AdSwerve, Inc. is a Google Marketing Platform Sales Partner. Our top-tier partnership with Google allows us to provide an amazing culture and accelerated growth opportunities for our employees! Through leveraging the Google Marketing Platform product suite and our media expertise, we can understand our customer’s strategic and tactical objectives.

The VP of IT is a key contributor to the company’s strategy and planning process and will be responsible both for IT operations and for technology and digital innovation. It is critical for the VP of IT to build strong and productive relationships with all business unit leaders, acting as a true partner and making IT a business enabler.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively advise the senior management team and executive leadership team on the emerging technologies and digital trends that are most relevant to the company's goals and evolving needs.

• Develop an IT vision, strategy, and a roadmap, and lead the IT team and its business partners in effective execution.

• Ensure, on an ongoing basis, that current and planned technical architecture, investments and solutions are aligned with company business objectives.

• Prepare and monitor IT operational budgets that meet prevailing objectives and constraints.

• Hire, develop, evaluate, reward, and retain a highly-qualified team of IT professionals.

• Foster a culture of innovation, transparency and accountability in IT.

• Promote a “business-first” mentality at all levels of the IT organization.

• Direct the design, planning, implementation, and maintenance of the computing infrastructure that supports the company’s operations and business applications.  

• Maintain oversight of all IT projects, ensuring that commitments are properly planned, staffed, monitored and reported.

• Establish a comprehensive enterprise information security program to ensure the integrity, confidentiality and availability of relevant data.

• Review, recommend, and oversee all vendors and managed service agreements for computing, telecommunications, IT services, and equipment.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Can create a clear strategic vision for information technology that supports business objectives and can execute on that vision.

• Able to work collaboratively with diverse leaders, communicate an IT vision and strategy across all levels of the organization, and build consensus around key initiatives and projects.

• Demonstrated ability to recruit, hire and motivate a high performing IT team that values transparency and accountability.

• Possesses exceptional business acumen, analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Comfortable with ambiguity; can handle the unexpected with flexibility.

Professional Experience and Education

• 10 years of career experience in technology, including a minimum of 5 years in a leadership position.

• Experience in a Senior Director or VP of IT (or equivalent position) is preferred/required.

• IT leadership experience in a fast-paced cloud environment.

• Experience in digital marketing and/or advertising is a plus.

• Proficiency with the following hardware/software preferred: Apple, SalesForce, Google Cloud Platform, Cisco, G Suite and Slack.

• A bachelor’s degree is required.

We have a vibrant, partnership-oriented corporate culture. Employees are respected for their experience, teamwork and desire to create unprecedented customer support. We provide excellent benefits, a fun workplace and promote a fantastic and healthy work-life balance.