Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience executive

Exp. Years Minimum 10 years

Education Not Specified

Category Executive & General Management

About this role

The Vice President of Technology Practices & Innovation provides executive leadership for core technical practice areas across IT, including Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Solution Services, and Innovation. The role builds practice leaders and operating models to accelerate enterprise transformation while enabling speed and autonomy.

Key Responsibilities

Technology practice leadership and operating model
Define vision and governance for each practice area
Ensure standards and patterns are adopted
Elevate IT to enable business capabilities outside IT
Partner with executives to drive investment decisions

Technical Overview

Leads architecture and engineering practices, governance, and innovation platforms; focuses on establishing standards, reference architectures, and design patterns; collaborates with the C-suite to align technology capabilities with business outcomes.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an executive-level IT leader with at least 15 years of progressive experience, capable of establishing and operating enterprise-wide technology practices (architecture, engineering, solution services, and innovation). They excel at building standards, operating models, and governance at scale, partnering with the C-suite to shape strategy and investments, and driving enterprise transformation.

Must-Have Skills

15 years of progressive experience in senior technology leadership rolesExperience establishing and operating enterprise-wide technology practice areas (e.g. architectureengineeringsolution servicesand innovation)Demonstrated success building standardsoperating modelsand governance mechanisms that scale across large enterprises while enabling speed and autonomyExperience operating at the executive levelpartnering with C-suite and senior business leaders

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience enabling technology and innovation outside of IT with platforms and self-service capabilitiesCloud-native data platform knowledgeExperience with governanceriskand alignment across deliverysecurityand infrastructure

Required Skills

enterprise architecturearchitecture principlesreference architecturesdesign patternsgovernance modelsplatform enablementinnovationleadershiprisk and complianceexecutive communication

Hard Skills

enterprise architecturearchitecture principlesreference architecturesdesign patternsgovernanceriskcomplianceplatform enablementinnovationleadership

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic thinkingstakeholder managementcommunicationchange managementcollaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Energy

Job Function Operate and elevate technology practices to accelerate enterprise transformation and enable business outcomes

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Less than 10 years IT leadership experience, Inability to demonstrate executive-level collaboration with C-suite, Lack of experience with enterprise-wide governance and operating models

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