Director of IT Job at Emergence, United States

  • Emergence
  • United States

Job Description

About the Role

Emergence is hiring its first Director of IT to build the IT function from the ground up across a holding company and its portfolio. You'll serve as the primary IT owner, working alongside a fractional senior IT/Security advisor and a managed service provider to centralize what creates leverage while respecting what portfolio companies already do well. This is a foundational role where you'll shape how IT scales across multiple companies.

What You'll Do

  • Run the IT workstream for every acquisition, including stack inventory, access mapping, device setup, and systems integration at roughly three closes per quarter.
  • Build and operationalize the Day 1-100 acquisition integration playbook that currently doesn't exist.
  • Design and operate joiner/mover/leaver workflows across the portfolio, ensuring complete offboarding.
  • Own the identity platform after selection and rollout, managing SSO, provisioning, and lifecycle workflows.
  • Maintain a living inventory of tools, accounts, credentials, licenses, and renewal dates to inform consolidation and security decisions.
  • Manage the MSP relationship, SLAs, vendor contracts, and license consolidation to maximize portfolio volume pricing.
  • Build backend connections that feed the cross-portfolio data platform.

What We're Looking For

  • 6–10 years in hands-on IT operations, systems administration, or MSP/consulting delivery, with at least 3 years in an IT leadership role.
  • Proven experience running IT across multiple companies, business units, or clients simultaneously.
  • Track record owning the IT workstream of acquisitions, from due diligence through post-close rationalization.
  • Deep fluency in identity and access operations (Okta, Entra, JumpCloud, or similar platforms).
  • Strong vendor and license management instincts, including contract negotiation and SLA oversight.
  • Comfort systematically mapping undocumented environments and building playbooks rather than executing handed-down ones.
  • Excellent business stakeholder management across all organizational levels.
  • Understanding of tradeoffs between centralized and decentralized IT delivery models.
  • Prior PE portfolio or holding company experience is a plus.
  • Admin depth in both Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 is a plus.
  • Background in regulated segments (healthcare, finance, defense) is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary range: $140,000–$175,000, plus performance-based bonus. Placement within range based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

Location

Remote, U.S.-based.

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Remote work

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