Director of Information Technology

**Director of Information Technology****Elite365 Healthcare Workforce Solutions****Reports To** **CEO / CFO** **Employment Type** Full\-Time **Location** Remote **Scope** All brands — Elite365 Int’l and Locums, Wilderness, Proxi, Focus Staff **Position Summary** Elite365 Staffing Group is seeking a Director of Information Technology to serve as the company’s first dedicated internal IT executive. This is a senior individual\-contributor leadership role responsible for technology strategy, cybersecurity, applications, network infrastructure, and data analytics across a multi\-brand healthcare staffing platform spanning travel nursing, locum tenens, and permanent placement. Reporting to the CEO/CFO and in close collaboration with the VP of Operations, this leader will own the IT roadmap, govern IT vendor relationships, drive post\-acquisition system consolidation, and build the data infrastructure needed to support management decision\-making and future M\&A activity.**Key Responsibilities****IT Leadership \& Strategy*** Develop scalable IT strategies and maintain a multi\-year IT roadmap aligned to business growth, brand integration, and operational efficiency objectives. * Prepare and present IT reports for executive leadership including technology KPIs and security posture summaries. * Serve as the IT/Tech Leader — owning vendor relationships, contract governance, and budget accountability. * Establish IT governance including investment prioritization, project delivery accountability, and quarterly executive reporting. * Build an M\&A IT integration playbook to standardize onboarding of future acquisitions, including a 90\-day checklist and system transition framework. * Identify opportunities for automation, workflow efficiency, and AI\-assisted tooling across staffing workflows and back\-office functions. * Define the optimal IT support model for the enterprise — establishing which capabilities to insource vs. retain with tech partners. **Application Rationalization \& System Consolidation*** Deliver a comprehensive application inventory across all brands — documenting systems, vendors, costs, and contract renewal dates. * Define the target\-state application architecture and build a consolidation roadmap covering ATS, CRM, finance, and back\-office systems. * Lead tech integration of new brands; develop integration roadmaps. * Assess ATS consolidation options and produce recommendations with cost, risk, and timeline analysis. * Drive systems integrations strategy — define data connection standards and eliminate manual handoffs between core platforms. **Cybersecurity \& Risk Management*** Assume ownership of the organization’s cybersecurity program aligned to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF); conduct or commission an annual Security Risk Assessment and maintain a tracked risk register. * Ensure security controls and solutions are in place and maintained — including patch management, MDR/XDR, email security, MFA/SSO, RBAC, P