IT Director

JOURNEY GROUP: OUR STORY

Journey Group is a full‑service construction group with headquarters in Sioux Falls, S.D., and our divisions offering commercial, manufacturing, industrial, civil, residential and asphalt construction services in the upper Midwest and nationwide. Our company has a long‑standing reputation of building lasting relationships with contractors throughout the region. Our experience in past projects working in and around the local construction market coupled with our solid reputation of being a fair, honest, and team‑oriented company will bring a strong contractor interest to any project.

With Journey Group, you’re getting engineers and construction professionals with a wealth of education and experience—but you’re also getting allies on your project site. Our team is trustworthy, communicative, fiscally responsible and never lacking in follow‑through.

The IT Director collaborates with the leadership team to develop and execute the company's short and long‑term IT strategies. The IT Director is responsible for managing the IT budget, creating, and managing IT policies and procedures, and overseeing the IT department employees. The IT Director will also be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key vendors and partners. The vision for this role is to expand a traditional IT services department to be equipped to provide meaningful data allowing business leaders to make informed decisions which provide Journey Group a competitive advantage.

This role requires a change agent who can support current operations while driving optimization and continuous improvement. The IT Director must be a bold leader willing to make decisions, own outcomes, and integrate ideas from leadership and business stakeholders.

• Oversees the daily operations of the IT department, including hiring new employees, performance management, coaching, developing, and mentorship.
• Oversees enterprise IT infrastructure including network architecture.
• Develops relationships with Executive, Divisional and Department leaders to become a trusted advisor, providing strategic vision and thought leadership around technology investments and initiatives.
• Defines, refines, and implements the company's long‑term technology strategy and roadmap in alignment with business goals and objectives.
• Develops and implements enterprise‑wide technical architecture solutions.
• Fosters a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the IT department and organization.
• Leads the IT Change Management Process:
  Establishing objectives, obtaining executive approval, and championing the process throughout the organization through implementation and adoption with a customer service mindset.
• Partners with business leaders to identify high‑value use cases for advanced analytics, AI/ML applications, and automation. Contributes to Journey Group's strategic planning sessions and establishes annual and quarterly strategic initiatives for the IT department.
• Develops and manages the annual technology budget, ensuring cost‑effective utilization of resources.
• Leads digital transformation initiatives in conjunction with company initiatives.
• Purchases equipment and oversees projects to ensure they meet requirements and deadlines.
• Develops business cases and ROI analysis for major technology investments.
• Oversees performance of enterprise business systems including ERP, CRM, HRIS and industry‑specific applications for organization.
• Leads ERP Optimization initiatives and manages major system upgrades, migrations, or implementations.
• Ensures integration and data flow between critical business systems.
• Determines whether new technologies can be integrated into existing systems, can automate procedures, improve efficiency, or reduce costs.
• Manages relationships with key technology vendors and partners, negotiates contracts and service level agreements.
• Ensures completeness of the knowledge base and facilitates completion of needed content.
• Prepares the organization to collect and analyze meaningful data to make informed business decisions.
• Partners with Finance to establish IT cost allocation models…