Chief Information Officer
LuxWall is focused on the product development, scaling and commercializing of innovative glass products and solutions for the built environment. LuxWall’s transparent insulation technology, Enthermal, provides a step change in energy performance by significantly reducing convective, conductive, and radiative heat gain and heat loss in buildings. Acting as a transparent thermos bottle for building, LuxWall has the potential to reduce global carbon emissions by more than 0.5 gigaton per year with mass adoption. Enthermal will forever change the way buildings are designed and constructed for the future sustainability of our plants.
The Chief Information Officer is responsible for data, IT and information leadership and accountability, strategic planning for all information management functions, assessing information and data system workforce needs and developing strategies and plans for meeting those needs, processes for all annual and multi-year information and data science planning, programming, and budgeting decisions, managing, evaluating, and assessing how well the company is managing its information and data resources, and establishing, implementing, and ensuring compliance with an company-wide information security program.
Position Responsibilities:
- Establishes information and data system goals and timelines for projects.
- Recommends upgrades and systems for purchase.
- Oversees implementation and integration of computer systems including SAP, CRM, and application specific systems.
- Ensures security of all information and computer systems and digital data.
- Troubleshoots and finds solutions for computer systems issues as they arise.
- Manages information and data systems staff and makes sure internal and external user needs are being met.
- Serves as member of executive team and takes part in long-term business growth strategizing.
- Ensures adherence to government regulations and guidelines for technological systems and safeguarding of data.
- Analyzes system usage and processes to determine how to optimize return on investment, improve information technology systems, and foster business growth.
- Oversees strategy, architecture, implementation, and on-going optimization of the entire systems stack from SAP to MES layer.
- Oversees data science and machine learning activities related to manufacturing, customers, and research and development.
- Develops and optimizes AI strategy to maximize manufacturing output, minimize COGS, maximize ASP, and optimize customer mix.
- Research and forecast emerging computing trends for high volume manufacturing processes.
- Integrates new software and platforms into existing computer systems to ensure that technology is optimized.
- Develops and maintains IT budget.
- Establishes maintenance checks and other technology infrastructure monitoring strategies.
- Establishes and maintains relationships with technology suppliers and helps negotiates services and contracts.
- Develops training documents for systems users, including info graphics, slide shows, and video tutorials.
- Communicates technology needs and strategy to fellow members of executive team.
- Helps direct development of customer-facing web platforms and digital experiences, including sales and marketing.
Position Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field; MSC/MA/MBA is preferred.
- Proven experience as CIO or similar managerial role.
- Exceptional knowledge of IT systems and infrastructure.
- Experience creating and developing IT systems and organizing their deployment; strong grasp of data analysis, financial planning, and business processes.
- Strong background and experience in implementing SAP or SAP Business One, SAP BAES, CRM Software, and other software targeted for manufacturing companies.
- Background in designing/developing IT systems and planning IT implementation.
- Strong experience in establishing and supervising the IT budget; organizing, implementing, and maintaining IT systems and operations; controlling the organization’s software development requirements.
- Solid understanding of data analysis, budgeting, and business operations.
- Superior analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- History of supervising the creation of customer support systems.
- A strong strategic and business mindset.
- Proven history of establishing standards, plans, and policies for IT.
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities.
All applicants must complete and pass a drug screening and background check. LuxWall's process is a 10-panel drug screen which includes marijuana.
Interested applicants please copy and paste this link into your browser: https://form.jotform.com/231704430398152.