Arlington, Virginia
United States - Nationwide
Los Angeles, California
Sacramento, California
San Francisco, California
Posted: 13-May-25
Location: Hiram, Georgia
Type: Full Time
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The Vice President of Business Technology and Innovation is a pivotal role within the Cooperative’s Senior Leadership team, ensuring that technology and support functions align with the strategic direction of the Cooperative and its broadband subsidiary. This position provides comprehensive leadership across all aspects of technology including, but not limited to, application development, infrastructure management, user experience, and cybersecurity. Beyond technical oversite, the role involves effective people management, organizational structuring, and financial stewardship, including budgeting and resource allocation to support financial objectives. As a member of senior leadership, the Vice President of Business Technology and Innovation will be expected to proactively engage with stakeholders and GreyStone leadership while providing consistent, timely and transparent communication on technology strategy development and execution.
- A bachelor's degree in technology-related field, such as computer science, engineering, or information systems management.
- Master’s in business administration (MBA) or related field preferred
- Relevant certifications such as ITIL, PMP, AWS, Azure, GCP, CISM and/or CISSP with a desire to continue to grow and learn within the discipline.
- Experience in a similar technology leadership role
- Experience working with technology within the utility industry
- Proven expertise in IT infrastructure, security, asset management, help desk support, application development and research.
- Working knowledge of a broad range of technologies, including computer hardware, telecommunications, network security, software packages and programming languages.
- Demonstrated success in managing IT infrastructure, IT budgets, software development and systems architecture.
- Current understanding of technological trends and best practices
- Working knowledge of cybersecurity best practices.
- Proficient in risk mitigation and data security of digital assets.
- Experience driving digital transformation initiatives, leveraging cloud technologies, and implementing data-driven decision-making.
- Familiarity with ITSM, Agile, DevOps and similar methodologies
- Proven track record of successfully leading technology projects, delivering results on time and within budget.
- Satisfactorily pass GreyStone's pre-employment physical examination, drug screen, criminal and credit background check.
Critical Thinking Skills
- Energetic, forward-thinking, and creative with high ethical standards.
- Has skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people and organizations, demonstrating a strong commitment to the professional development of staff.
- Experienced team builder and leader that will ethically and effectively represent GreyStone in a professional manner at all times, promoting a culture that reflects the company’s values.
- Ability to set clear priorities, delegate, and guide investment in people and systems.
- Keen analytic, organization, and problem-solving skills which support and enable sound decision making.
- Ability to work well in high-pressure situations while maintaining composure and objectivity.
- Ability to identify potential issues or constraints, develop methodologies and approaches to resolve, and select among alternative courses of action quickly and accurately.
- Ability to assimilate complex information and data from various sources and consider, adjust, or modify to meet the constraints of the need.
- Ability to effectively comprehend and clarify concerns and issues expressed by stakeholders.
Financial Management Skills
- Ability to understand financial statements and assess divisional impacts to expenses and the bottom line.
- Ability to understand and monitor variances in actual results to plan.
Technology and Communication Skills
- Proficient command of Office Productivity Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel skills to prepare business correspondence, reports, and presentations with speed and accuracy.
- Skill in writing grammatically correct routine business correspondence such as letters, emails, meeting minutes, and other documents as required.
- Ability to make oral group presentations to persuade others to accept a specific opinion, action and/or provide information or explain procedures, policies, etc.
Ability to interact with individuals at all levels and experience in facilitation / resolving conflicts between different parties to a dispute.