Chief Information Officer (CIO)
On-siteDallas, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Own enterprise technology strategy, governance, and execution across infrastructure, platforms, shared services, information security, and partnership with Product/Development. Chair the Enterprise IT Steering Committee and Technology Architecture Group to set direction for cloud, platform, and modernization initiatives while maintaining decision authority over architecture standards and investment prioritization. Provide executive leadership for the CISO and cybersecurity posture, ensure regulatory compliance across Banking, Payments, Factoring, and Intelligence, and drive Lean transformation for operational efficiency. Partner with the Executive Leadership Team to align technology investments to business outcomes, manage vendor relationships and IT budgets, and lead technology due diligence for acquisitions.
Required Qualifications
- Degree from accredited college/university
- 20+ years of progressive experience in technology and/or information systems
- 10+ years in senior leadership roles with enterprise scope (SVP or higher, or equivalent)
- Experience leading or partnering closely with Information Security functions
- Prior experience operating at CIO-level or equivalent responsibility (enterprise strategy, governance authority, or board interaction)
Desired Qualifications
- Experience engaging with executive leadership and board committees
- Proven ability to translate complex technology decisions into business impact
- Demonstrates strong leadership in enterprise governance and decision-making frameworks
- Ability to drive alignment through structured forums (architecture, investment, risk)
- Exercises strong judgment balancing speed, risk, and standardization
- Proven track record of owning enterprise technology operations with measurable results
- Experience leading shared services or centralized technology organizations
- Drives execution discipline and continuous improvement
- Experience operating in regulated environments with strong control frameworks
- Holds personal accountability for enterprise cybersecurity posture, ensuring security considerations are embedded in all technology and business decisions
- Partners effectively with Risk and Audit
- Leads complex vendor negotiations and manages third-party risk
- Manages enterprise technology budgets aligned to strategic priorities
- Strong understanding of cost optimization across technology investments
- Experience evaluating and implementing modern technologies (cloud, AI, platforms)
- Ability to govern emerging technologies responsibly
- Demonstrates ability to drive cultural change focused on execution and outcomes
- Communicates effectively across technical, business, and executive audiences
- Operates with clear ownership and decision authority
- Balances strategic vision with operational accountability
- Prior experience operating at CIO-level or equivalent responsibility preferred (enterprise strategy, governance authority, or board interaction)
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