Vice President, Information Technology

Phillip Jeffries is looking for a leader to join our IT Team!

At Phillip Jeffries, we believe the most beautiful spaces begin with meaningful connections. Since our start in a family garage in 1976, we have grown into a global luxury wallcovering brand trusted by the world’s top designers and architects. Today, our curated collections and dedication to exceptional service set the standard in the industry. That kind of reputation is built by passionate people who know how to sell not just a product, but a story.

We are seeking a Vice President, Information Technology to lead and shape our global technology organization. This role is based out of our Fairfield, NJ headquarters and follows a hybrid schedule with four days per week onsite.

The Vice President, IT is responsible for setting the enterprise technology direction for the company and ensuring that systems, platforms, and security scale with our business. This leader will own the technology roadmap end to end, balancing innovation with stability, speed with risk, and central standards with local flexibility.

You will partner closely with ownership and executive leadership to translate business strategy into clear technology investments, outcomes, and priorities. You will lead a growing global IT organization supporting more than 400 employees across 20+ locations, multiple countries, currencies, and compliance environments.

• Build and evolve a high-performing global technology organization that supports a growing, international business
• Recruit, develop, and retain strong senior leaders and high-impact individual contributors
• Design and continuously refine team structures, roles, and career paths as the organization maturing
• Serve as a coach and mentor while staying close enough to execution to maintain credibility
• Ensure every role within IT has a clear development plan aligned to long-term growth

• Own and maintain a multi-year enterprise technology roadmap aligned to company growth, operational leverage, and risk posture
• Directly control technology budgets, headcount planning, and vendor strategy
• Shape investment decisions by initiating high-impact opportunities, rejecting low-value initiatives, and sequencing work to balance speed, capacity, and risk
• Design governance models that support experimentation through pilots, staged funding, and clear decision gates

• Serve as the enterprise owner of cyber risk and technology risk posture, including:
  • Identity and access management
  • Data protection and privacy
  • Vendor and third-party risk
  • Incident response and recovery readiness
• Establish a scalable security operating model that grows with headcount, geography, and system complexity
• Ensure executive visibility into cyber risk, controls, and readiness

• Ensure reliable, scalable, and cost-effective technology operations across all locations
• Own global endpoint strategy, service desk performance, system administration, and platform reliability
• Design support models that evolve alongside decentralization while maintaining enterprise standards
• Balance user experience, security, and operational efficiency as the business grows

• Lead all internal development efforts, including:
  • ERP extensions and integrations
  • Reporting and data platforms
  • Workflow automation and process digitization
• Increase development throughput while improving quality, predictability, and time-to-value
• Leverage AI, low-code, no-code, and emerging technologies to create operational leverage
• Establish clear capacity management and prioritization across competing demands
• Champion a technology philosophy of placing the right data in the right system for the right role

• Introduce and mature product management practices for enterprise systems and system-backed processes
• Define which product ownership roles live centrally within Technology versus embedded in functions
• Ensure every system has clear ownership, a defined roadmap, and measurable outcomes tied to business value
• Lead Business Solutions teams that translate business needs into scalable, sustainable technical solutions

• Must be based in New Jersey (or able to work on-site 4 days per week at our Fairfield, NJ headquarters)
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in enterprise technology within a global organization
• Demonstrated ownership of technology investment portfolios, including budget accountability, prioritization, and ROI realization
• Experience operating in both centralized and decentralized organizational models
• Proven track record deploying and overseeing cybersecurity programs in a multi-site, international environment with 400+ employees
• Hands-on leadership exposure to:
  • Enterprise platforms such as ERP, CRM, WMS, marketing automation, and Microsoft Office
  • Custom development and system integration
  • Enterprise-level cybersecurity…