Director – IT Strategy and Governance

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Job Summary

As DuPont continues on its transformative journey and readies to separate its Electronics business, the role of strategy, execution and governance in Information Technology (IT) becomes paramount in aligning IT with the ‘new’ DuPont’s strategic business goals creating market opportunities and gaining a competitive edge.

This position is responsible for driving IT’s alignment to business strategy, IT’s operating model, innovation, opportunity management, and capability road mapping. The Director will oversee the strategy and governance functions, ensuring effective communication, IT’s operational and financial performance, and strategic vendor management.

The Director will be part of the future ‘new’ DuPont Global Leadership team of IT and will be a direct report to the CIO. This is an exciting and dynamic role that will have global reach and drive change resulting in clear, demonstrated transformational value to new DuPont.

This is an onsite position based in Wilmington, DE. Candidates must be willing to be onsite and should live within a commutable distance.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• IT Strategy and Operating Model

  • Partner closely with the CIO to define and drive alignment with DuPont’s Senior Leadership Team on where IT enables overall business strategy and desired business capabilities.

  • Implement an IT Operating Model that enables the delivery of prioritized strategic business capabilities.

  • Define the roles, responsibilities, processes, and metrics that ensure efficient and effective IT operations.

  • Continuously assess and improve the IT Operating Model to adapt to changing business needs and technological advancements.

• Risk Management:

  • In partnership with the CISO, integrate risk management strategies into the strategic planning process.

• IT Stakeholder Management

  • Facilitate effective communication and engagement with key business and functional stakeholders to drive coherent and focused action.

  • Effectively communicate IT strategic plans to those key stakeholders and internally within IT to drive the right priorities, engagement, and behaviors.

• Capability Development:

  • Develop and maintain a capability roadmap outlining the development and enhancement of key IT and IT-enabled business capabilities over time.

  • Support the CIO in fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous learning within IT.

  • Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement within the IT function.

• Opportunity Alignment:

  • Accountable for the IT Project Management Office (PMO) process, ensuring seamless demand intake, review, and rigorous prioritization of opportunities based on strategic objectives, potential impact, risks, dependencies, and resource constraints.

  • Conduct comprehensive architecture, security and privacy reviews to ensure the alignment of IT solutions with business objectives, industry best practices and affordability criteria.

  • Facilitate change in key IT projects by creating and executing change leadership programs that ensure successful transitions to new processes and technologies, thus maximizing business value from IT transformations. Specifically, leverage change management practices to reimagine ways of working across the company to drive sustained value delivery of AI/GenAI.

  • Assess and highlight portfolio insights, investment performance by focus area and strategic gaps and opportunities based on the overarching portfolio.   

• Investment Transparency:

  • Lead the development and execution of the IT performance management processes, including value/ROI delivered over time, financial budgets and metrics and operational key performance indicators to achieve strategic and annual operational goals.

  • Provide transparency on IT costs, manage cost allocation chargeback principles, and measure the benefits of IT spend and capital investments.

• IT Vendor Governance:

  • Operationalize a process to oversee the performance of third-parties involved in IT operations. This will include oversight of strategic vendor relationships, in collaboration with Procurement and the respective IT leaders, through execution of a strategic, operational and tactical governance model. Hold robust reviews of performance indicators and service level agreements of internal and external partners that collaborate in this space.

  • Ensure alignment of IT governance with enterprise governance, distributing value-based decision rights closer to where value is generated.

Education & Experience

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field

• At least 15 years of progressive experience in IT strategy and governance, preferably in a global manufacturing environment, with a strong track record of leading and delivering successful large-scale IT projects and initiatives.

• A strategic thinker with the ability to understand business needs and requirements and translate those into a prioritized roadmap based on value. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the capability to make data-driven decisions and provide actionable insights.

• In-depth knowledge of current and emerging technologies, with the ability to leverage them to drive innovation and workforce transformation.

• Strong understanding of IT investment management, cost allocation, and vendor management.

• Proven change leadership abilities with the capacity to inspire and guide teams through agile, complex transformations and achieve strategic goals, resulting in successful change management and adoption of new business processes and technologies.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience in preparing and presenting reports and recommendations to senior leadership.

• Demonstrated ability to engage and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership and external third-parties.

• Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements and best practices in governance and risk management

• Global Leadership experience

Preferred:

• MBA or Advanced Degree

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On May 22, 2024, we announced a plan to separate our Electronics and Water businesses in a tax-free manner to its shareholders. On January 15, 2025, we announced that we are targeting November 1, 2025, for the completion of the intended separation of the Electronics business (the “Intended Electronics Separation”)*. We also announced that we would retain the Water business. We are committed to ensuring a smooth and successful separation process for the Future Electronics business. We look forward to welcoming new talent interested in contributing to the continued success and growth of our evolving organization.

(1)The separation transactions are subject to satisfaction of customary conditions, including final approval by DuPont's Board of Directors, receipt of tax opinion from counsel, the filing and effectiveness of Form 10 registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, applicable regulatory approvals, and satisfactory completion of financing.  For further discussion of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could impact the achievement, expected timing and intended benefits of the separation transactions, see DuPont’s announcement.

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