports Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employment. We are committed to workforce diversity. M/F/D/V are encouraged to apply. Sponsorship is currently not available for this position.

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