Chief Information Officer

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an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is responsible for establishing and executing the firm's enterprise technology strategy, ensuring technology capabilities enable business growth, operational excellence, security, and an exceptional people experience. Reporting to the Chief Digital & Technology Officer, the CIO partners closely with Managing Partners, business leaders, and C‑suite colleagues to align technology investments and services with strategic priorities. The CIO leads enterprise technology operations, architecture, infrastructure, end‑user technology services, cybersecurity enablement, vendor partnerships, and workforce planning while fostering a modern, secure, and high‑performing digital workplace. The CIO is accountable for delivering reliable, scalable, secure, and cost‑effective technology services that enable our people to do their best work and support the firm's continued growth and transformation. This role requires technical depth to guide architecture, platforms, security, data, integration, and service delivery decisions, combined with the business fluency to align stakeholders around practical outcomes.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

Enterprise Technology Strategy & Business Partnership

Develop and execute a multi‑year enterprise technology strategy, roadmaps, investment priorities, and operating plans aligned with firm priorities and business objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor to the Executive Leadership Team, Managing Partners, and business leaders, translating business priorities into practical technology initiatives with measurable outcomes and clear value realization. Anticipate emerging technology trends and assess opportunities to leverage AI, automation, cloud, and modern workplace capabilities to improve productivity, employee experience, and business performance. Communicate technology strategy, risks, investments, and outcomes in clear business terms and represent technology leadership in executive forums, governance committees, and strategic planning discussions.

Technology Architecture, Platforms & Modernization

Provide senior technical leadership across enterprise architecture, infrastructure, applications, integration, identity, data, cloud, and solution architecture, establishing standards and decision frameworks that support secure, scalable, resilient, and maintainable solutions. Lead technical trade‑off and investment discussions across modernization, build‑versus‑buy decisions, platform consolidation, integration patterns, technical debt, resiliency, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership. Guide the evolution of cloud and hybrid platforms, enterprise integration, data platforms, automation, and AI‑enabled capabilities in partnership with data, AI, security, and business leaders. Drive modernization of infrastructure, networks, identity and access management, endpoint and collaboration platforms, monitoring, and operational tooling, supported by disciplined delivery practices such as DevSecOps, automation, observability, and continuous improvement. Translate complex technical issues into clear business choices, risks, investment implications, and recommended actions for senior stakeholders.

Technology Operations, Digital Workplace & Resilience

Provide strategic oversight of enterprise technology operations, infrastructure, end‑user services, service management, and the modern workplace, ensuring reliable, scalable, resilient, and productive technology experiences. Establish service standards, operating metrics, and performance expectations, using employee feedback and service insights to continuously improve the technology experience. Lead business continuity, disaster recovery, operational resiliency, and technology adoption efforts while balancing user experience, accessibility, security, scalability, and cost effectiveness.

Security, Risk, Governance & Investment

Partner closely with Information Security leadership to maintain a strong enterprise security posture while enabling business agility, ensuring technology operates within established security, privacy, risk, compliance, and regulatory requirements. Establish and maintain effective technology governance, architecture standards, policies, controls, and risk‑management practices that are measurable, auditable, and aligned with enterprise risk appetite. Develop and manage the enterprise technology budget and strategic vendor portfolio, overseeing sourcing, contract negotiations, perfo