About Divert, Inc.
Divert, Inc. is an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™. Founded in 2007, the company creates advanced technologies and sustainable infrastructure to eliminate wasted food, driving social and environmental impact. Divert provides an end-to-end solution that leverages data to prevent waste, facilitates edible food recovery to serve communities in need, and converts wasted food into renewable energy. The company works with over 6,600 customer locations across the U.S. to reduce wasted food and positively impact people and the environment. Its customer base spans across industries and includes five Fortune 100 companies. For more information on Divert, Inc., please visit www.divertinc.com.
VP Information Technology
We are seeking an experienced senior IT leader, with a background in industrial and/or manufacturing industries, to guide our business through a technology transformation. You’ll be responsible for the design and development of our information systems, including identifying, justifying, integrating and assimilating scalable fit for purpose solutions to enable our continued growth. The successful candidate will crave a deep understanding of the business and have an ability to create value, not just deliver technology.
This position requires strong business acumen, multiple full lifecycle implementation experiences, the ability to effectively manage internal and external stakeholders and a demonstrated ability to deliver business value across multiple functions all while building a highly effective team, and maturing our IT practices and methods.
What You'll Do
- Evolve and execute the IT strategy and vision with a focus on scalability, automation and analytics
- Drive Divert towards a high-performance operating model that leverages common processes, data and systems starting with fully implementing our core ERP solution
- Develop, mature, and continuously improve the technology team and its practices
- Standardize and drive the adoption of productivity tools to streamline collaboration, enhance productivity and simplify information and file sharing
- Evaluate buy vs build against fit, scalability, integration and ROI when deciding how to maximize long term value
- Establish and execute a formal information security program
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree (required) with a degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or a relevant technical discipline.
- 15+ years of experience in IT with at least 8+ years in a direct leadership role.
- Multiple full lifecycle technology implementations with at least 3 ERP projects and 3 integrations with third parties
- Direct experience with Operational Technology (OT) and IT/OT integrations
- A great coach, mentor and communicator with a proven ability to lead teams through significant technological and organizational change
- Strategic Program Management and organization skills to deliver programs on time/budget and properly communicate issues and status to stakeholders.
- Excellent business acumen and ability to negotiate with business partners and vendors with clear and concise verbal and written communication.
- Direct experience managing an IT budget, managing 3rd parties and developing technology roadmaps.
- Ability to ensure that effective IT general controls, data privacy controls are maintained and documented at the appropriate level.
- Experience in all aspects of IT including infrastructure, support, cyber security, audits, disaster recovery, etc.
- Prefer candidates with direct system engineering and software development experience
What's In It for You?
- Compensation Range: $200,000 - $220,000 annually
- Health, Vision and Dental Benefits (effective the first of the month following your date of hire!)
- Life Insurance
- 401K with Safe Harbor company match
- Paid Time Off
- Opportunities for Advancement with a Rapidly Growing, Mission-Driven Organization
Location / Work Setting: Hybrid, driving distance to Concord, MA or Columbus, OH
Divert Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
