Vice President of IT and Integrations

BACKGROUND

The Organization

For more than 50 years, Ocean Conservancy has delivered effective, evidence-based solutions for the ocean and all who depend on it. Today, we continue to unite science, people, and policy to protect our ocean from the greatest challenges it faces: climate change, plastic pollution, and biodiversity loss. We are a 501(C)3 headquartered in Washington, D.C. that inspires a worldwide network of partners, advocates, and supporters through our comprehensive and clear-eyed approach to ocean conservation.

Together, we are securing a healthy ocean and a thriving planet, forever and for everyone.

The Position

The Vice President of Information Technology & Integrations will serve as the strategic and operational leader responsible for overseeing an institution-wide upgrade of the organization’s technology ecosystem—strengthening infrastructure, streamlining systems, integrating data platforms, and enabling organization-wide digital capabilities. The Vice President, Information Technology & Integrations provides strategic direction, IT operational excellence, data integrity oversight and change leadership as the organization modernizes its systems, infrastructure, and digital capabilities.

Working closely with the Vice President, Operations, the Vice President, Information Technology & Integrations will ensure that technology empowers staff, enhances collaboration in program delivery, supports fundraising and engagement, and improves decision-making across the organization. The Vice President of Information Technology & Integrations manages the Senior IT Administrator, the Project Manager, Information Technology and IT Governance Project, and various consultants and vendors.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Strategic & Transformational Leadership

• Oversee and implement a multi-year technology roadmap to modernize systems, workflows, and data practices, and improve data-driven decision making.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team on technology trends, risks, and opportunities to align technology initiatives with strategic goals, operational efficiency, and mission impact.

• Introduce innovative tools and processes to enhance staff collaboration, constituent engagement, and data-driven decision-making.

• Develop and manage IT budgets and related consultants, ensuring responsible use of resources and alignment with organizational priorities.

• As a true institutionalist, champion the adoption of data analytics and reporting tools to support impact measurement and strategic decision-making.

• Actively lead in fostering a culture of collaboration and change readiness across the organization.

• Champion a user-first IT approach by designing secure, reliable, and simple systems that empower staff to accomplish the mission.

Technology, Systems Integration, and IT Operations

• Oversee the design, implementation, and management of the organization’s IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, network security, cloud services, and user support functions into a unified ecosystem to improve efficiency and collaboration.

• Establish IT governance, project management practices, and performance metrics to guide and measure progress.

• Manage vendor relationships and IT contracts.

• Partner closely with leadership to ensure CRM and ERP platforms are integrated.

• Ensure seamless interoperability between legacy systems and new platforms.

• Operate at a strategic level while staying hands-on as needed to remove roadblocks and deliver outcomes for our users.

• Establish repeatable change review processes for all production changes and integration cutovers with standard workflows, clear decision owners, communication guidelines, and rollback plans; scale to a formal structure as needed (e.g., a Change Advisory Board).

• Report on quarterly OKRs for the technology portfolio.

• Publish and manage AI acceptable use policy, data classification rules, and vendor pre-approval criteria.

Cybersecurity

• Lead the organization’s cybersecurity strategy, ensuring protection of sensitive data, systems, and networks.

• Collaborate with the VP, Operations to develop policies and controls to ensure global compliance with…