PRINCIPAL, IT TRANSFORMATION AND INTEGRATION
Company Overview:
Gulf Copper LLC, a subsidiary of Davie Defense, is a leading Marine Repair and New Construction company based in Galveston, Texas with more than 75 years of shop repair and fabrication experience on the Gulf Coast. Gulf Copper's primary business is the repair and refurbishment of marine vessles, ship construction, and fabrication for transportation, government, and oil and gas markets.
Benefits:
401 (k)
Group Health & Dental Plan
Short-&-Long-Term Disability Insurance
Life & Voluntary Life Insurance
Holiday & Vacation Pay
Employee Assistance Program
Position Summary:
The Principal, IT Transformation & Integration is a senior individual contributor responsible for driving complex technology transformation, technology-related business process improvement, systems integration, and strategic IT initiatives across the organization. This hands-on role combines business analysis, project leadership, technology integration, process improvement, and change management. The position operates with significant independence to define practical paths forward, remove obstacles, and drive cross-functional initiatives through implementation, operational adoption, and sustainable handoff.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned.
Take ownership of complex, cross-functional technology initiatives from problem definition through implementation and operational handoff.
Translate business needs and loosely defined objectives into clear requirements, solutions, workstreams, ownership, and actionable plans.
Lead business process analysis and identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, automation, and technology enablement.
Drive initiatives across business teams, IT, cybersecurity, vendors, and implementation partners, proactively removing obstacles and resolving dependencies.
Lead technology and business integration activities associated with system implementations, organizational changes, acquisitions, and technology consolidation.
Coordinate requirements, solution design, testing, data migration, cutover, user readiness, and operational transition, as appropriate.
Establish the appropriate level of project structure and governance needed to maintain accountability, manage risk, and achieve results.
Personally engage in analysis, documentation, troubleshooting, coordination, and implementation activities when needed to keep initiatives moving.
Provide concise, decision-oriented communication to business and technology leadership.
Ensure implemented solutions achieve intended business outcomes and are successfully transitioned into sustainable operations.
Required Education & Experience:
Required:
10+ years of progressive experience in IT transformation, business analysis, program or project management, systems integration, enterprise applications, or related disciplines.
Demonstrated success personally driving complex, cross-functional initiatives from ambiguous requirements through implementation.
Strong business analysis, problem-solving, process-improvement, and project-leadership capabilities.
Experience translating business requirements into practical technology solutions and implementation plans.
Strong understanding of enterprise applications, systems integration, technology implementation, and organizational change.
Ability to operate independently, manage competing priorities, and create structure in ambiguous situations.
Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to influence and drive accountability across teams without direct authority.
Strong bias toward action, ownership, and measurable results.
Ability and willingness to operate at both strategic and detailed execution levels.
Preferred:
Experience with ERP and other enterprise business-system implementations and integrations.
Experience with mergers, acquisitions, business integration, or technology…