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# Director of IT Job Opening Detroit Michigan

- **Company:** JMJ Phillip Group
- **Location:** Detroit, MI, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Dynamics AX, Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT), Disaster Recovery, Netsuite, Sage Accounting, Plex, Information Technology, Syteline, Epicor ERP
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jmjphillip.com/jobs/2023/09/09/director-of-it-job-opening-detroit-michigan/

## About the Role

* This job requires a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Technology from an accredit university or four-year institution.
 * This role requires at least seven years' experience in a leadership position.
 * This job requires at least eight years' experience with developing technologies and providing positive change to an organization.
 * This role requires knowledge of manufacturing-based ERP Systems, such as SyteLine, Plex, MS Dynamics AX, Netsuite, Epicor, and Sage.
 * This job requires an understanding of compliance standards such as NIST, ISO, COBIT, and ITiL.

## Description

There is a job opening for a Director of IT in the greater Detroit, Michigan area. The Detroit Director of IT will be overseeing all aspects of designing, implementing, and executing a positive improvement IT strategy. This new strategy will affect all users and endpoints. The selected candidate will be responsible for developing disaster recovery methods, this primarily includes creating backup and restoration methods for all company data. The Detroit Director of IT will be expected to make continued suggestions in relation to new hardware, software, or IT process improvements. This task also requires that the Detroit Director of IT stays up-to-date with evolving technologies and ensures the company is well-equipped with the best technology. In addition, the selected individual will be the leader and public figure of the IT department. This requires the individual to provide presentations on various technological subjects and continually build rapport with various departments.
Most important, the qualified individual will be a trusted resource and technical advisor for all IT related tasks for every branch of the organization., * This job requires designing, implementing, and executing positive improvement strategies for the IT department.

 * This role requires developing disaster recovery methods, including backup and restoration procedures.
 * This job requires providing continual improvement suggestions for all hardware, software, and IT processes.
 * This role requires keeping the company up-to-date with technology.
 * This job requires making presentations and being the public figure of the IT department, aimed at creating a fruitful relationship with other departments.


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