Head of IT

The role

Run RootCo IT and set the technology standard for every OpCo. Build the IT architecture, lead systems integration for each new company, and hire the team that runs IT.

What you will do

• Establish the IT architecture for RootCo (identity, productivity, endpoints, AI)
• Execute day-to-day operations of RootCo IT, including onboarding, offboarding, and changes
• Develop the broader portfolio IT architecture and points of integration, including shared service design and execution
• Own effectiveness and efficiency of IT diligence process for M&A activities
• Lead IT systems integration plan for each new OpCo
• Develop BYOD and corporate device strategy
• Lead IT org design, blending FTEs, contractors, and managed service providers
• Collaborate with the CISO and the Head of M&A Integration

Required qualifications

• Has led IT through acquisitions and can balance global vs. local optimization
• Hands-on knowledge of cloud identity, email, and endpoint
• Experience with regulated data
• Clear communicator with non-technical operators
• Learns unfamiliar functions quickly, asks sharp questions, and says plainly what they do not yet know
• Motivates people without a mandate
• Hires people stronger than themselves, including in functions they have not done
• Has seen how both messy startups and large organizations work

Nice to have

• HIPAA experience

Before you apply

• Interview process includes leadership team meetings, reference conversations with people you worked with, and short exercises such as learning a topic and teaching it back, and a realistic scenario

About the company

Emergence buys technology companies and keeps them rather than flipping them. Founders and leadership teams stay in charge, and Emergence provides shared systems, standards, and support.