
VP, Enterprise Technology Initiatives
Gartner
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Stamford • Connecticut • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $164,000 - $226,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Own and drive a defined set of enterprise-wide initiatives that directly impact associate experience (e.g., productivity, digital workplace, access, onboarding, collaboration, security usability)
- Develop the change plan and prepare leaders: articulate the rationale for the change, set change objectives and map a project timeline built around key moments that matter to affected employees
- Translate enterprise tech priorities into clear initiative charters, success metrics, milestones, and delivery plans
- Ensure initiatives remain outcome-focused, value-driven, and aligned with broader IT and enterprise strategy
- Create a consolidated view of technology changes affecting employees, run impact-assessment matrices, and apply tiered support to allocate resources efficiently
- Partner with Corporate Communications to develop comprehensive associate adoption strategies utilizing multi-modal channels and strategies to ensure new technologies are embraced by the workforce
- Champion the associate perspective across initiatives, ensuring solutions balance security, reliability, and usability
- Use data, feedback, and experience metrics to inform prioritization and continuous improvement
- Identify friction points in the associate journey and proactively propose technology-enabled improvements
- Partner with business leaders, HR, Corporate Communications, IT delivery teams and selected affected employees to develop timelines and execution plans
- Act as the primary point of accountability for initiatives’ progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions
- Coordinate across IT, HR, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and business leaders to resolve trade-offs, manage interdependencies, and drive timely decisions
- Manage and develop one or two direct reports, setting clear goals, priorities, and development plans
- Establish lightweight governance to ensure initiatives are well-scoped, appropriately resourced, and delivering expected outcomes
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in IT, technology transformation, program leadership, or enterprise initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field required
- PMP, PROSCI and/or Agile certifications preferred
- Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in large, matrixed organizations
- Proven experience managing and communicating large scale employee impacting changes
- Strong understanding of enterprise IT domains, particularly Technology Operations and Information Security
- Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and navigate competing priorities
- Experience managing small, high-impact teams
- Experience driving associate or employee experience initiatives at enterprise scale
- Familiarity with digital workplace technologies, identity/access, endpoint management, or collaboration platforms
- Experience working with executive leadership and presenting to senior governance forums
Benefits
- Generous PTO
- 401k match up to $7,200 per year
- Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
- Competitive compensation
- Annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
technology transformationprogram leadershipchange managementproject managementdata analysisimpact assessmentresource allocationemployee experience initiativescross-functional initiative managementcontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
influence without authoritycommunicationleadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkinggoal settingprioritizationstakeholder managementadaptability
Certifications
PMPPROSCIAgile