IT Director

Pason is seeking a Director, IT to lead Pason’s Information Technology teams including desktop and application support, internal networking, external rig communications, and cyber security. This exciting new role will be responsible for providing strategic direction and leadership to the IT teams to align with Pason’s overall goals and objectives. The Director, IT will ensure Pason’s IT functions provides internal and external customers with a best-in-class user experience. This role will encourage an environment of growth and innovation to empower a high performing team along with supporting a newly acquired rapidly growing company.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and execute overall IT strategy and ensure alignment with Pason’s strategic goals
• Provide leadership and direction to the IT, networking and cyber security professionals and managers, fostering a collaborative environment focused on customer satisfaction and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across Pason departments to understand IT needs internally and externally and deliver solutions that support business objectives
• Lead IT governance processes, including project prioritization, risk management, and performance monitoring, to ensure alignment with business goals and objectives
• Oversee IT and cyber security risk evaluations, audits (including SOC) and security incident investigations
• Design and maintain IT and cyber security budgets ensuring cost-effective solutions
• Continuously improve and deliver highly reliable systems and services including plans to address disaster recovery and business continuity concerns
• Maintain awareness around industry developments and best practices, continuously enhancing expertise and capabilities
• Encourages an environment of teamwork, openness, passion, initiative and curiosity between the various Pason stakeholders (e.g., R&D, Product Line Management, Business Units, etc.)
• Ongoing reporting to Pason’s executive team on relevant IT risks, trends and analysis