Director, Information Technology

Who we are: 

Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. Motive combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to connect and automate physical operations. Motive is one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world, serving more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery.

Motive is built on four foundational attributes; Own It, Less but Better, Build Trust, and Unlock Potential. This has taken our company to great heights, including being recognized by Fortune for Best Workplaces, Forbes Best Startup Employers, and Comparably for our Best Global Culture, Sales Team, Leadership Team, Career Growth, and CEO for Diversity. We’re proud to receive an employee net promoter score of 63 (according to Comparably) which places Motive in the top 5% of companies with 4,000 employees or more. 

Today, our team is made up of more than 3,000 employees, located across the world, providing support to a wide range of customers. While most of our employees are remote, many have the opportunity to work on-site at any of our 8 global office locations. Visit our careers website to learn more about opportunities at Motive. 

About the Role:

We are seeking to hire a Director of IT at Motive to support our worldwide IT Operations in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. This role requires an experienced leader to raise the bar of IT at Motive to a world class level, ready for operating as a public company. To facilitate this, the ideal candidate will have experience at a high growth technology company as well as running broad IT operations at a public company. Transparency, empowering leadership, strategic thinking, and a keen technical acumen are traits we are looking for in our next IT leader. This role will report to the SVP of Business Technology.

What You'll Do:

• Drive business outcomes via IT initiatives that support the needs of the stakeholder teams in the business
• Ensure IT is providing world class Global IT Policies and Procedures, Security, Regulatory and Compliance needs
• Lead the IT team to provide innovative and simple solutions to hard and complex problems
• Partner with the business stakeholder teams to be thought of an extension of their teams through strong relationships.  
• Thoughtfully manage the IT budget via Vendor management, contract negotiations, and service consolidation to gain economies of scale
• Drive hardware and software evaluations to best meet business outcomes
• Manage worldwide remote office and employee IT needs
• Implement an IT Service Delivery mindset that allows us to measure, iterate, and improve those services.
• Set and deliver towards an IT Roadmap that will allow the business to scale unencumbered by IT
• Establish goals for IT department employees, develop their competencies and manage their performance on an ongoing basis. Offer employees ongoing support and coaching to maximize team engagement and performance

What We're Looking For:

• BA/ BS in computer science, information systems or related field experience
• 10+ years of total experience including at least 5 years leading a global IT team
• Proven ability to create and maintain effective documentation, including policies, processes and procedures
• Broad operational experience in public company environment with a deep understanding of IT
• Proven experience to deliver in a fast paced technology company
• Solid Project Management and technical systems implementation experience
• Data driven decision making mindset

 

Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.

The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. Motive uses three geographic zones to determine pay range. For this role, the compensation ranges are: San Francisco, California$151,396—$178,113 USDU.S. metropolitan areas: Los Angeles, San Diego, New York City Area, Seattle, Washington D.C.