Executive Director

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Position: Executive Director – Information Technology
Location: Headquarters – Moon Township, PA

Excellent Benefits: Medical, dental, prescription & vision, HSA & retirement savings (401k) – Generous Company Match
Perks: Incentives/bonus plans, competitive pay, dress for your day, hybrid schedules, paid time off (vacation starting at 3 weeks), tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, fun events, learning & development opportunities.

Hours of work: Full-time position with hours Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00 PM; evening and extended hours may be required as job duties demand.

Travel: 20% - air and automobile travel is required as business and enterprise coordination needs dictate

The Executive Director - Information Technology is the senior divisional IT function leader responsible for the strategy, governance, performance, security, resilience, and evolution of the company’s technology environment. The role leads the global IT organization across business systems and applications, infrastructure and operations, cybersecurity and compliance, enterprise architecture, integration, data enablement, and major technology-enabled business initiatives. The role operates as an enterprise business partner and integrator across company functions, Kuraray Global DX-IT, and business intelligence and analytics capabilities. The position translates business strategy into a multi-year technology roadmap, prioritizes investments, establishes enterprise standards and operating plans, and ensures reliable, secure, and cost-effective technology services across global operations

Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to)

Technology Strategy and Enterprise Alignment

• Lead the development and execution of the enterprise IT strategy and multi-year technology roadmap in support of business strategy, growth, productivity, operational priorities, and risk management.
• Serve as the senior technology advisor in enterprise planning and decision-making and translate business priorities into technology capabilities, investments, objectives, and executable plans.
• Anticipate technology trends, business disruption, cybersecurity threats, and opportunities to strengthen operating effectiveness, customer outcomes, and organizational agility.
• Develop annual IT business plans with measurable service, financial, portfolio, capability, risk, and workforce objectives.

Enterprise Business Partnership and Transformation

• Partner with Commercial, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and other functional leaders to translate business strategies into coordinated technology, process, data, and capability priorities.
• Lead across organizational boundaries where accountability, expertise, funding, data ownership, and resources are distributed among business functions, business intelligence and analytics capabilities, Kuraray Global DX-IT, and external partners.
• Frame major initiatives as business transformations with clearly defined sponsorship, process and data ownership, decision rights, readiness, adoption requirements, and measurable benefits.
• Establish clear governance, ownership, and escalation paths when business and technology responsibilities intersect.

Kuraray Global DX-IT Governance

• Serve as the primary senior interface with Kuraray Global DX-IT for technology strategy, architecture, cybersecurity, policies, shared platforms, standards, governance, and major initiatives.
• Translate Kuraray Global DX-IT direction into company technology plans and execution priorities while representing company requirements, investment needs, and material risks in global planning and governance discussions.
• Coordinate local adoption and execution of global programs, including the resources, business engagement, accountability, and change plans required for successful implementation.

IT Operations, Infrastructure, and Service Delivery

• Provide executive oversight of global infrastructure, networks, cloud and hosting services, end-user technology, service delivery, operational support, and technology asset lifecycle management.
• Establish expectations and performance measures for availability, reliability, incident response, capacity, cost, customer service, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
• Strengthen operational resilience and continuous improvement through appropriate standardization, simplification, automation, and lifecycle planning.

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