Vice President, Information Technology

Phillip Jeffries is looking for a leader to join our IT Team!

At Phillip Jeffries, we believe the most beautiful spaces begin with meaningful connections. Since our start in a family garage in 1976, we have grown into a global luxury wallcovering brand trusted by the world’s top designers and architects. Today, our curated collections and dedication to exceptional service set the standard in the industry. That kind of reputation is built by passionate people who know how to sell not just a product, but a story.

We are seeking a Vice President, Information Technology to lead and shape our global technology organization. This role is based out of our Fairfield, NJ headquarters and follows a hybrid schedule with four days per week onsite.

The Vice President, IT is responsible for setting the enterprise technology direction for the company and ensuring that systems, platforms, and security scale with our business. This leader will own the technology roadmap end to end, balancing innovation with stability, speed with risk, and central standards with local flexibility.

You will partner closely with ownership and executive leadership to translate business strategy into clear technology investments, outcomes, and priorities. You will lead a growing global IT organization supporting more than 400 employees across 20+ locations, multiple countries, currencies, and compliance environments.

What you'll be doing:

Leadership

Build and evolve a high-performing global technology organization that supports a growing, international business

Recruit, develop, and retain strong senior leaders and high-impact individual contributors

Design and continuously refine team structures, roles, and career paths as the organization matures

Serve as a coach and mentor while staying close enough to execution to maintain credibility

Ensure every role within IT has a clear development plan aligned to long-term growth

Enterprise Technology Strategy

Own and maintain a multi-year enterprise technology roadmap aligned to company growth, operational leverage, and risk posture

Directly control technology budgets, headcount planning, and vendor strategy

Shape investment decisions by initiating high-impact opportunities, rejecting low-value initiatives, and sequencing work to balance speed, capacity, and risk

Design governance models that support experimentation through pilots, staged funding, and clear decision gates

Cybersecurity and Technology Risk

Serve as the enterprise owner of cyber risk and technology risk posture, including:

Identity and access management

Data protection and privacy

Vendor and third-party risk

Incident response and recovery readiness

Establish a scalable security operating model that grows with headcount, geography, and system complexity

Ensure executive visibility into cyber risk, controls, and readiness

IT Operations and Global Service Delivery

Ensure reliable, scalable, and cost-effective technology operations across all locations

Own global endpoint strategy, service desk performance, system administration, and platform reliability

Design support models that evolve alongside decentralization while maintaining enterprise standards

Balance user experience, security, and operational efficiency as the business grows

Development, Automation, and Systems Enablement

Lead all internal development efforts, including:

ERP extensions and integrations

Reporting and data platforms

Workflow automation and process digitization

Increase development throughput while improving quality, predictability, and time-to-value

Leverage AI, low-code, no-code, and emerging technologies to create operational leverage

Establish clear capacity management and prioritization across competing demands

Champion a technology philosophy of placing the right data in the right system for the right role

Product-Oriented System Ownership and Business Solutions

Introduce and mature product management practices for enterprise systems and system-backed processes

Define which product ownership roles live centrally within Technology versus embedded in functions

Ensure every system has clear ownership, a defined roadmap, and measurable outcomes tied to business value

Lead Business Solutions teams that translate business needs into scalable, sustainable technical solutions

Must Have:

Must be based in New Jersey (or able to work on-site 4 days per week at our Fairfield, NJ headquarters)

10+ years of progressive leadership experience in enterprise technology within a global organization

Demonstrated ownership of technology investment portfolios, including budget accountability, prioritization, and ROI realization

Experience operating in both centralized and decentralized organizational models

Proven track record deploying and overseeing cybersecurity programs in a multi-site, international environment with 400+ employees

Hands-on leadership exposure to:

Enterprise platforms such as ERP, CRM, WMS, marketing automation, and Microsoft Office

Custom development and system integration

Enterprise-level cybersecurity governance and incident readiness

Proven ability to operate as a strategic business partner, not simply a service provider

Executive presence with the ability to independently present strategy, budgets, tradeoffs, and outcomes to ownership

Strong financial and business acumen with the ability to translate technology decisions into operational and economic impact

Comfort leading through ambiguity and resolving cross-functional tension without default escalation

Why Phillip Jeffries?

As a purpose-driven organization, we truly believe that where you work matters. We are committed to creating an organization with a higher purpose, a place where our talented team can truly flourish. Phillip Jeffries believes in creating an environment with opportunities to grow personally and financially, offering volunteer opportunities that support our community and environment as well as extending a rich benefits package to care for our most valuable assets, our team.

Compensation Benefits:

Competitive annual salary ranging from $200,000 - $215,000, based on your experience.

Company bonus program

Annual Cost of Living Increase

Retirement Plan - company automatically contributes approximately 10% of your annual compensation

Health Benefits:

Medical Coverage – low cost to the employee ($40 per month)

Spouse/ Domestic Partner/ Civil Union Partner Coverage

Family Coverage

Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)

Prescription Plan

Dental and vision coverage

Tax advantages through Flexible Spending Accounts that allow you to pay for specific healthcare and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars

Other PJ Perks & Benefits:

23 Paid days off per calendar year

10 Paid holidays

Detailed onboarding plans that outline 30/60/90 goals and trainings.

Earn Paid time off for community service - Up to 3 days per year

Employee Discount on PJ Wallcoverings

Phillip Jeffries is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and equality in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.