[Hiring] Chief Information Officer @Amplify

Role Description

The incoming CIO will raise Amplify's operational ceiling, navigating a complex environment featuring consultative sales, physical/digital fulfillment, and sophisticated revenue recognition. The CIO leads a 175-person organization (75 FTEs plus partners and contractors) with a budget over $45 million, reporting to a CTO who is a hands-on technical leader invested in the CIO's success, and working closely with the COO on enterprise initiatives.

• Enterprise Roadmap & Simplification: Own strategy and optimization for the core tech stack (Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, HubSpot) and 400+ applications, driving down debt and managing costs.
• AI Transformation:
  • Staff, activate, and lead the internal AI Transformation team to embed AI and low-code/no-code capabilities across business workflows safely.
  • Own the internal AI productivity pipeline and the rollout of tools like Glean, Claude, and Salesforce Agentforce, internal vibe-coding for non-coders, and the governance that lets people build both quickly and safely.
• Risk & Financial Controls:
  • Partner with Finance and external auditors to ensure transaction integrity, maturing General IT Controls (GITC) and supporting SOC and financial audit readiness.
  • Reallocate technology investments toward historically underserved areas (People, Marketing, and Product-facing technology) while maintaining pristine financial controls.
• Team Leadership:
  • Lead a high-performance, multi-disciplinary, 175-person blended workforce.
  • Complete the planned organizational evolution toward distinct strategic and operational arms, ensuring the structure enables both rigorous governance and agile delivery.
• Internal Partnership:
  • Streamline governance overhead, support a culture of accountability to stakeholders, and empower teams to deliver pragmatic solutions quickly.
  • Evolve the Business Systems team into a faster, more proactive, solutions-oriented partner.
  • Partner closely with the Data organization, and assess opportunities to streamline and improve the joint collaboration with business functions.

Qualifications

• Has led a 50+ person IT/Business Systems organization with a substantial budget inside a complex, multi-channel business ($300M-$1B+ revenue).
• Has driven enterprise AI adoption past the pilot stage by deploying tools with true workforce uptake.
• Has owned a modern core stack (CRM, ERP, HRIS) and a large application portfolio, with a record of simplification and cost discipline.
• Deep comfort partnering with CFOs and external auditors on revenue recognition, SOC/SOX/GITC frameworks, and audit readiness.
• Has assessed and upgraded variable talent, evolved org structures, and reduced over-reliance on external partners.
• A proactive partner obsessed with internal customer success.
• A leader that balances rigorous governance with agile execution.
• A cross-functional facilitator who designs processes across silos.
• Executive presence suited to a true leadership-team seat and regular Board interaction.
• Mission-driven: energized by work that shows up in classrooms, and by the cadence of a fast-growing company.

Requirements

• Evidence of deploying tools/systems with a measurable approach.
• Ability to present on controls and organizational maturity to a Board audit & risk committee with credibility.
• A "tent pole" leader who attracts strong technologists and brings a network with them.

Benefits

• Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Amplify makes employment decisions based on qualifications and merit.
• Amplify is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
• If selected for employment, a background check will be required.
• Amplify is an E-Verify participant.