Job Title: IT Team Lead (Professional Project Manager)
This role involves translating business goals into actionable technical plans that support company growth across Sales, Supply Chain (SCM), Accounting, and Operations, and acting as a key bridge between executive leadership and the engineering and operations teams.
Responsibility Areas:
1. Technology Strategy & Leadership
- Help define the technology vision and multi-year roadmap aligned to business objectives and growth, and recommend technology investment priorities.
- Establish architecture, security, data, and engineering standards, and lead build-vs-buy and platform decisions.
- Report technology strategy, progress, risk, and ROI to leadership on a regular cadence.
2. Executive Partnership & Bilingual Communication
- Serve as the main technology point of contact for Korean executive leadership, communicating strategy, status, risk, and business impact fluently in both Korean and English.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear business language, and translate business priorities into actionable technical direction for the team.
- Act as a cultural and operational bridge in a Korean-American corporate environment.
3. Developer Management & Engineering
- Directly manage, mentor, and grow the software development team; set hiring plans, performance expectations, and development paths.
- Establish and uphold engineering best practices: code review, architecture review, documentation, testing, and release management.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership and architectural guidance on critical systems and complex problems.
4. Project & Portfolio Management
- Own the technology project portfolio: prioritize, sequence, resource, and de-risk initiatives across competing business needs.
- Run structured project/sprint management (e.g., Jira, agile cadences) with clear milestones, dependencies, and status reporting.
- Manage external vendors, contractors, and SaaS partners, including scope, SLAs, and delivery accountability.
5. Business Growth & Digital Transformation
- Identify and deliver technology capabilities that enable revenue growth, margin improvement, and operational scale.
- Partner with business units to digitize and automate manual workflows, improving speed, accuracy, and decision quality.
- Evaluate emerging technologies for competitive advantage and propose initiatives with clear, measurable business cases.
6. ERP, Cloud & Data Infrastructure
- Lead modernization, integration, and reliability of core ERP and business systems, including platform upgrades and migrations.
- Own cloud infrastructure strategy and operations, including cost, security, scalability, and reliability.
- Build out the company's data and analytics capabilities (data warehousing, BI, and reporting) into a trusted foundation for decision-making.
7. AI Enablement & Governance
- Help set the company-wide AI adoption strategy, approved tooling, and a practical AI governance, ethics, and responsible-use framework.
- Lead enablement programs that put AI assistants and automation into the hands of non-technical staff.
- Ensure data privacy, security, and compliance standards are built into all AI and automation initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of progressive technology experience, including 3+ years directly managing software engineers or technical teams.
- Demonstrated software architecture depth (system design, data modeling, integration patterns) with the ability to remain hands-on.
- Proven experience owning ERP and/or core business systems, including modernization or migration projects.
- Cloud platform experience (GCP preferred; AWS/Azure acceptable) and modern data/BI infrastructure.
- Strong project and portfolio management discipline; experience reporting to and influencing leadership.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Korean (verbal and written)-required for direct communication with executive leadership.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Industry experience in steel, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, or supply chain.
- Familiarity with modern data stacks (BigQuery, Dataform, Looker Studio) and warehouse-driven analytics.
- Software design experience with patterns such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD), CQRS, and incremental modernization (Strangler Fig).
- Experience defining AI strategy, governance, and company-wide AI adoption programs.
- Experience managing technology vendors and onshore/offshore delivery partners.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., GCP/AWS, PMP).
Work Hours: Full-Time (Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM)
We believe great work deserves great support. Here's what we offer:
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Paid Vacation, Sick Days, and Holidays
- Performance Bonuses
- Educational Training Reimbursements
- Employee Referral Incentives
- Daily Lunch Fringe Allowance
- Team Lunches & Dinners
- Fitness Membership Reimbursements
- Employee Birthday Gifts
- Recognition & Service Year Awards
