Senior Director, Technology Operations - Hybrid
Company: XPO
Location: Portland
Posted on: May 28, 2023
Job Description:
Solutions driven success. XPO is a top ten global provider of
transportation services, with a highly integrated network of
people, technology and physical assets. At XPO Logistics, we look
for employees who like a challenge and can communicate effectively
in all situations. We want to leverage your skills and years of
experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future
for yourself and XPO. If you're looking for a growth opportunity,
join us at XPO. As the Sr Director, Technology Operations, you'll
help the business utilize technology solutions to drive projects,
revenue growth and/or efficiencies. You'll have extensive contact
with all management levels, primarily VP of Technology
Infrastructure, other Sr Directors in Infrastructure, other IT
Leaders, vendors, and other internal customers is required to
identify, research, analyze and resolve complex user issues and
establish strategy and plans. Pay, benefits and more. We are eager
to attract the best, so we offer competitive compensation and a
generous benefits package, including full health insurance
(medical, dental and vision), 401(k), life insurance, disability
and the opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan.
What you'll do on a typical day:
Develops, plans, directs and controls
the development and implementation of business IT strategic
planning including both financial and operational goals. Identifies
business needs to gain alignment between business and technical
capabilities. Performs high-level planning for current and future
directions of the industry and associated technologies and
spearheads implementation of new/upgraded systems and technologies
with leadership team below themCollaborates with VP of Technology
Infrastructure, to establish initiatives to identify where
conflicts/synergies exist between technologies and business
functions.Drives IT development across multiple teams and phases to
ensure that IT Operations are aligned with business
objectives.Provide leadership, team building and technical
practices expertise across the Infrastructure Operations and
Platform team and act as the technical leader to a distributed
team.Be a key contributor to IT Automation, Availability, technical
practices and help to drive successful delivery of our
Infrastructure services.Strong technologist and ability to get
respect from the engineers and community. Must have experience with
VSE, Mainframe, Storage and RHEL PlatformsWorking with IT
Infrastructure leaders and other key stakeholders to develop a
strategy and roadmap to enable Infrastructure's vision and
goalsFoster an environment of data-driven decision-makingDefine
strategy to maintain and enhance technologies services that enable
XPO's business model and customer successDevelop technology
capabilities allowing for data-based decision-making and innovation
across XPO as an organizationWhat you need to succeed at XPO: At a
minimum, you'll need:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work or military
experience10 years of post-bachelor's progressive experience in the
followingExtensive experience managing a team of engineers
delivering highly available applications and infrastructure
solutionsExtensive experience with VMware, Windows Servers, Pure
Storage, Mainframes and RHELDemonstrated success in running highly
available production systems within a complex technology
environmentIn-depth knowledge of engineering practices and
architecture/designDemonstrated experience on building and running
solutions for infrastructure/application monitoring and Disaster
RecoveryStrong knowledge of ITIL and ITSM processes and experience
with vendor and staff augmentation with remote service
providersComfortable in high growth organizations.A hands-on leader
who possesses experience suited to an entrepreneurial and
collaborative growth-oriented environment.Proven track record and
ability to attract and retain A-level talent.A proven track record
of successful collaboration with senior management team across all
functionsMust have transportation industry acumen to lead a
technology team that comprises of high-level technologists within
leadership and teams alikeIt'd be great if you also have:
- Master's degree in a technology related field
- 5 years supervisory experience
- Exceptional interpersonal and negotiation skills to deal
effectively with individuals and groups both internally and
externally; ability to lead, motivate and mentor team members
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to
present clean, organized, and thorough information and data
appropriate for intended audienceAvailable to work extended hours
including weekends, and travel as needed
- Strong aptitude for understanding and analyzing large amounts
of data from multiple sourcesBe part of something big.#LI-Hybrid We
are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected
status. All applicants who receive a conditional offer of
employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug
test.
The above statements are not an exhaustive list of all required
responsibilities, duties and skills for this job
classification.
Review XPO's candidate privacy statement here.
Keywords: XPO, Portland , Senior Director, Technology Operations - Hybrid, Executive , Portland, Oregon
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