VP IT, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy & Digital Transformation

In this role, you will report to the Chief Digital & Information Officer, accountable for IT strategy, leading the Enterprise Architecture function, expanding the organization's digital capabilities as well as directing the data analytics department at Clarios. Join us and become a strategic advisor to Clarios leadership by providing thought leadership, driving consistency, building governance, and ensuring use of digital and data analytics best practices.

In this role, you will be a leader, coach, mentor and evangelist for IT, digital and data analytics across the global business.

What You Will Do:

• Lead and be a change agent

• Lead the strategy development process for creating and maintaining both IT functional strategy and corporate digital strategy. Advise across the business by building strong relationships with functional leaders. Improve business results by influencing leaders to change existing process and techniques to leverage advanced technology and insights provided via data analytics. Champion our transformation.

• Enterprise Architecture -- Construct and operate processes for architecture governance. Dig into and recommend new technology investments to manage complexity within the Clarios IT landscape.

• Digital

• Build and maintain a company-wide digital strategy and roadmap focused on the use of modern technology to enable profitable growth. Provide direction to our regions around the globe.

• Data Analytics

• Plan, build, run

• Maintain an analytics strategy and roadmap to fulfill business needs.

• Participate in solution ideation, high-level planning and solution architecture design reviews.

• Establish and manage operations using preferred providers and specific SLAs.

• Project Management Office (PMO) and Service Management Office (SMO) - Set strategy and continually improve cost, speed, quality and organizational change management.

• Team Management - focus on developing organizational capability for the team of professional staff within the departments.

What We are Looking For

• BS Degree in Engineering, Business Management, IT or similar degree. MS Degree or MBA preferred.

• 15+ years' experience leading strategic projects, business functions or IT teams. Experience leading in a large global manufacturing organization preferred.

• 10+ years leadership experience managing teams.

• Experience with business process design and continuous improvement methodology. Six sigma certifications preferred. Comfort and experience leading initiatives greater than $10M in budgetary size is required.

• Fluency in English is required with multi-lingual capabilities preferred

• Willingness to travel internationally to support job responsibilities as required. (Approx. 20%)

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What you get:

• Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching - all starting on date of hire

• Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts

• Parental and caregiver leave programs

• All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and domestic partner benefits

• Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership

• HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility

Who we are:

Clarios is the creator behind the world's most recognizable car battery brands. We are the car battery found in most new vehicles including leading brands such as Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. Our 16,000 employees develop, manufacture, and distribute batteries for virtually every type of vehicle. We recover, recycle, and reuse up to 99% of our battery materials, leading sustainability practices in our industry. Clarios, formerly Johnson Controls Battery Group, is currently a Brookfield portfolio company. Learn more about us at www.clarios.com.

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to challenging the status quo. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process by emailing Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity in our teams in terms of work experience, area of expertise, gender, ethnicity, and all other characteristics protected by laws in the countries where we operate. For more information on our commitment to sustainability, diversity, and equal opportunity, please read our latest report. We want you to know your rights because EEO is the law.

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