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# Director of IT

- **Company:** EMERGENCE SOFTWARE , LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $175,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Cyber Security, Information Systems, IT Management, Information Technology Operations, Single Sign-On, Okta, Information Technology, Gsuite
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/director-of-it--8c9625d1-1ba6-4034-8e7a-994072c1a847

## About the Role

Computer Security, Acquisition Integration, Service Level Agreement (SLA), Technical Delivery, Pricing, Systems Administration/Management, Technical Leadership, Consulting, Information Technology & Information Systems, Single Sign-On (SSO), * 6-10 years in hands-on IT operations, systems administration, or MSP/consulting delivery, with at least 3 in an IT leadership role

 * Experience running IT across multiple companies, clients, or business units at once - not a single-company environment, however well run
 * Experience owning the IT workstream of an acquisition - due diligence, Day 1 readiness, and post-close systems rationalization and migration
 * Deep understanding of tradeoffs between centralized and decentralized IT delivery; you are a vocal advocate for what works well and what doesn't
 * Fluent in identity and access operations (Okta, Entra, JumpCloud, or similar): SSO, provisioning, lifecycle workflows
 * Comfortable walking into a company with no documentation and systematically mapping what exists
 * Strong vendor and license management instincts: contracts, renewals, SLAs, consolidation
 * You build the playbook rather than execute one handed to you
 * Excellent business stakeholder management skills - you can professionally engage at all levels of the organization

Bonus points

 * Prior experience in a PE portfolio or holding company
 * Admin depth in both Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 (we run both today)
 * Experience in regulated segments like healthcare, finance, or defence where compliance is integral to IT operations

## Description

Emergence is hiring its first dedicated IT hire. This is a foundational role: you will build the portfolio IT function from the ground up, serving as the primary owner of IT across our holding company and portfolio companies. You will work closely with a fractional senior IT/Security advisor who owns the architecture with you, and a managed service provider for day-to-day delivery. You are not expected to run every company's IT - you are expected to know the portfolio well enough to centralize what creates leverage across companies, leave alone what a company already does well, and know the difference.

What you'll do

Acquisition integration

 * Run the IT workstream for every acquisition: inventory the stack, map access, stand up accounts and devices, wire the company into Emergence systems
 * Build the Day 1-100 integration playbook this function currently lacks, then run it at roughly three closes a quarter

Identity, access, and operations

 * Build and operate the joiner/mover/leaver standard across the portfolio, including offboarding completeness
 * Operate the identity platform after selection and rollout (selection is in-flight, informed by a portfolio audit underway)
 * Own the living inventory of tools, accounts, admin credentials, licenses, and renewal dates that every consolidation and security decision depends on

Vendors and shared services

 * Manage the MSP relationship and SLA for portfolio companies that consume central IT delivery
 * Own vendor contracts, renewals, license consolidation, and portfolio volume pricing
 * Build the back-end connections that feed our cross-portfolio data platform