Director of IT Strategy

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🗻 New Hampshire – Remote

🗻 New Hampshire – Remote

💵 $173k - $294.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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BAE Systems, Inc.

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10,000+ employees

🎖️ Defense

🚀 Aerospace

🔐 Security

Defense • Aerospace • Security

BAE Systems, Inc. is a large defense and aerospace company that provides advanced technology, intelligence solutions, and mission-critical systems to protect national security. The company develops and supports defense systems and aerospace technologies, works with military and government customers (including supporting space-related work such as NASA collaborations), and emphasizes innovation, cybersecurity and intelligence offerings. BAE positions itself as a partner to defenders and focuses on engineering, manufacturing, and integrated solutions for security and defense.

📋 Description

• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the VP of IT & SIDO on business, technology, organizational and operational priorities • Translate Electronic Systems business priorities into IT and digital strategies, objectives and investment priorities • Represent the VP of IT & SIDO in meetings and forums when appropriate, communicating established direction and ensuring alignment and follow-through • Anticipate emerging issues, identify cross-functional dependencies and frame complex topics for executive discussion and decision • Establish and manage an effective leadership operating rhythm across ES IT • Partner with architecture, infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, data, AI and digital leaders to evaluate technology strategies, opportunities and tradeoffs • Apply enterprise architecture knowledge and technical experience to challenge assumptions and ensure technology decisions support long-term business objectives • Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends • Connect enterprise technology direction with sector business requirements and identify opportunities for reuse, simplification, standardization and modernization • Facilitate strategic planning and development of multi-year technology roadmaps • Align IT investments to high-value business outcomes and Electronic Systems priorities • Frame major technology investments, business cases, strategic choices and tradeoffs for executive review • Identify opportunities for technology, data, automation and AI to improve productivity, accelerate growth and strengthen execution • Align resources and investments to strategy • Connect IT strategy and investment to measurable business outcomes • Develop executive-level communications, presentations, strategy materials and decision papers • Translate complex technology topics into business implications, choices and recommendations • Build relationships across Electronic Systems, Enterprise IT and other BAE Systems organizations • Facilitate executive discussions and working sessions on complex or cross-functional issues • Strengthen the effectiveness of the ES IT leadership team and broader organization • Drive alignment, accountability and follow-through on strategic initiatives • Partner with leaders on organizational change, stakeholder engagement and adoption of new technologies and ways of working • Help develop organizational change management capability, with potential future leadership responsibility for a people/change management team

🎯 Requirements

• Ability to obtain Secret Clearance • Bachelor's Degree and 10+ years of experience • Significant progressive leadership experience across enterprise information technology, digital transformation or related technology disciplines • Broad understanding of enterprise IT architecture, infrastructure, cloud, applications, cybersecurity, data, AI and modern digital technologies • Demonstrated experience developing technology strategy and translating business priorities into technology roadmaps and investment decisions • Experience operating with senior executives and navigating complex, matrixed organizations • Strong business and financial acumen, including experience evaluating technology investments, priorities, tradeoffs and value realization • Demonstrated ability to influence outcomes and drive execution without direct organizational authority • Exceptional executive communication, facilitation and presentation skills • Strong judgment, discretion and ability to operate effectively with sensitive or confidential information • Ability to move comfortably between strategic discussions and detailed technology or execution issues • Preferred: Experience within aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, engineering or another complex technology-intensive environment • Preferred: Experience supporting large-scale business, technology or digital transformation • Preferred: Experience with organizational change management and technology adoption • Preferred: Experience working within a federated or shared-services technology operating model • Preferred: Previous experience as a senior IT leader, technology strategist, enterprise architect, or transformation leader

🏖️ Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance • Health savings accounts • 401(k) savings plan • Disability coverage • Life and accident insurance • Employee assistance program • Legal plan • Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance • Paid time off • Paid holidays • Paid parental leave • Paid military leave • Paid bereavement leave • Applicable federal and state sick leave • Monetary or non-monetary recognition awards • Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics • 100% remote work arrangement • Travel to major BAE locations