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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director/Senior Director, Digital Transformation (IT Services) - **Company:** Ankura - **Location:** Tampa, FL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $200,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Application Lifecycle Management, Cloud Computing, Information Technology Consulting, IT Management, Information Technology Operations, Technical Debt, Information Technology - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3385134844&tx=TT4138TYV&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54 ## About the Role * Typically 12+ years of experience in IT leadership, IT operations, technology consulting, managed services, or digital transformation. * Deep expertise in IT operations and management, including infrastructure, cloud, applications, service delivery, vendors, governance, budgets, and organizational performance. * Experience assessing, stabilizing, modernizing, or transforming enterprise IT functions. * Experience serving in or advising senior IT leadership roles, such as CIO, CTO, or Head of IT Operations, is strongly preferred. * Proven ability to develop and implement IT strategies, operating models, governance frameworks, and transformation roadmaps. * Strong knowledge of IT service management, cloud and infrastructure modernization, application management, cost optimization, and operational resilience. * Demonstrated success leading complex programs, multidisciplinary teams, and executive client relationships. * Business-development experience, including originating opportunities, developing solutions, and expanding client relationships. * Experience managing a book of consulting business is strongly preferred for the Managing Director level. * Strong commercial judgment and experience managing engagement economics, staffing, and delivery risk. * Excellent executive communication, presentation, facilitation, and relationship-management skills. * Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, business, or a related field is required; an advanced degree and relevant certifications are preferred. * Travel expectations are minimal / as needed. Up to 10% max ## Description * Advise CIOs, CTOs, CFOs, and other executives on IT strategy, operations, organization, investment priorities, and transformation. * Assess IT organizations, infrastructure, applications, service delivery, technology costs, vendors, risks, and performance. * Develop and implement IT strategies, operating models, transformation roadmaps, governance structures, and performance-management frameworks. * Improve IT operations, including service management, infrastructure, cloud, applications, support, monitoring, incident management, and business continuity. * Help clients increase reliability, resilience, scalability, service quality, security, and cost efficiency. * Evaluate organizational structures, staffing, capabilities, sourcing models, managed services, and vendor arrangements. * Identify opportunities to modernize technology, simplify application portfolios, reduce technical debt, and optimize costs. * Coordinate with cybersecurity, data, and AI specialists to establish secure and scalable technology foundations. * Lead complex IT assessments, stabilization efforts, modernization programs, and operational improvement initiatives. * Oversee engagement scope, staffing, schedules, budgets, risks, delivery quality, economics, and client satisfaction. * Build trusted executive relationships and manage multiple clients and engagements. * Originate new opportunities, develop proposals, support contract negotiations, and grow a book of business. * Recruit, lead, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary IT and transformation teams. * Develop methodologies, assessment frameworks, accelerators, and thought leadership that strengthen the practice., For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in California, Colorado, New York or other states with relevant pay transparency laws, Ankura is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to the said markets and considers a broad range of factors including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The range does not include additional benefits outside of salary. At Ankura, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each role. 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