Director of Information Technology
Location: Knoxville, TN | Hybrid | FullTime
Overview
We are partnering with a respected, growthoriented financial services organization seeking a Director of Information Technology to lead enterprise technology strategy, operations, and modernization efforts. This role blends handson technical credibility with executivelevel leadership, overseeing IT operations, information security, cloud platforms, and business solutions. The ideal leader can evaluate technology challenges, recommend solutions, and guide teams through execution while aligning IT initiatives tightly to business objectives.
Experience supporting trust services, wealth management, estate administration, or retirement planning environments is highly valued.
What You ll Do
- Provide strategic and operational leadership across IT Operations, Information Security, and Business Solutions
- Develop and manage the IT budget, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities
- Lead and grow a highperforming IT team through mentorship, accountability, and a servicefirst mindset
- Partner with executive leadership to translate business needs into scalable, secure technology solutions
- Act as a change leader driving adoption of modern platforms, tools, and processes
- Oversee daytoday IT service delivery while improving reliability, security, and efficiency
- Direct planning and execution of technology initiatives, ensuring ontime and onbudget delivery
- Evaluate and evolve enterprise architecture, standards, and platforms
- Lead vendor selection, contract management, and managed service relationships
- Assess current systems and workflows, recommending improvements to infrastructure and applications
- Monitor performance of systems and major initiatives; report risks, progress, and opportunities to leadership
- Lead special projects and enterprise initiatives as needed
Technology Environment
This is a directorlevel role that requires technical fluency, not just oversight.
The environment includes (or is moving toward):
- Microsoft Azure and cloudbased infrastructure
- Virtualized environments and modern enterprise architectures
- SaaSfirst, assetlight platforms
- Microsoft Power Platform and analytics solutions
- Secure, scalable enterprise systems supporting regulated financial services
What We re Looking For
- 5 10+ years of progressive IT leadership experience
- Proven experience leading enterprise IT teams and initiatives
- Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies and modern delivery practices
- Demonstrated success implementing cloudbased and SaaS solutions
- Ability to evaluate technologies and confidently recommend solutions or platforms
- Experience supporting regulated or highly confidential environments
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for nontechnical stakeholders
- Strong relationshipbuilding skills across executive, technical, and business teams
- Bachelor s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Preferred Experience
- Background supporting trust, wealth management, estate administration, or retirement planning organizations
- (Experience limited strictly to banking or generic finance is less ideal)
- Project or program management certifications
- Experience modernizing legacy environments
- Exposure to analytics, reporting, or datadriven decision platforms
- History of leading teams through change and growth
Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled
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