Director, IT

• Recognise, exemplify, and adhere to ICON's values which centres around our commitment to People, Clients and Performance.
• As a Director, the employee is expected to recognize the importance of and create a culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs.
• Evolving a scalable, extensible, reliable, and inter-operable on-line infrastructure, optimizing hardware and software configurations/developments, and enabling rapid deployment of new product capabilities.
• Delivering enterprise quality products and maturity while aggressively evolving next-generation technology capabilities.
• Planning and driving the roadmap for delivery of new products and capabilities based on strategy, vision, and priorities set by our stakeholders.
• Develop and lead a multi-location product management/business analyst unit with resources based globally, mentor and lead those teams in the delivery of mutually understood solutions to business needs.
• Work with Engineering, Testers, Validators and Architecture, QA, PMO, Operations resources to ensure the delivery of innovative solutions that meet needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules, and adherence to process goals and principles.
• Ownership of respective operational and CAPEX budget.
• Develop and execute product management plans and manage schedules and resource allocation and budget. This includes joint development with 3rd party vendors and managing outsourced resources if and when required.
• Build, develop and retain high performing teams that lead positive contributions throughout the company.
• Ensure, and create as needed, practices and operations to ensure reproducible ways of working and high quality, while keeping costs under control.
• Engage in hands-on, in-depth analysis, review and design of the inputs to software design, including business and technical review.

• 10+ years' experience in progressive IT as part of solution delivery with an emphasis on leadership and planning (or other applicable areas)
• Subject Matter Expertise in Product Management.
• Proven track record of success in leadership role in order to achieve goals leading to continued success.
• Proven ability to attract, retain, and develop talented direct reports.
• Energetic individual, eager to manage multiple activities and priorities. Dedication to quality in all work tasks and deliverables.
• Ability to excite and motivate employees, partner and customers with a compelling vision.
• Excellent understanding of the software business and its practices.
• Active involvement in the use of online communities and an understanding of the use of current online and digital technologies.
• Ability to travel (approximately 30-40%) domestic and/or international.

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