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# Vice President of Technology

- **Company:** PAP ALPHA INC.
- **Location:** Charleston, SC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Information Systems, Data Governance, Information Technology, Enterprise Integration
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3dd641fcdbf53d8c

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field; Master's degree preferred. Equivalent training and demonstrated experience will be considered in place of the degree.
 * Twelve or more years of progressive technology leadership, including significant experience leading a technology function, major technology portfolio, or enterprise technology team.
 * Five or more years in the automotive aftermarket, F&I protection products, warranty administration, or an adjacent regulated financial services or insurance technology environment.
 * Ability to set and communicate a clear technology vision, translate business priorities into a scalable technology roadmap, and advise executive leadership on opportunities, tradeoffs, investment priorities, growth implications, and risk.

Ready to make an impact? We'd love to hear from you.

## Description

* Own the enterprise technology strategy, roadmap, architecture principles, and investment priorities in alignment with company growth objectives.
 * Translate business strategy into a sequenced technology portfolio with clear priorities, dependencies, resource plans, governance standards, and build-buy-partner decisions.
 * Provide executive-level reporting on technology portfolio performance, delivery progress, resource utilization, production health, budget status, strategic tradeoffs, and material risks.
 * Establish governance for technology-enabled growth initiatives to ensure solution priorities and technology investments align with enterprise strategy, commercial objectives, risk tolerance, and operational capacity.
 * Partner with counsel and executive leadership on material technology contracts, including master services agreements, statements of work, milestones, acceptance criteria, service levels, warranty terms, change-order discipline, and escalation paths.
 * Own the enterprise integration strategy for dealer management systems, digital retail and desking tools, menu providers, rating engines, payment and disbursement rails, carrier reporting, and other critical ecosystem connections.
 * Establish data governance, quality, reconciliation, retention, and reporting standards so contract, claim, financial, carrier, and audit data can be traced and defended.

What You Bring:

 * Executive-level understanding of information security, privacy, business continuity, regulatory readiness, third-party diligence, and responsible AI or automation governance in environments involving consumer, financial, or regulated data.


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