Director of Information Technology

About the job

Let's Build!

Tarlton is a St. Louis-based general contractor that builds complex commercial, institutional, and industrial projects. We are an ENR Top 400 contractor and a WBENC-certified Women's Business Enterprise, with self-perform crews, a carpentry subsidiary, and a growing presence across Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa. Our people work in offices, jobsite trailers, and client facilities, and they count on technology that works wherever the work happens. This role offers what larger organizations rarely do: a seat close to the decisions, impact you can see across the whole company, and a family-like culture with the reach to deliver at scale. If you enjoy rolling up your sleeves, working with the business, and building something that lasts, this is the place to do it.

Your Role

The Director of Information Technology leads Tarlton’s technology function. The role sets technology strategy and priorities, oversees business-critical systems, and is accountable for cybersecurity, data governance, and vendor performance. A managed services provider (MSP) delivers day-to-day infrastructure, support, and technical execution. The Director holds the provider to agreed service levels, works across departments to align technology decisions with business priorities, and assesses future technology team needs as the function matures.

What You’ll Do

Strategy, Governance & Budget

• Develop and maintain the company’s technology roadmap aligned with business priorities.
• Manage IT operating and capital budgets.
• Establish technology standards, policies, and governance processes.
• Lead the technology intake and review process to evaluate, prioritize, and recommend technology investments across departments.
• Build consensus and secure stakeholder buy-in for technology priorities and initiatives.
• Advise executive leadership on emerging technologies, risks, and business opportunities.

Business Systems & Technology Solutions

• Oversee Tarlton’s business-critical systems, including Viewpoint Vista, Procore, estimating platforms, and other operational applications.
• Ensure systems are properly configured, maintained, integrated, and aligned with business needs.
• Partner with functional leaders and system super-users to prioritize enhancements and improvements.
• Lead software vendor relationships, upgrades, implementations, and optimization efforts.

Data Governance, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence

• Own data governance, including data quality, data access, and the system integrations that support reliable reporting.
• Reduce manual processes and support development of a connected business data environment.
• Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities for analytics and process automation.
• Partner with the business process leader on AI initiatives, including evaluation, implementation, governance, user adoption, and development of practical business use cases.

Infrastructure & Managed Services Oversight

• Manage and direct the MSP that delivers day-to-day network, server, cloud, endpoint, and support services.
• Establish service expectations and hold providers accountable to agreed service levels.
• Ensure reliable technology support for corporate offices and project sites.
• Manage hardware lifecycle planning, mobile technologies, and connectivity needs across the organization.

Cybersecurity, Risk & Business Continuity

• Own cybersecurity risk, strategy, and policies, with the MSP operating day-to-day security controls.
• Oversee identity and access management, endpoint protection, incident response, and security awareness efforts.
• Ensure compliance with client, regulatory, insurance, and contractual security requirements.
• Maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans, including periodic testing and validation.

Leadership, Adoption & Change Management

• Lead and develop the internal technology team.
• Recommend future staffing, organizational structure, and capability needs as the technology function matures.
• Drive technology adoption through communication, training, and change management initiatives.
• Partner across departments to improve workflows, business processes, and organizational effectiveness through technology.

Leadership Expectations

• Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership.
• Translate technical concepts into practical business solutions.
• Influence organizational priorities through data, analysis, and sound recommendations.
• Build strong partnerships across Finance, Operations, HR, and other departments.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and service excellence.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Experience

• Minimum eight years of progressive IT experience, including at least three years leading a function, department, or team.
• Experience leading technology in an organization that partners with a managed services provider (MSP) or other major vendor, and implementing technology within operating departments.
• Familiarity with client- or federally driven security frameworks.
• Track record of leading cross-functional prioritization and building stakeholder support for technology decisions.
• Working command of cybersecurity fundamentals: identity and access management, endpoint protection, backup and recovery, and incident response.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business terms for audiences ranging from field personnel to executive leadership.
• Preferred: Construction, engineering, or architecture industry experience.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Tools & Software

• Hands‑on experience administering or implementing enterprise business systems such as ERP or project management platforms.
• Preferred: Viewpoint Vista, Procore, Bluebeam, or comparable construction platforms.

Work Location, Environment & Travel Requirements

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment where the noise level is usually quiet.
• Limited exposure to physical risk.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty-five pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands; reach; and stoop or kneel.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet

Travel Requirements

• Periodic local or regional travel to jobsites and to industry and community events.

Tarlton Competencies

• Leadership & Team Development: Provides clear direction, sets expectations, holds others accountable, and develops team members through coaching and support
• Stand Behind Our Word and Work: Follows through on commitments, takes ownership of results, and ensures work meets high standards of quality and professionalism
• Cultivate Clients for Life: Builds trust-based relationships through responsiveness, clear communication, and understanding of client needs
• Build a Safe and Caring Environment: Promotes a safety-first culture, proactively manages risks, and looks out for others
• Gets the Job Done: Takes ownership, removes obstacles, prioritizes effectively, and drives work forward to achieve results
• Communication and Collaboration: Communicates clearly and works effectively across teams to build trust and alignment
• Develops and Adapts: Seeks feedback, learns from experience, and adjusts to changing conditions and project needs

Compensation:

Why You’ll Like Working Here

• Complex, high-impact projects with experienced teams
• Strong partnership between field and project management
• Safety-first culture and high standards of quality
• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and long-term career growth
• A company proud to be STLMade and invested in the region

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