[Hiring] Fractional Director, Enterprise Technology Transformation @Brainyyack

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Director, Enterprise Technology Transformation to lead complex enterprise modernization and IT transformation programs. Our immediate priority is a large-scale transformation engagement with a US-based enterprise organization. The program involves:

• Modernizing legacy applications and infrastructure
• Improving operational efficiency
• Introducing AI and automation
• Transitioning selected internal IT functions into a managed-services delivery model

This is not a traditional project management or advisory role. We need a hands-on transformation leader who understands enterprise technology environments, can coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams, manage complex migrations, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Enterprise Technology Modernization
  • Lead the execution of enterprise-wide technology modernization programs.
  • Oversee legacy application modernization, platform migrations, cloud transformation, and systems integration.
  • Work with enterprise architects and engineering teams to translate target-state architecture into executable delivery plans.
  • Identify opportunities to consolidate, retire, replace, or modernize existing applications.
  • Manage dependencies across applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and operations.
• IT Transformation & Managed Services Transition
  • Lead the transition of selected internal IT functions into externally managed service models.
  • Assess existing IT operations, staffing, responsibilities, service levels, and operating costs.
  • Develop transition plans covering knowledge transfer, service continuity, governance, and operational readiness.
  • Support the redesign of IT operating models to improve efficiency and accountability.
  • Ensure transitions are executed with minimal business disruption.
• Program Leadership & Execution
  • Own integrated transformation roadmaps, including 30/60/90-day execution plans and longer-term modernization initiatives.
  • Coordinate multiple delivery workstreams involving engineering, cloud, infrastructure, data, security, AI, and IT operations.
  • Manage project budgets, resources, timelines, risks, dependencies, and delivery commitments.
  • Establish governance, reporting, and escalation processes.
  • Ensure technical initiatives move from assessment into implementation and measurable results.
• Operational Efficiency & Automation
  • Identify opportunities to reduce manual work, simplify processes, and improve IT productivity.
  • Collaborate with AI and automation specialists to prioritize and implement high-value opportunities.
  • Establish baseline operating costs and measure realized efficiency gains.
  • Translate modernization initiatives into quantifiable business benefits and cost savings.
• Executive & Stakeholder Leadership
  • Serve as a senior point of contact for client executives and IT leadership.
  • Communicate transformation progress, risks, decisions, and financial impact.
  • Navigate complex organizational environments and competing stakeholder priorities.
  • Work collaboratively with Brainyyack's Chief Architect, CTO, and delivery leadership.
  • Lead cross-functional teams without requiring direct authority over every participating resource.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years of experience in enterprise technology delivery, IT transformation, or modernization.
• Demonstrated leadership of large, complex enterprise migrations or modernization programs.
• Experience transitioning internal IT functions to managed-services or outsourced delivery models.
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, cloud infrastructure, systems integration, cybersecurity, and data platforms.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent technical workstreams.
• Experience overseeing significant transformation budgets and distributed teams.
• Strong commercial awareness, including resource planning, vendor management, cost optimization, and ROI.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate technical complexity into actionable business decisions.

Preferred Experience

• Insurance, financial services, or other regulated enterprise environments.
• Application portfolio rationalization and legacy platform modernization.
• IT operating model redesign and managed-services transitions.
• AWS, Azure, hybrid cloud, and enterprise integration environments.
• AI-enabled operational transformation and intelligent automation.
• Experience working with both internal enterprise IT organizations and external technology delivery partners.

What Success Looks Like

• First 30 Days
  • Establish an integrated modernization and IT transition delivery plan.
  • Validate priorities, resource requirements, dependencies, and risks.
  • Establish baseline costs, service performance, and measurable outcomes.
• First 60 Days
  • Lead initial modernization initiatives and prioritized operational transitions.
  • Establish effective governance across all delivery workstreams.
  • Demonstrate measurable progress on efficiency and service improvements.
• First 90 Days
  • Deliver initial modernization milestones and operational improvements.
  • Establish stable managed-services operations for approved transitioned functions.
  • Demonstrate progress against cost, capacity, service quality, and efficiency targets.
  • Present an executable roadmap for subsequent transformation phases.

Ideal Candidate

You have led complex enterprise technology transformations and understand what it takes to move from strategy to execution. You are comfortable working directly with executive leadership while remaining close enough to the technology to challenge assumptions, resolve delivery obstacles, and coordinate technical teams. You bring the discipline of enterprise consulting with the practical execution experience of a technology services organization.