IT Director, Enterprise Business Solutions

Cronos is an innovative global cannabinoid company committed to building disruptive intellectual property by advancing cannabis research, technology, and product development. With a passion to responsibly elevate consumer experience, Cronos is building an iconic brand portfolio. Cronos’ diverse international brand portfolio includes Spinach®, PEACE NATURALS® and Lord Jones®. For more information about Cronos and its brands, please visit: https://thecronosgroup.com/.   The IT Director, Enterprise Business Solutions, will work closely with the Head of Global Information Systems to scope, plan, execute and manage the IT Enterprise Solutions system landscape based on our dynamic operational model and digital transformation projects. This role will lead and drive agile system development, adoption of IT best practices, and drive the adoption of enterprise solutions that drive efficiency in business processes and reduce cost of operation.  This position is remote in the United States.  What you’ll be doing: 

• Conduct in-depth technical discovery process, partner with senior leadership and key stakeholders to analyze and identify technology priorities throughout the organization 

• In partnership with the Head of Global Information Systems, set the technical direction for all Cronos Group software and systems, leading conceptualization and design architectural roadmaps for new and existing Cronos Group enterprise systems and solutions 

• Facilitator and catalyst to support continuous improvement, both as it relates to financial processes (e.g. reporting and analytical infrastructure) and business processes (e.g. Prospect-To-Order, Order-To-Cash and Purchase-To-Pay). 

• Develop business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for Enterprise application spend and initiatives. 

• Outsourcing Partner Management experience: extract and maximize output from outsourcing partners. 

• Interact with peers, direct reports, and other employees in a manner that reflects leadership, encourages open two-way communications, and contributes to exceptional employee relations throughout the Company. 

• Ensure the Enterprise Applications team attracts, develops, and retains the best people and fosters an environment that motivates the team to fully realize its capabilities in achieving desired business results. Creates detailed architecture diagrams to support large, complex, and cross-functional initiatives. Define, promote, and enforce standards in testing, monitoring, and architectural processes across the Information Systems teams 

• Owns maintenance of current state architecture of SAP while envisioning a future state architecture aligned with business objectives. 

• Provides subject matter expertise on all matters SAP related including but not limited to integrations, upgrades, maintaining system integration, documentation of all processes, problem solving system issues, etc.. 

• Ensure applications are effectively managed are comply with all SOX related controls. 

• Lead and facilitate triage discussions to identify and strategize delivery of work, providing technical consulting for projects that require accelerated intervention 

• Partner closely with senior leaders and key stakeholders on business development opportunities, gathering requirements, assessing resourcing and cost associated with technical work, providing potential solutions and determining key milestones  

• Diagnose problems and quickly determine potential solutions, developing and implementing corrective actions that support business operations 

• A key leader in Finance Transformation activities, providing technical guidance and expertise to ongoing and newly established Transformation projects 

• Provide technical coaching and mentorship throughout Cronos Group to help accelerate adoption of new systems and strengthen our employees’ technical aptitude 

• Act as a Culture champion, modeling our How We Roll behaviors to employees throughout our entire company as well as external stakeholders 

• Partner with suppliers, external vendors and consultants to find ways to improve the company’s software systems and applications 

• May lead a small system and applications team - recruit, retain, and engage top talent; foster a learning environment emphasizing innovative thinking, accountability, and collaboration through consistent coaching and development 

 You’ll need to have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering or similar field 

• 15+ years' experience in software development with progressive experience designing scalable technical architecture in both cloud and non-