Location
Boston Headquarters
Scope
North America and Australia/New Zealand
Position Overview
ABCorp is seeking a Vice President of Information Technology to lead and modernize the company's global technology architecture across North America and Australia/New Zealand. This role will be responsible for designing and operating a secure, resilient, and scalable enterprise IT environment that supports ABCorp's manufacturing, personalization, and digital solutions businesses.
The VP of IT will play a central role in ensuring that ABCorp's technology infrastructure enables the business to execute its strategic priorities - including secure payment card manufacturing, instant issuance, digital authentication, omnichannel engagement, and additive manufacturing (3D).
This position will focus heavily on enterprise architecture, cloud infrastructure, ERP optimization, global system performance, data management, and logical security, ensuring ABCorp's platforms meet the stringent requirements of PCI-regulated environments and global manufacturing operations.
Based in Boston, the VP of IT will lead a global IT organization supporting facilities across North America and Australia/New Zealand, ensuring systems operate seamlessly across time zones while maintaining high availability and low latency.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Technology Strategy
Develop and execute ABCorp's global IT strategy, ensuring technology platforms support the company's operational and commercial growth.
Architect scalable systems that enable ABCorp to deliver advanced capabilities across payments, secure identity, instant issuance, and additive manufacturing.
Align IT architecture with the company's broader goals of operational resilience, ecosystem partnerships, and innovation.
Global Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture
Design and manage a secure hybrid-cloud architecture supporting global operations while minimizing system latency across North America and AUS/NZ.
Ensure enterprise platforms (including ERP and related operational systems) perform reliably across all global facilities.
Oversee data center strategy, networking, cloud infrastructure, and disaster recovery.
ERP and Operational Systems Leadership
Lead the optimization and integration of ABCorp's ERP platform and supporting systems, including production scheduling and operational workflows.
Ensure ERP architecture supports manufacturing operations, personalization, logistics, and fulfillment across multiple facilities.
Drive improvements in system interoperability and automation across business units.
Data Architecture & Master Data Management
Establish a robust enterprise data architecture enabling ABCorp to centralize, govern, and leverage its data effectively.
Implement strong master data management practices across customers, products, manufacturing data, and financial systems.
Enable advanced analytics and data-driven decision making across the organization.
Security & Compliance
Oversee enterprise logical security architecture, ensuring compliance with PCI DSS and other relevant security standards.
Implement robust security controls across cloud, infrastructure, applications, and manufacturing systems.
Partner closely with security and compliance teams to ensure ABCorp maintains the highest standards of data protection and operational security.
Global IT Operations
Lead IT support across ABCorp's global footprint, ensuring operational continuity and system reliability.
Establish strong service delivery processes supporting manufacturing plants, corporate teams, and customer-facing systems.
Ensure high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery readiness across all platforms.
Technology Enablement for Business Innovation
Architect systems that allow the company to execute emerging technology initiatives, including advanced payment solutions, digital identity, and integrated customer engagement platforms.
Ensure ABCorp's technology stack supports new product launches, ecosystem partnerships, and customer integrations.
Leadership & Organizational Development
Build and lead a high-performing global IT organization.
Partner with executive leadership across operations, sales, finance, and product teams to align technology investments with strategic priorities.
Establish strong governance and project management frameworks for technology initiatives.
Qualifications
15+ years of enterprise IT leadership experience, with significant experience in global infrastructure and enterprise architecture.
Demonstrated experience managing ERP systems in complex operational environments, ideally including manufacturing or regulated industries.
Deep expertise in cloud architecture, hybrid infrastructure, and global system performance optimization.
Experience operating in PCI-regulated environments or similarly high-security environments.
Strong understanding of enterprise data architecture and master data management.
Proven ability to lead global IT teams and complex technology transformations.
Preferred Experience
Experience in payments, fintech, secure manufacturing, or identity technologies.
Background supporting manufacturing operations or distributed production environments.
Familiarity with PCI DSS, secure data environments, and high-assurance security frameworks.
Experience working with global teams across North America and APAC regions.
Leadership Profile
The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strong business judgment. This individual must be able to translate technology architecture into practical operational capability, ensuring ABCorp's systems are not only secure and reliable, but positioned to support the company's long-term growth.
This leader will help ensure ABCorp's technology environment enables the organization to continue operating at the intersection of security, payments, and advanced manufacturing.
