Director Of It Jobs

Your New Role and Team

Our Operations team is looking to hire a Director of IT. Reporting to the VP Operations, you’ll be responsible for operational success, strategic alignment, and integration of activities with other major organizational functions.

The best candidates for the Director of IT role have excellent technical and managerial skills in the domain of information systems and cyber security. You’ll be a valued contributor responsible for a number of measurable functional, operational, and strategic goals or priorities. Additionally, the Director of IT will be responsible for the successful implementation of business plans in information systems and cyber security. You will contribute to the overall strategic definition of a function with strong business acumen and act as a key advisor to management.

Our Success Criteria

• Oversee analysis, selection and modification of enterprise systems, application software, installation of network hardware/software, and database management
• Gain cutting-edge career experience by setting team initiatives, allocating resources for programs and projects, and ensuring timely/effective delivery of enterprise IT programs
• Provide strategic direction in protecting the company’s data, tools, platforms, and information systems
• Expand your leadership abilities as a liaison between IT and other functions in the company
• Bring hands-on experience managing successful enterprise IT services for complex technology businesses
• Gain company-wide visibility as you ensure IT strategies and initiatives are integrated with org-wide business strategies
• Ensure infrastructure architecture standards maximize efficiency and support platform compatibility
• Provide leadership for those involved in the development, design, and optimization of IT Systems functions that support business processes and technical system platforms
• Coordinate delivery of services to user groups and ensure achievement of relevant enterprise IT metrics and commitments per business goals and objectives
• Consult with business leaders at the executive level to drive and influence strategic decision-making within a broad scope (e.g. mitigating risk, approving programs/deals)

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Bachelor's degree with a focus in Computer Science, advanced technical degree, or equivalent industry experience
• 10+ years of experience in an IT function or exhibiting an exceptional background in relevant areas of business systems management
• 4+ years of people management experience

Skills

• Proven consulting, influence, and negotiation skills
• People-savvy communication skills across a variety of stakeholder personas
• Comprehensive leadership and staff development skills
• Adept people management skills, including managing local and remote teams
• Comprehensive ability to provide IT consultation to senior managers
• Proven project management and prioritization skills
• Ability to build partnerships across various functions of the business
• Extensive expertise in developing and delivering IT products and solutions

Traits

• Eager to take on new challenges with tenacity and positivity
• Patience, persistence, and attention to detail when resolving performance issues
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor, coach, and lead technical teams
• Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to complex problems
• Demonstrated ability to influence others without authority
• Optimistic listening and conflict resolution capabilities

Working at Sanctuary

Sanctuary is an equal opportunity employer; employment with Sanctuary is governed based on skills, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any way by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.

Benefits

Full time employees enjoy medical/dental/vision, life insurance, wellness programs, stock options, paid time off (vacation, paid holidays, sick time, and parental leave), scheduling and worksite flexibility by role, and more.

About Sanctuary

Founded in 2018 by Geordie Rose, Suzanne Gildert, Olivia Norton, and Ajay Agrawal, Sanctuary is a Vancouver, Canada-based company. Sanctuary is on a mission to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots that will help us work more safely, efficiently, and sustainably. And in the not-too-distant future, help us explore, settle, and prosper in outer space.

Members of the Sanctuary team founded D-Wave (a pioneer in the quantum computing industry), Kindred (first use of reinforcement learning in a production robot), and the Creative Destruction Lab (pioneered a revolutionary method for the commercialization of science for the betterment of humankind). The team has experience launching market-defining innovations rooted in previously unsolved and deep scientific problems.

Recruiting & Employment Agency Notice:

Recruitment and hiring is conducted internally by Sanctuary. We are not seeking or soliciting any new agency partnerships or agreements at this time. Any employment agency or professional recruiter (“Agency”) that provides an unsolicited resume(s) or otherwise presents a prospective job candidate through the Sanctuary career site or directly to any Sanctuary employee, irrevocably grants to Sanctuary the unrestricted right to engage, hire, or contract with that candidate at Sanctuary’s sole discretion without any compensation to the Agency. We appreciate your interest in working together, and should the need arise our Talent Acquisition team will contact any external firms directly.