Caesars Entertainment · 1 month ago
IT Director
South Lake Tahoe, NV, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
8+ years expCaesars Entertainment is a leading company in the hospitality and gaming industry, seeking an IT Director for its properties. This leadership role involves providing strategic direction, technology expertise, project leadership, and personnel management to ensure efficient IT operations and alignment with the company's overall IT strategy.
Food and Beverage
Responsibilities
Direct the local IT support activities at the properties including the planning, procurement, installation, implementation, ongoing support, and administration of all IT systems located on the property
Work closely with Regional IT Director, Enterprise IT and be responsible for identifying, implementing and supporting the IT strategy within the property and ensuring alignment with the company’s overall IT strategy
Serve as the key liaison between Property and Enterprise IT, helping to bridge communications and serving as a key bi-directional advocate
Collaborate with project teams and business leadership for all implementation planning and deployment at the property to ensure successful transition, while providing continuous improvements for the business
Ensure interoperability of the architecture, systems and applications, as well as adherence to enterprise standards and regulatory requirements
Drive the creation and execution of best practices in the management of property IT, conducive to supporting enterprise-wide IT strategies
Ownership of vendor relationships for the purpose of contract negotiation, service level agreements, issue escalation, maintenance, upgrades, and billing
Proactively identify and manage IT needs, and communicate & advocate those to enterprise IT on behalf of the property
Serve as the key linkage between Enterprise IT and the property, communicating key issues, activities, and processes to the property on behalf of IT
Identify key initiatives, opportunities, and capabilities at properties and operating units for broader leverage at enterprise levels
Responsible for implementation planning, deployment and support at the property level assuring corporate projects requiring property IT support are adequately staffed and executed
Responsible for knowledge capture and dissemination for best practices and innovation at the property, channeling information from the enterprise IT team
Coordinate with property and enterprise IT to develop and implement property standards that will improve business functionality
Manage submission and tracking of service requests to enterprise IT from the region
Capture and report property IT metrics, e.g., operations, up-time, projects, growth and training
Promote adherence to corporate IT standards by property IT teams, such as change management, production access control, security, development standards, project management process, etc
Responsible for hiring, motivating and developing a world-class team at the property committed to contributing to the success of the team and property
Facilitate opportunities to engage the property and employees on corporate projects, providing cross-functional training opportunities and career development
Efficiently manage the IT staff and ensure the optimal staffing relative to the property needs and overall corporate goals
Qualification
Required
8+ years of Information Technology experience
5-7 years progressive responsibility in the operation/management of a wide variety of technology applications across multiple platforms
Minimum 2 years of team management and mentoring experience
Demonstrated vendor negotiation skills and service level agreement management experience
Project leadership or general management experience
Excellent relationship building and communication at all levels
Ability to manage and motivate employees in a high-pressure 24/7 operating environment achieving superior results
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science; Management Information Systems; Electrical Engineering; or equivalent experience with emphasis on business, finance and technology
This person occupying this role must be licensed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board
Preferred
M.S. or M.B.A
Company
Caesars Entertainment
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. is the largest casino-entertainment Company in the U.S.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Martin Logan
Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPO CTO)
Kenneth Fuchs
COO and Head of Sports
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