Sr Director of Information Technology

Created on 01-05-2019

Location Palo Alto

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Description

About Houzz

Houzz is the leading home renovation and design platform in the world. We have a highly engaged community of more than 40 million unique monthly users who leverage our technologies to find inspiration for their next home project, connect with over 2.3 million home design and remodeling professionals and discover products in the Houzz Shop.

About the Role

Houzz is looking for a hands-on leader with a proven track record in managing diverse teams delivering against tight deadlines in a dynamic environment. This team is responsible for enabling a high-performing and reliable IT operation and robust infrastructure to power Houzz. You will nurture cross-functional synergy between your team and other internal partners, drive standardization practices and process improvements and create opportunity from complexity.

We are a fast-growing, ever-evolving and market-leading technology company. You are a digital thought leader and industry subject matter expert. The position can be based in Irvine, CA or Palo Alto, CA.

What You'll Do

Design the overall IT architecture for Houzz and the Information Systems and Information Technology master plan

Ensure that internal clients (Marketplace, Industry Solutions, Operations etc.) within Houzz are provided with adequate information and technical tools to keep their team efficient and productive

Identify and pilot new tools that support innovation and efficiency for the company

Manage relationships with external vendors (for hardware, software, etc) to ensure the best service and technology at cost-effective sustainability

Facilitate communication between the internal team, leadership, vendors and other technology resources within the organization

Define and communicate corporate policies and standards for acquiring, implementing and operating IT systems

At a Minimum, We'd Like You to Have

A B.S. in a related field and at least 15 years experience in the information technology arena

An M.B.A./M.S. in related field is preferred

At least 10 years of management and strategic leadership experience

Spearhead an enterprise-wide strategic and comprehensive global IT program

Experience leading and deploying CRM solutions - preferably Salesforce

Experience leading and deploying call-center solutions

PCI and/or SOC2 experience