Senior Director, IT – Major Systems
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About the Role
KBR seeks a Senior Director, IT – Major Systems to lead strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of major IT systems including enterprise applications and engineering platforms.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategy for major enterprise systems to align technology capabilities with organizational goals
- End to End Accountability for the full lifecycle of major applications and development programs
- Establish clear Delivery Governance delivery models, decision rights, and escalation paths
- Build and lead a high performing empowered IT team that fosters collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Partner with business and technical teams as the primary technical steward for the KBR Executive team
- Provide quarterly reporting to the KBR Executive team on Portfolio & Investment Stewardship
- Oversee system integrations, upgrades, and governance to ensure compliance with cybersecurity, data management, and IT standards
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field
- Progressive IT experience
- Experience within leadership roles managing enterprise scale systems and IT operations
- Proven ability to build and lead high performing IT teams supporting complex system environments
- Strong expertise in enterprise applications, system integration, modernization, and optimization initiatives
- Demonstrated success implementing IT governance, cybersecurity, and data management standards
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Role Overview
- The Senior Director, IT – Major Systems will lead the strategy, governance and continuous improvement of KBR’s major IT systems, including enterprise applications and development/engineering platforms.
- The Major Systems Director, IT will be accountable for successful delivery management, and handover to operations, ensuring they deliver measurable business and mission outcomes within pre agreed investment, risk, architecture, and security protocols.
- This role ensures systems are reliable, scalable, commercially competitive and aligned with business strategic objectives while enabling operational efficiency and technology driven innovation.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategy for major enterprise systems—including business applications and engineering platforms—to align technology capabilities with organizational goals
- End‑to‑End Accountability for the full lifecycle of major applications and development programs from strategy and roadmap through delivery, handover to operations, major optimizations, and retirement
- Establish clear Delivery Governance delivery models, decision rights, and escalation paths; leading through empowerment and intervening only when guardrails are exceeded
- Build and lead a high performing empowered IT team that fosters collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across system operations
- Partner with business and technical teams as the primary technical steward for the KBR Executive team to identify, champion and govern opportunities that enhance efficiency, data utilization, and operational effectiveness
- Provide quarterly reporting, to the KBR Executive team on Portfolio & Investment Stewardship of enterprise critical program and application portfolios and their performance within approved funding envelopes
- Oversee system integrations, upgrades, and governance to ensure compliance with cybersecurity, data management, and IT standards
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field
- Progressive IT experience
- Experience within leadership roles managing enterprise scale systems and IT operations
- Proven ability to build and lead high performing IT teams supporting complex system environments
- Strong expertise in enterprise applications, system integration, modernization, and optimization initiatives
- Demonstrated success implementing IT governance, cybersecurity, and data management standards
Preferred Qualifications & Experience
- Experience leading system modernization, integration, and process improvement initiatives
- Background in ERP/CRM platforms and development or engineering systems
- Familiarity with IT strategy execution in complex, multi system enterprise environments
- Track record of supporting business growth through technology enabled solutions and cross functional collaboration
- Proven ability to manage budgets, vendors, and large scale IT programs for enterprise systems
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