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# Head of IT

- **Company:** ADDICTION COUNSELING AND EDUCATION SERVICES, INC.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000 - $250,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Service Design, Systems Integration, IT Architecture, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/head-of-it-san-francisco-ca--20eb3701-d3dd-4a14-9e21-4bdf3f582fa3

## About the Role

Leadership, Information Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Onboarding, Mergers and Acquisitions, System Integration (SI), Information Technology & Information Systems, Technical Leadership, Business Strategy, Organizational Development/Management, * You motivate people without a mandate. Operators who work with you would choose to work with you again.

 * You hire people stronger than yourself, including in functions you have not done.

 * You have seen how both messy startups and large organizations work, and you know what to copy from each.

AND, FOR THIS ROLE

 * Has led IT through acquisitions and can balance global vs. local optimization

 * Hands-on knowledge of cloud identity, email, and endpoint

 * Experience with regulated data; HIPAA is a plus

 * Clear communicator with non-technical operators

## Description

Emergence buys technology companies and keeps them. We don't flip them. The founders and leadership teams who run each company stay in charge, and we provide shared systems, standards, and support to make their jobs easier. We currently own multiple companies across 3 verticals, and we're growing fast.

We measure ourselves by one thing: every company should grow faster after it joins us than it did before. We hire people who are humble, driven, and picky about the quality of their own work.

THE ROLE

Run RootCo IT and set the technology standard for every OpCo, so that each acquisition lands on systems we can support, secure, and measure. Give every deal a technology diligence view before it closes, and move each new company onto the standard in the first 90 days after close. This is a hands-on seat: you build the standard, lead the integration work, and hire the team that runs it. We want someone who has taken IT through acquisitions and can explain it plainly to operators who are not technical.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

 * Establish the IT architecture for RootCo (identity, productivity, endpoints, AI)

 * Execute day-to-day operations of RootCo IT, including onboarding, offboarding, and changes

 * Develop the broader portfolio IT architecture and points of integration, including shared service design and execution

 * Own effectiveness and efficiency of IT diligence process for M&A activities

 * Lead IT systems integration plan for each new OpCo

 * Develop BYOD and corporate device strategy

 * Lead IT org design, blending FTEs, contractors, and managed service providers for maximum efficiency and impact