The Marmon Group LLC
As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway— you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.
Marmon Holdings, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a global industrial organization with over 30,000 employees. It operates eleven business groups comprising 120+ independent manufacturing, leasing, and service businesses, with combined annual revenues exceeding $14 billion.
The Chief Information Officer is Marmon's senior technology executive, accountable for all aspects of information technology, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity across the enterprise. The role sets technology strategy and leads a global organization of approximately 450 people spanning infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity and AI.
Marmon operates a decentralized, federated IT model: each business group has its own IT leader with a dotted-line relationship with this role. Success therefore often depends on leading through influence rather than direct authority, aligning group IT leaders, business group presidents, corporate functions and commercial teams around shared standards, priorities, and technology-driven value. The role also serves as Marmon's primary IT and cybersecurity liaison to Berkshire Hathaway and manages all enterprise IT vendor relationships. This role is located in the Chicago area with hybrid office presence at Marmon’s offices downtown and approximately 25-30% travel to Marmon’s business locations globally.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy and digital transformation
Define and execute the enterprise technology strategy, aligned with the priorities of Marmon's business groups and corporate leadership
Lead digital transformation programs that modernize operations, improve customer experience and enable growth
Drive ERP simplification and rationalization across 120+ businesses, reducing complexity, cost and risk
Active management of core, shared enterprise systems and applications with partnership across corporate functional leaders and business stakeholders to modernize, optimize and improve system effectiveness
AI and innovation
Set Marmon's AI strategy and governance, including responsible-use standards and an AI Center of Excellence that directly drives measurable business value across the business portfolio by prioritizing and executing use cases
Partners with functions and commercial organizations to identify, prioritize and scale AI use cases with clear business outcomes
Cybersecurity and Berkshire relationship
Own end-to-end enterprise cybersecurity: strategy, risk management, security operations, incident response and compliance
Serve as Marmon's primary point of contact with Berkshire Hathaway on IT and cybersecurity matters, including reporting, standards and coordinated response
Federated IT leadership
Lead the community of business group IT leaders through dotted-line relationships, setting enterprise standards, shared platforms and common priorities
Use influence and consensus-building to drive adoption of enterprise initiatives across autonomous businesses, without relying on direct authority
Balance business group autonomy with enterprise-wide needs for security, scale and cost efficiency
Financial management and vendors
Own the IT budget and lead the annual planning and budgeting process
Manage leveraged spend across business groups and with Berkshire Hathaway, consolidating purchasing power for better terms
Lead strategic vendor relationships, negotiations and performance management
Talent and organization
Lead, develop and retain a global IT organization; build succession and a strong leadership bench
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