Vice President, Information Technology

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionTitle: Vice President, Information TechnologyLocation: Alexandria, VAClearance:Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (TS/SCI) security clearancePosition Summary: The Corporate Vice President, IT provides leadership for enterprise technology strategy, architecture, governance, and operations within an organization that includes a commercial IT managed service provider (MSP), value-added reseller (VAR), and government services lines of business. This role ensures that corporate technology platforms are compliant with government and customer requirements, secure, scalable, integrated, and optimized to enable growth, operational excellence, and customer delivery across the enterprise. The Vice President serves as a strategic partner to leadership, aligning technology investments with business strategy, revenue objectives, and long-term organizational priorities. The role maintains oversight of enterprise systems, digital transformation initiatives, business IT systems, cybersecurity strategy, and IT governance frameworks, ensuring that technology capabilities support contract performance, engineering innovation, procurement operations, and corporate functions while maintaining strong compliance and risk management standards. Responsibilities: • Shape and execute a forward-looking enterprise IT strategy aligned with federal contracting requirements, VAR operations, MSP delivery and long-term corporate growth. • Serve as a strategic business partner to executive and business unit leaders, ensuring technology enables revenue growth, operational scalability, and competitive differentiation. • Act as a trusted advisor to the executive team on digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption, cybersecurity risk, infrastructure scalability, data strategy, and systems modernization. • Lead enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring core systems (ERP, CRM, procurement, engineering platforms, collaboration tools) are integrated, scalable, and optimized for performance. • Drive operational excellence by identifying automation, workflow optimization, and technology enablement opportunities that improve margin, reduce manual effort, and enhance reporting visibility. • Oversee secure handling of classified (TS/SCI), controlled unclassified information (CUI) and other sensitive data, embedding security-by-design principles into all systems and processes. • Oversee the development and operations of classified (TS/SCI) information systems within the company's facilities. • Lead enterprise cybersecurity strategy, including identity management, endpoint protection, cloud governance, monitoring, and incident response. • Create and maintain structured configuration and change processes that support compliance while enabling speed and flexibility within the business. • Ensure IT systems and internal controls support regulatory frameworks (FAR, DFARS, NIST, ICD 503, DOD 8500, CNSSI 1253, ISO 27001, CMMC, ITAR, SOC as applicable) while maintaining operational efficiency. • Ensure secure, compliant cloud architecture aligned with government and customer requirements. • Build, develop, and lead a high-performing Corporate IT organization focused on service excellence, customer service, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement. • Manage strategic vendor relationships and technology partnerships to optimize cost, performance, and long-term scalability. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field. • 10+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, including 5+ years in a senior or executive-level role. • Demonstrated experience developing and executing enterprise IT strategy aligned with business objectives. • Proven ability to lead, develop, and transform technical teams, driving organizational effectiveness, capability growth, and alignment with business objectives. • Direct experience supporting and optimizing systems such as Costpoint, Concur, ServiceNow, RADAR, and Tableau, or comparable enterprise platforms. • Experience supporting a government contracting environment with knowledge of federal regulatory frameworks (FAR, DFARS, NIST, ICD 503, DOD 8500, CNSSI 1253, ISO 27001, CMMC, ITAR as applicable). • Experience supporting classified government systems governed by ICD 503. • Experience maintaining audit readiness and supporting financial, operational, and cybersecurity audits, including DCAA, DCMA, and SOC 1 / SOC 2 assessments. • Must be a US citizen. • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (TS/SCI) security clearance.Preferred Qualifications: • Master's degree in information systems, Cybersecurity, Business Administration (MBA), or related field. • Experience in a value-added reseller (VAR) or engineering-focused organization. • Current TS/SCI security clearance.Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled Job Posted by ApplicantPro