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Vice President Infrastructure, Operations and Enterprise Architecture

Generac

The Role

Overview

Lead global IT infrastructure, operations, and enterprise architecture at Generac.

Key Responsibilities

  • enterprise infra
  • it operations
  • security compliance
  • service delivery
  • budget management
  • team leadership

Tasks

-Responsible for technical execution and for the scaling and building of enterprise infrastructure and operations -Continuously ensure appropriate processes, personnel and required technology capabilities are in place to meet business availability and performance service level agreements. -Manage IT infrastructure and operations budget, review and approve group's contracts for computing and other information technology services -Evaluate current technology resources, risks and roadmap against various department and company goals; facilitate conversations across business units to drive agreement -Collaborate with and influence executive business leadership in order to deliver technology and digital solutions that directly deliver on business strategy and add value. -Analyze business systems performance results, providing deep insight into on-going trends and recommend actions -Responsible for site support and help desk to ensure workforce is productive and has the right set of collaboration tools and devices -Build, lead and manage several globally distributed teams comprised of employees and contractors -Ensure a secure and compliant enterprise, operationalize CISO security policies enterprise wide, and maintain SOC/SOX control compliance for responsible controls -executes enterprise security services -Responsible for collaborating across multiple functions and organizations to align on annual OKRs and shorter-term execution plans -Enterprise Service Delivery Center: this group manages the company's Freshservice platform and manages enterprise ITSM practices across the teams -Ensure Generac’s enterprise infrastructure, systems, and applications are resilient, highly available, and scale to Generac's growth -Mentor and develop strong employee engagement with direct and extended staff -Lead our organization’s purchasing and renewals for Infrastructure hardware and services. Work closely with our Strategic Sourcing Organization, IT Business Operations and Finance to ensure there’s clarity of spend required, renewals are planned and happening in a timely manner and shepherding various statements of work and associated financial approvals through the process. -Ensure the delivery of M&A projects and strategic integrations/migrations with IT Strategy Leader. -Responsible for enterprise infrastructure vision and strategy - working with multiple EVP and other VP level stakeholders in creating a clear, convincing technical strategy that aligns to business priorities and objectives -Planning and driving agendas for quarterly leadership meetings, periodic all-hands meetings and regular vendor-relationship activities

Requirements

  • strategic thinking
  • problem solving
  • enterprise architecture
  • communication
  • business acumen
  • decision making

What You Bring

-Strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and decision-making abilities -Knowledge of industry standards, best practices, and emerging trends in enterprise architecture and integration -Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills for collaborating with diverse stakeholder -Strong business acumen and the ability to translate business needs into technology solutions

Benefits

-enterprise asset management, employee collaboration platforms and services, conference rooms

The Company

About Generac

-It began by engineering affordable home standby generators and built its first engine tailored for generator use. -Its portfolio spans portable units, residential standby systems, large commercial/industrial generators, light towers, power washers, battery storage, and smart-home energy devices. -Typical projects include outfitting homes for outage resilience, powering construction sites with mobile generators, and deploying microgrid and natural gas generator solutions for commercial clients. -Innovations include the PWRcell home energy storage line, integration of EV charging and remote monitoring via Mobile Link and Concerto software platforms.

Sector Specialisms

Industrial

Energy

Infrastructure

Buildings

Residential

Commercial

Water Resources

Heavy Civil

Marine

Transport

Utilities

Solar

Wind

Nuclear

Government

Energy Storage

Energy Management

Grid Services

Distributed Energy Resources

Backup Power Systems

Smart Energy Solutions

Power Generation Equipment

Prime Power Systems

Load Control

Virtual Power Plants