Forcepoint · 14 hours ago
Director of IT Strategy & Architecture
Mountain Home, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
8+ years expForcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. The Director of IT Strategy & Architecture is responsible for providing strategic and operational leverage across the global IT team, ensuring IT delivers measurable business value and aligns the Enterprise Architecture roadmap with corporate goals.
Cyber SecuritySaaSSecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Partner with the CIO to define and execute the IT strategic roadmap in alignment with company objectives, global growth, and security priorities
Serve as a trusted advisor and integrator for the CIO, proactively raising risks, surfacing issues, and ensuring decisions are well-informed and timely
Partner with all IT direct reports, ensuring their workstreams are aligned, interdependencies are managed, and consolidated status is rolled up to the CIO
Leverage industry data and benchmarks (e.g., Gartner research, vendor insights) to inform IT decision-making, strengthen business cases, and ensure investments align with external best practices
Define and institutionalize a northstar application architecture; publish a ~3year roadmap and a 4–6 quarter execution plan aligned to our transformation programs
Continue to develop and operationalize our corporate AI program, define intake/approval processes/ROI, and launch prioritized, compliant AI use cases with measurable outcomes to accelerate our business further. Assist with building a unified architecture for AI, rather than 1:1 integrations; focus on data sovereignty and trust; agentic orchestration; cost to value mapping; enterprise corporate and Engineering tooling strategy
Ensure our intake, programs and PI events align with the architecture roadmap
Run IT prioritization sessions with senior leaders to drive transparency, trade-offs, and alignment across global initiatives
Conduct Business Relationship Management (BRM) reviews with key stakeholders to strengthen IT’s role as a business partner and identify emerging needs
When required, manage IT’s operating rhythm, including staff meetings, leadership forums, and program reviews, ensuring disciplined follow-through on commitments
Drive internal IT Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with team leads, creating a structured forum to review delivery, risks, and performance against objectives which will then be shared across the company
Develop the most critical metrics and KPIs to measure IT team success and the value IT delivers to the business
Track execution of IT initiatives, proactively surfacing risks and removing blockers to ensure leaders deliver on commitments
Create dashboards, scorecards, and reporting mechanisms that monitor IT’s performance and business impact
Drive process improvements that enhance agility, scalability, and end-user experience, with a strong focus on SaaS and security best practices
Partner with Finance and FP&A to coordinate and manage IT spend across the department, ensuring accurate forecasting, budget discipline, and cost optimization
Facilitate stakeholder reviews of resource allocation and spend priorities, providing transparency and alignment with business goals
Monitor SaaS and vendor spend, ensuring ROI, cost efficiency, and adherence to security and procurement standards – and aligns with Enterprise strategy
Establish financial reporting that links IT investments to outcomes and demonstrates business value – ensures alignment with Procurement
Act as the CIO’s communication hub, consolidating status across IT leadership into a clear and actionable executive view
Produce high-quality content on a regular basis that can be shared with the Executive Team and Board, ensuring IT’s work is consistently visible, contextualized, and tied to business outcomes
Comfortable with defining and delivery by metrics
Develop compelling presentations, reports, and narratives that position IT as a strategic enabler, highlighting achievements, efficiencies, and business impact
Prepare, when required, board-level and executive committee updates that showcase IT’s contributions to revenue growth, security, and employee productivity
Partner with Corporate Communications to ensure consistent, business-friendly messaging around IT’s work and value
Can substitute for the CIO when required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in information technology, Business Administration, or related field
8–12 years of experience in IT strategy, program management, or technology operations, ideally in SaaS or enterprise software
Deep understanding of IT governance and architecture, financial management, and SaaS spend optimization, with proven experience partnering with FP&A
Strong facilitation skills, capable of leading cross-functional governance forums and steering committees
Exceptional communication, content creation, and storytelling skills—able to translate technical accomplishments into compelling business narratives
Demonstrated ability to proactively raise risks and issues, ensuring they are surfaced early and managed effectively
Experience leveraging external market intelligence (e.g., Gartner, PE insights, vendor data) to inform IT strategy, validate priorities, and benchmark performance
Proven experience working in global organizations with distributed teams and stakeholders across multiple time zones
Analytical, structured, and able to balance big-picture vision with hands-on execution
Company
Forcepoint
Forcepoint is a data protection cybersecurity firm that helps businesses in securing users, data, and networks while enabling development.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$18MKey Investors
New Enterprise Associates
2023-07-10Acquired
2006-09-25Post Ipo Equity· $18M
2000-03-28IPO
Leadership Team
Ryan Windham
Chief Executive Officer
John Sorensen
SVP, Americas Sales
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