HEAD OF IT

Location: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania — on-site, five days per week

Compensation: $140,000–$160,000 base salary, plus a full benefits package

The Organization:

A privately held company with more than eight decades of history, serving institutional clients across North America. The business supports roughly 300 users across two Lycoming County locations — a corporate headquarters and a light-manufacturing and warehouse facility.

Why This Role, Why Now

Technology has been overseen by a senior executive carrying broad operational and P&L responsibility. As the business grows, that executive is moving into an elevated role — and the organization has made the decision to stand up a dedicated technology leadership position with the focus and bandwidth the function deserves.

This is a move toward specialized leadership, not a rescue mission. The foundation is solid. The opportunity is to unify and advance it.

The Environment

• Approximately 300 users across two Lycoming County sites
• An IT budget in the $1–3M range across operating and capital spend
• A stable, established regional managed service provider supporting core infrastructure
• A multidisciplinary technology team of 13–15 spanning infrastructure, applications, and support, with eight reporting directly to this role
• A technology stack including Windows and Linux, Oracle and MS SQL, Java EE, Vue and .NET, Extreme Networks, Microsoft Intune, Azure, and Jenkins/GitLab

What You’ll Own

• Strategy and roadmap . Establish a pragmatic, business-aligned technology roadmap with clear priorities, rationale, and cost.
• People and structure . Lead, mentor, and develop a technology team of 13–15 — and bring your own lens to how the function is organized, from reporting lines to where to invest in capability, for where the business is heading.
• Software and delivery . Accountability for the software development lifecycle and the applications the business runs on.
• Infrastructure and security . Ownership of infrastructure, cybersecurity posture, and the standards that protect the organization and its clients.
• Budget and vendors . Manage the technology budget and the vendor and partner relationships behind it, including the MSP.
• Leadership voice . A seat at the leadership table and a genuine say in how technology shapes the direction of the business.

The Kind of Leader This Suits

This is a genuine player‑coach role. You’ll set strategy, manage the budget, and develop the team — and you’ll also stay close enough to the work to evaluate an architecture, review code, weigh a security decision, and troubleshoot when it matters. Candidates who have moved fully out of the technical work, and those who want to stay entirely in it, will find this role a poor fit in opposite directions.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of progressive technology experience, including 3+ years in a leadership capacity
• Accountability for software development and the SDLC
• Depth in infrastructure and cybersecurity
• Experience owning a technology budget and managing vendor and partner relationships
• The judgment to know when to standardize, when to invest, and when to leave something alone
• Willingness to work on-site in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, five days per week

Your First Year

First 90 days . Develop a working command of the environment, the team, and the vendor landscape. Build relationships across the business.

By six months . Deliver a prioritized technology roadmap with clear rationale and cost, along with a point of view on how the team should be organized to deliver it.

By twelve months . Demonstrable progress against that roadmap, and a team structured to sustain it.

This is a confidential search conducted by a retained search partner on behalf of the client.

“The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all potential geographic locations. The final offer will be determined based on the candidate’s primary work location, experience, and specific skills. Benefits are subject to the terms of the specific plan documents.”