Sr Director, IT Anchor Packaging

As the Senior Director IT - Anchor, you will serve as the senior technology leader for Georgia-Pacific’s Anchor Packaging business, providing strategic and operational leadership across the organization’s technology landscape. This role partners closely with business leaders to enable value creation through digital solutions, data, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and enterprise applications while leading the successful integration of Anchor Packaging into Georgia-Pacific’s broader technology ecosystem.

You will play a critical role in shaping technology strategy, guiding transformation initiatives, supporting business operations, and ensuring technology investments align with business priorities. Success in this role requires the ability to balance strategic leadership with operational execution while applying economic thinking and Principle Based Management (PBM) to drive long-term business outcomes.

This role is based in our Atlanta, GA HQ located at 133 Peachtree St.

Our Team

The Anchor IT organization partners with leaders across commercial, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and corporate functions to deliver technology capabilities that support business performance and growth. This role collaborates closely with Food Service Solutions leadership, enterprise IT teams, business capability owners, and external partners to ensure technology solutions create value across the organization

What You Will Do

• Provide strategic leadership for technology capabilities supporting Anchor Packaging, including digital solutions, data, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and business applications
• Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities where technology can improve business performance, accelerate transformation, and create long-term value
• Lead the integration of Anchor Packaging’s technology, processes, and systems into Georgia-Pacific’s enterprise technology ecosystem
• Establish and align technology priorities across commercial, manufacturing, financial, and corporate business functions to support key business outcomes
• Develop and coach technology talent while fostering a culture grounded in Principle Based Management and continuous improvement
• Lead executive-level decision support and technology strategy discussions by evaluating alternatives, tradeoffs, and expected business outcomes
• Build and strengthen relationships with internal stakeholders, technology capability teams, and external partners to ensure reliable technology delivery and operational performance
• Guide transformation efforts involving ERP, manufacturing systems, customer and commercial technologies, infrastructure, and related business capabilities
• Provide leadership for technology operations and vendor partnerships that support ongoing business continuity and performance
• Champion innovation and modernization initiatives that improve business effectiveness while supporting long-term organizational objectives

• Experience leading technology strategy, delivery, and operational execution across multiple business technology domains, including enterprise applications, manufacturing systems, infrastructure, data, and cybersecurity
• Experience partnering with business and technology stakeholders to align technology investments and priorities with business objectives
• Experience leading teams and developing talent through coaching, mentorship, performance feedback, and capability building through Principle Based Management
• Experience evaluating technology alternatives, business tradeoffs, and investment decisions to support organizational outcomes
• Experience leading business transformation, integration, or modernization initiatives involving people, processes, and technology
• Experience managing technology vendors, service providers, or external partnerships supporting critical business operations

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience supporting manufacturing, consumer products, packaging, or industrial operations
• Experience supporting commercial, customer experience, CRM, or business-facing technology capabilities
• Experience working within complex, matrixed organizations and influencing senior business leaders across multiple functions

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers., As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

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