Vice President, Global Information Technology

• Develop, maintain, and execute a three-to-five-year Global IT Strategy and Technology Roadmap aligned with corporate strategy, growth plans, and business priorities.
• Translate business objectives into technology capabilities, investment priorities, delivery plans, and measurable business outcomes.
• Act as the principal technology adviser to the Executive Leadership Team and provide clear, business-focused advice on technology opportunities, risks, costs, and strategic decisions.
• Establish global technology principles, enterprise architecture, operating models, policies, standards, and decision rights.
• Provide regular reporting to executive management and appropriate Board committees on IT performance, strategic delivery, cybersecurity, major risks, and investment.

• Lead technology and cybersecurity due diligence for acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, and divestments, including assessment of technology debt, cyber risk, infrastructure, applications, data, contracts, licensing, staffing, compliance, and integration costs.
• Identify material technology risks, dependencies, synergies, and required investments to inform transaction planning and executive decision-making.
• Develop and execute Day 1, Day 30/90, and longer-term technology integration and separation plans.
• Determine which acquired platforms and services should be retained, integrated, migrated, consolidated, or retired.
• Lead identity, Microsoft 365, network, infrastructure, application, data, cybersecurity, and service integration following transaction close.
• Maintain repeatable IT M&A due-diligence, integration, divestiture, and Transitional Service Agreement playbooks.

• Provide executive accountability for the global cybersecurity strategy, roadmap, governance framework, and security investment program.
• Establish and maintain enterprise cyber risk management aligned with recognized frameworks such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and ISO/IEC 27001.
• Oversee identity and access management, Zero Trust, endpoint, network, cloud and data security, vulnerability management, threat detection, incident response, and security awareness.
• Ensure cybersecurity risks, incidents, control deficiencies, exceptions, and remediation activities are appropriately governed, escalated, documented, and reported.
• Oversee IT controls and compliance activities, including SOX IT General Controls, audit support, third-party risk management, policy governance, privacy support, and regulated-system obligations.
• Maintain effective disaster recovery, backup, technology business continuity, crisis management, and cyber incident response capabilities.

• Establish a secure, standardized, scalable, resilient, and commercially sustainable global technology environment.
• Provide executive oversight of Microsoft 365, identity platforms, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, networks, telecommunications, data centers, end-user computing, enterprise applications, and technology lifecycle management.
• Drive global standardization while accommodating legitimate legal, regulatory, operational, and regional requirements.
• Consolidate redundant systems, reduce technical debt, improve interoperability, and optimize licensing and technology costs.
• Ensure reliable delivery of global IT services through appropriate service management, performance measures, escalation processes, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure remote, industrial, and operational sites have secure and resilient technology and communications services appropriate to business requirements.

• Provide executive oversight of technology and communications services across global mining and processing sites, regional offices, corporate offices, exploration activities, project locations, and highly remote operations.
• Establish resilient communications architectures appropriate to each operating environment, including diverse terrestrial links, fiber, microwave, fixed wireless, satellite, low-earth-orbit satellite, mobile, radio, and other suitable technologies.
• Ensure critical operational locations have appropriate communications redundancy, failover, monitoring, backup power, spares, support arrangements, and escalation procedures based on business continuity, safety, and production requirements.
• Develop practical technology standards for countries and regions where telecommunications services, power, logistics, vendor capability, equipment availability, or local technical resources may be constrained, including operations across Africa.
• Balance global technology and cybersecurity standards with local regulatory, geographic, climatic, language, infrastructure, and operating requirements.
• Ensure remote sites can reliably access identity, collaboration, security, operational, emergency, and business-critical services despite bandwidth, latency, coverage, or availability limitations.
• Maintain current communications risk assessments and lifecycle roadmaps for critical sites, including capacity, single points of failure, carrier dependencies, obsolescence, and recovery priorities.
• Coordinate with Operations, Health and Safety, Security, Projects, and site leadership to ensure communications capabilities support workforce safety, emergency response, production continuity, and operational decision-making.

• Lead technology-enabled transformation programs that improve safety, operational efficiency, decision-making, collaboration, and business performance.
• Provide executive sponsorship for enterprise application strategy, ERP and business-system modernization, automation, and major platform implementations.
• Establish enterprise data architecture, ownership, governance, quality, retention, integration, analytics, and reporting capabilities.
• Develop and govern the Company’s enterprise artificial intelligence strategy, including responsible-use standards, security, privacy, legal, and information-management controls.
• Prioritize digital initiatives using clear business cases, measurable benefits, delivery risk, and organizational change readiness.

• Own global IT operating and capital budgets, multi-year investment plans, forecasts, and financial performance.
• Develop business cases and prioritize investments based on business value, risk reduction, total cost of ownership, return on investment, and strategic alignment.
• Lead strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, vendor governance, licensing strategy, cloud-cost management, managed services, and supplier performance.
• Ensure material technology vendors are subject to appropriate commercial, cybersecurity, continuity, privacy, and performance due diligence.

• Define and lead the global IT operating model, including clear accountability between global, regional, site-based, internal, and outsourced services.
• Build, lead, develop, and retain a high-performing, geographically distributed IT organization.
• Establish clear objectives, performance expectations, succession plans, workforce plans, and capability-development priorities.
• Promote a culture of cybersecurity, customer service, accountability, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure the organization has appropriate capacity and specialist capability to deliver strategic initiatives while maintaining reliable operations.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and senior executive experience.
• Minimum of 15 years of progressive information technology experience, including at least 7 years in senior technology leadership roles with enterprise-wide accountability.
• Demonstrated experience leading technology across multiple countries, legal entities, business units, and geographically dispersed corporate and operational locations.
• Demonstrated experience supporting a complex global operating footprint that includes mining or processing sites, regional offices, corporate offices, project locations, and very remote operations across developed and developing countries.
• Proven experience designing, governing, or overseeing resilient communications for remote and infrastructure-constrained locations, including practical knowledge of satellite and low-earth-orbit satellite services, microwave, radio, carrier networks, mobile connectivity, diverse routing, backup power, and communications failover.
• Experience operating in regions where telecommunications capacity, power, logistics, vendor support, and technical resources may be limited or unreliable, with experience in Africa or comparable operating environments strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of the critical relationship between communications availability, workforce safety, emergency response, cybersecurity, operational continuity, and production at remote industrial sites.
• Proven experience developing and executing enterprise IT strategies, multi-year roadmaps, operating models, and major technology investment programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading technology due diligence and post-transaction integration for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, or divestments.
• Significant experience in cybersecurity strategy, enterprise risk, incident response, governance, and executive or Board-level risk reporting.
• Strong knowledge of NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, ISO/IEC 27001, Zero Trust, IT governance, privacy, third-party risk, and technology control environments.
• Experience operating in a regulated or publicly listed organization, including familiarity with SOX IT General Controls, internal and external audit, change management, access controls, and evidence-based compliance.
• Broad executive-level knowledge of Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Azure or comparable cloud platforms, enterprise infrastructure, networking, telecommunications, endpoints, enterprise applications, data platforms, backup, disaster recovery, and service management.
• Experience supporting mining, mineral processing, energy, manufacturing, heavy industry, or similarly operationally intensive environments, including remote sites and an understanding of operational technology and IT/OT convergence.
• Demonstrated financial and commercial leadership, including global budgeting, investment prioritization, business cases, contract negotiation, licensing, vendor governance, outsourcing, and cost optimization.
• Proven ability to lead major transformation programs, manage complex organizational change, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Exceptional executive communication, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, influencing, and decision-making skills, with the ability to translate complex technology issues into clear business and risk language.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally to Company operations as required.

• Master of Business Administration, technology-focused postgraduate degree, or equivalent executive development.
• Relevant professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor, ITIL, PMP, or PRINCE2.
• Experience with industrial or operational technology cybersecurity frameworks such as IEC 62443.
• Experience implementing or governing resilient communications services for international mining, energy, industrial, or remote-site operations, particularly in Africa or other regions with constrained infrastructure.
• Experience integrating international acquisitions into a standardized Microsoft-based enterprise environment.
• Experience presenting technology strategy, cybersecurity risk, and major investment proposals to Boards or Board committees.

• Primarily office-based work involves prolonged periods of sitting, computer use, and telephone communication.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.
• Requires visual acuity sufficiently to analyze data, review detailed reports, and prepare presentations.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, virtually, and in group presentation settings.
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally, including travel to mining, processing, industrial, and remote operational sites.
• The physical and sensory demands described here are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Compensation Transparency

Salary Range: $175,000 – 190,000 annually. 

The salary range is tied to the Colorado market for jobs performed in Colorado. The salary offered to the successful candidate will be based on experience, qualifications, and/or education. The salary offer will not be based on a candidate’s salary history, by law, Energy Fuels will not ask for information about salary history, nor should candidates share that information with the company.

This role may be eligible for participation in a discretionary annual bonus program, pursuant to which an employee may be awarded a percentage of their salary based on the company’s performance and their own individual performance.

This role may be eligible for participation in a discretionary long-term incentive program, pursuant to which an employee may receive awards based on their level and individual performance.

Benefits

This position is based out of Energy Fuels Lakewood location and is expected to be in the office most of the week. We offer a 9/80 schedule, along with a remote work Tuesday, for most of our exempt positions. The successful candidate will work out the details of their schedule with their manager.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Energy Fuels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Our positions are subject to background check. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify you from employment; all cases are considered on an individual basis relative to the duties of the position. 

Reasonable Accommodation

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected] or by calling 303-389-4161.

At-Will Employment Statement

Employment with Energy Fuels is at will. This means that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice, subject to applicable law.

Application Deadline

This position will remain open until filled.

Colorado Job Application Fairness Act

An applicant may redact information from their resume, cover letter, and/or transcripts identifying their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. If your position requires us to review an official transcript, without redacting, we will request one as part of our conditional offer process. To evaluate work experience against established requirements for positions, we are still requesting dates of service (month and year) for positions in the applicant’s work history.

Sponsorship

Please note that this position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.