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Senior Director of Information Technology (Tarrytown, NY)
Prestige Consumer HealthcareUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Aug 2025
💰 $250,000/yr($200,000/yr – $250,000/yr)
About the role
Prestige Consumer Healthcare is a company that focuses on product innovation and quality in the over-the-counter healthcare and women’s health categories to better improve the lives of our customers and their world. For generations, our trusted brands have helped consumers care for themselves and their loved ones. We are one of the largest independent providers of over-the-counter products in North America, and we are constantly improving and creating products that match the ever-changing lifestyles and needs of people and families everywhere.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Senior Director of Information Technology is responsible for the planning, organizing, and execution of all IT Software business applications and related projects to ensure optimal functioning of IT/business systems. This role involves working with new solutions, procurement, and maintenance of software programs.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES/ACTIVIES:
JOB SUMMARY:
The Senior Director of Information Technology is responsible for the planning, organizing, and execution of all IT Software business applications and related projects to ensure optimal functioning of IT/business systems. This role involves working with new solutions, procurement, and maintenance of software programs.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES/ACTIVIES:
- Analyzes complex business needs presented by the user community and/or clients and recommends technical solutions.
- Leads and manages IT teams, providing guidance, mentoring, and performance management.
- Champion innovation and process improvement across support functions
- Leverage automation, self-service, and AI/ML insights to optimize efficiency
- Ensures the consistency and maintainability of existing applications by creating, maintaining, and enforcing standards/procedures for implementing technical solutions.
- Assists the VP of IT and CISO with long and short run IT planning.
- Manages the ongoing support for Corporate critical systems, SAP and EDI IBM Sterling.
- Leads evaluation selection and implementation of all IT software systems.
- Executes established goals and ensures that corporate-wide goals are complimented and supported.
- Continually evaluates established policies and procedures and updates or modifies them as necessary.
- Periodically reviews the Company’s information needs and modifies the systems as required.
- Ensures the implementation of cost effective and efficient systems and computer operations designed to meet current and future information needs.
- Ensures that users’ and clients’ needs are met and that they are fully capable of utilizing established systems.
- Ensures that equipment, peripheral devices, and software are set up and operated in accordance with prescribed instructions.
- Ensures that IT systems are secure, properly backed up, and appropriately documented.
- Manages and oversees department expenses. Pursues cost-saving measures.
- Provides leadership to personnel through effective objective setting, delegation, and communication. Conducts staff meetings as required. Directs, schedules, and coordinates Department functions.
- Produces detailed timeline for each application release and implements effective project control by monitoring the progress of the software release and reporting the status.
- Directs and prioritizes the workload of personnel.
- Reviews all designs, code and unit test plans where applicable.
- Approves all business requirements prior to the technical solution.
- Participates on all hardware and software evaluations and maintains vendor contracts.
- Represents the IT function at customer review meetings when appropriate.
- Performs liaison duties between users, operations, and programming personnel in the areas of systems design, modifications or trouble shooting.
- Manages a team of internal and external contractors to execute large, cross functional application systems. The Senior Director of Information Systems Manager focuses on developing the strategy, structuring and managing the delivery of the legacy and modern policy application systems platform.
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