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Director - IT Strategy & Performance

Director - IT Strategy & Performance

WabtecErie, PA, US
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Director of IT Strategy and Performance

It's not just about your career or job title It's about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it's for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you're in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days in the office each week.

Who will you be working with?

Our best-in-class Strategy & Operational Effectiveness team has overarching responsibility for driving consistent excellence in strategic planning, program and project execution, financial and asset management, M&A integration, and enterprise architecture across global Wabtec IT.

How will you make a difference?

The Director of IT Strategy and Performance is a key individual contributor role reporting to the Vice President of IT, Strategy & Operational Effectiveness. Through data-driven decision making, strategic planning, and performance metrics, you'll connect IT initiatives to business outcomes while building strong partnerships across the organization. This strategic position shapes and drives a cohesive IT strategy development and execution across Wabtec's global IT organization, ensuring alignment with business objectives and maximizing technology investments to deliver customer value.

What do we want to know about you?

You must have :

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 7+ years of experience in IT strategy, business / technology alignment, or related roles
  • Demonstrated experience developing and executing multi-year technology strategies
  • Experience with strategic performance measurement and KPI development
  • Excellent facilitation skills with ability to lead strategic planning sessions with senior leaders
  • Proven ability to influence organizational decisions through clear communication, persuasive storytelling, and building agreement among diverse groups
  • Expert written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for executive audiences
  • Demonstrated ability to influence complex organizational decisions through strategic communication, compelling storytelling, and the capacity to build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups
  • Ability to influence without direct authority across organizational boundaries
  • Must be able and willing to travel as needed (typically

We would love it if you had :

  • MBA or Master's degree in related field
  • Experience with strategic planning methodologies and frameworks (i.e. Balanced Scorecards, OKRs, McKinsey 7S Model, SWOT Analysis, Blue Ocean Strategy, Porter's Five Forces, etc.)
  • Background in technology investment analysis and business case development
  • Proven experience with ServiceNow and PowerBI, using these platforms to develop comprehensive strategic dashboards, performance metrics, and actionable business intelligence reports
  • Understanding of enterprise architecture principles and technology road mapping
  • What will your typical day look like?

  • Drive organizational alignment by continuously identifying, connecting, and amplifying cross-functional IT initiatives, creating a unified strategic approach that maximizes resource utilization and eliminates operational silos
  • Orchestrate the Wabtec IT's strategic planning process driving, while providing data-driven insights to enable informed decision-making across IT and business leadership
  • Own and orchestrate Wabtec IT's adaptive strategy process, ensuring regular evaluation of market trends, emerging technologies, and business needs to pivot strategic initiatives, while optimizing resource utilization and maintaining fiscal discipline within established guardrails
  • Proactively assess and recognize strategic risks and opportunities across the IT landscape, creating data-driven action plans, developing comprehensive mitigation strategies and actionable plans to maximize IT and business value
  • Facilitate and ensure cross-functional collaboration between IT sub-groups (business applications, data and analytics, infrastructure, and international teams) to ensure cohesion and alignment of strategic IT initiatives
  • Serve as IT representative in executive and departmental staff meetings to promote strategic alignment, share insights, and foster partnership across IT business units
  • Partner across IT groups to design, implement, and evolve performance measurement frameworks that not only track operational effectiveness, but actively identify improvement opportunities, optimize resources, and quantify IT's strategic impact
  • Partner with PMO to facilitate cross-functional collaboration and strategic alignment across IT sub-groups, ensuring cohesive communication, synchronized initiatives, and unified approach to technology strategy implementation
  • Design and execute monthly and quarterly IT leadership operational review meetings, ensuring consistent tracking of strategic initiatives and KPIs
  • Partner with Communications and IT Leadership teams to plan and deliver compelling Quarterly All Hands meetings that reinforce strategic priorities
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to the VP of IT, Strategy & Operational Effectiveness providing data-driven insights and recommendations to inform executive decision-making and shape IT's strategic direction
  • Lead special strategic projects as assigned by the VP of IT, Strategy & Operational Effectiveness
  • Partner with IT teams to create and communicate impactful business value stories, helping translate technical initiatives into measurable business outcomes, and developing compelling narratives that demonstrate IT's strategic value to stakeholders
  • What about the physical demands of the job?

  • Regularly remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
  • Regularly communicating with others to exchange information
  • Regularly required to attend meetings in person and virtually using video and audio computer equipment
  • Regularly repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and / or fingers, such as typing
  • Occasionally moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
  • Occasionally light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds
  • Work Environment :

  • This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days in the office each week
  • The employee will normally work in a temperature-controlled office environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment. During visits to areas of operations, may be exposed to extreme cold or hot weather conditions. Is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and loud noise
  • Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between $117,900.00-$168,000.00. The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as : training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

    More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible.

    Who are we?

    Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

    Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more.

    Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity :

    Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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