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IT Director jobs in Illinois are in strong demand, with active hiring concentrated in enterprise technology, financial services, healthcare systems, and higher education across Chicago, Peoria, and Rockford. Major employers with lasting Illinois footprints include Advocate Health Care, United Airlines, and Northern Trust, all of which maintain large internal IT departments that regularly need experienced technology leaders. The most sought-after specialties are cybersecurity leadership, cloud infrastructure strategy, and enterprise systems management. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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IT Director, Master Data Platforms
(MDM, PIM & DAM)
Remote Technology Leadership Opportunity
Position Summary
Highline Warren is seeking an experienced and strategic IT Director, Master Data Platforms (MDM, PIM & DAM) to lead the vision, architecture, engineering, and technical operations of our enterprise master data platforms.
This role is responsible for the technology strategy, roadmap, implementation, integration, and ongoing evolution of Highline Warren's EnterWorks ecosystem, including Master Data Management (MDM), Product Information Management (PIM), and Digital Asset Management (DAM) capabilities. The Director will serve as the organization's senior technical authority for master data platforms, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with business objectives.
The ideal candidate brings a combination of deep EnterWorks expertise, strong technical architecture capabilities, and proven leadership experience. This individual will lead a team of platform professionals while partnering closely with business stakeholders across Product Management, Marketing, Supply Chain, eCommerce, Enterprise Applications, and Data & Analytics to deliver enterprise-class master data solutions.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Highline Warren's master data platform landscape and play a key role in enabling digital transformation, operational excellence, and accelerated business growth.
Key Responsibilities
Master Data Platform Strategy & Architecture
- Define and own the strategy, architecture, standards, and roadmap for Highline Warren's master data platforms, including MDM, PIM, and DAM capabilities.
- Serve as the technical leader and subject matter expert for the EnterWorks platform ecosystem.
- Establish scalable architectural patterns supporting enterprise product, customer, vendor, supplier, and reference data domains.
- Lead the design and evolution of master data models, taxonomies, hierarchies, classifications, metadata structures, and golden record strategies.
- Develop architecture standards that promote scalability, maintainability, performance, security, and reusability.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, platform capabilities, and industry trends to continuously improve enterprise master data capabilities.
- Partner with Enterprise Architecture and IT leadership to align master data platforms with broader enterprise technology strategies.
Master Data Platform Delivery, Integration & Technical Operations
- Own the technical health, performance, security, availability, and scalability of the enterprise master data platform landscape.
- Lead the design and implementation of integrations between EnterWorks and ERP, CRM, eCommerce, customer experience, supply chain, analytics, and other enterprise applications.
- Oversee platform administration, environment management, upgrades, release management, configuration management, and support processes.
- Develop operational monitoring, alerting, performance management, and platform support capabilities.
- Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis efforts related to platform performance, integrations, synchronization, and technical data quality issues.
- Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives that improve platform efficiency, reliability, and supportability.
Product Information & Digital Asset Platform Leadership
- Provide technical leadership for EnterWorks Product Information Management (PIM) and Digital Asset Management (DAM) capabilities.
- Define and maintain technical architectures supporting product information, digital content, metadata, and content publishing requirements.
- Lead the design of product taxonomies, classifications, attribute frameworks, metadata models, publishing structures, and hierarchy strategies.
- Design scalable master data platform capabilities supporting product onboarding, enrichment, approval workflows, digital asset management, and content distribution requirements.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, Supply Chain, eCommerce, and other business stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions.
- Ensure master data platforms effectively support enterprise product content syndication and digital asset distribution needs.
- Drive master data platform enhancements supporting industry standards such as ACES, PIES, GTIN, UNSPSC, and related product content frameworks.
- Evaluate emerging PIM, DAM, and Product Experience Management (PXM) technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and business value.
Master Data Quality & Platform Enablement
- Establish technical controls, automation, and monitoring capabilities that support enterprise master data quality objectives.
- Define and implement data validation frameworks, matching strategies, survivorship rules, and exception management processes.
- Partner with business stakeholders to implement approved data standards and business rules within master data platforms.
- Develop master data platform capabilities that improve consistency, completeness, accuracy, and availability of enterprise master data.
- Implement dashboards, reporting, and monitoring solutions that provide visibility into master data platform performance and data quality metrics.
- Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual effort and improve the efficiency and reliability of master data processes.
Leadership, Delivery & Vendor Management
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of product owners, technical leads, analysts, developers, and master data platform specialists.
- Establish delivery standards, engineering practices, and operational processes supporting master data platforms.
- Manage team priorities, resource planning, and delivery execution to ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Recruit, develop, and retain top-performing technical talent.
- Drive Agile delivery practices and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Manage strategic relationships with software vendors, consulting partners, and third-party service providers.
- Develop and present executive-level reporting that communicates master data platform health, roadmap progress, delivery performance, and business outcomes.
- Foster strong cross-functional relationships across IT and business teams.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise master data platforms.
- 5+ years of experience leading technical teams, enterprise platforms, or large-scale technology programs.
- 5+ years of hands-on EnterWorks experience, including architecture, implementation, configuration, administration, and support.
- Deep expertise in EnterWorks MDM, PIM, DAM, workflow, hierarchy management, business rules, publishing, security, and platform administration.
- Strong knowledge of Master Data Management architecture, including multi-domain master data models, golden record management, match-and-merge strategies, survivorship rules, entity resolution, and hierarchy management.
- Significant experience with Product Information Management (PIM), including taxonomy design, classification models, catalog structures, attribute management, metadata frameworks, and content publishing.
- Experience supporting Digital Asset Management (DAM) capabilities, metadata management, digital content publishing, and asset lifecycle management.
- Experience integrating master data platforms with ERP, CRM, eCommerce, supply chain, and analytics solutions.
- Strong understanding of APIs, integration architecture, ETL/ELT processes, and enterprise data synchronization patterns.
- Proficiency with SQL and relational databases.
- Experience leading master data platform upgrades, migrations, acquisitions, or enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Experience working in hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
- Experience utilizing Agile and Scrum methodologies.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced EnterWorks implementation and master data platform leadership experience across MDM, PIM, and DAM solutions.
- Experience supporting large-scale product information and digital content ecosystems.
- Experience working with automotive aftermarket data standards, including ACES and PIES.
- Experience supporting omnichannel commerce and product content syndication initiatives.
- Familiarity with Product Experience Management (PXM) concepts and technologies.
- Experience with Snowflake and modern cloud-based data platforms.
- Experience with integration technologies such as Informatica IICS, MuleSoft, Boomi, or similar platforms.
- Experience utilizing Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent delivery management tools.
- Proven experience managing technology vendors, consulting partners, and strategic service providers.
- Experience within automotive aftermarket, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, retail, or B2B environments strongly preferred.
Core Competencies
Technical Expertise
- EnterWorks Master Data Platform Leadership
- Master Data Management (MDM)
- Product Information Management (PIM)
- Digital Asset Management (DAM)
- Master Data Architecture & Modeling
- Product Taxonomy & Classification Design
- Golden Record Management
- Match-Merge & Entity Resolution
- Data Quality Enablement
- Integration Architecture
- APIs & Data Synchronization
- Master Data Platform Engineering
- SQL & Data Analysis
- ERP, CRM & eCommerce Integration
Leadership & Business Partnership
- Technology Strategy & Roadmap Development
- Team Leadership & Talent Development
- Executive Communication
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning
- Agile Delivery Leadership
- Vendor & Partner Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Continuous Improvement
- Organizational Change Leadership
Why Join Highline Warren?
At Highline Warren, technology plays a critical role in driving growth, innovation, and customer experience. As the IT Director, Master Data Platforms, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of one of our most strategic technology capabilities while leading a talented team and partnering with leaders across the organization. You will influence key technology decisions, drive master data platform modernization, and help deliver the trusted product and master data foundation that powers the business.
IT Director, Master Data Platforms
(MDM, PIM & DAM)
Remote Technology Leadership Opportunity
Position Summary
Highline Warren is seeking an experienced and strategic IT Director, Master Data Platforms (MDM, PIM & DAM) to lead the vision, architecture, engineering, and technical operations of our enterprise master data platforms.
This role is responsible for the technology strategy, roadmap, implementation, integration, and ongoing evolution of Highline Warren's EnterWorks ecosystem, including Master Data Management (MDM), Product Information Management (PIM), and Digital Asset Management (DAM) capabilities. The Director will serve as the organization's senior technical authority for master data platforms, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with business objectives.
The ideal candidate brings a combination of deep EnterWorks expertise, strong technical architecture capabilities, and proven leadership experience. This individual will lead a team of platform professionals while partnering closely with business stakeholders across Product Management, Marketing, Supply Chain, eCommerce, Enterprise Applications, and Data & Analytics to deliver enterprise-class master data solutions.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Highline Warren's master data platform landscape and play a key role in enabling digital transformation, operational excellence, and accelerated business growth.
Key Responsibilities
Master Data Platform Strategy & Architecture
- Define and own the strategy, architecture, standards, and roadmap for Highline Warren's master data platforms, including MDM, PIM, and DAM capabilities.
- Serve as the technical leader and subject matter expert for the EnterWorks platform ecosystem.
- Establish scalable architectural patterns supporting enterprise product, customer, vendor, supplier, and reference data domains.
- Lead the design and evolution of master data models, taxonomies, hierarchies, classifications, metadata structures, and golden record strategies.
- Develop architecture standards that promote scalability, maintainability, performance, security, and reusability.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, platform capabilities, and industry trends to continuously improve enterprise master data capabilities.
- Partner with Enterprise Architecture and IT leadership to align master data platforms with broader enterprise technology strategies.
Master Data Platform Delivery, Integration & Technical Operations
- Own the technical health, performance, security, availability, and scalability of the enterprise master data platform landscape.
- Lead the design and implementation of integrations between EnterWorks and ERP, CRM, eCommerce, customer experience, supply chain, analytics, and other enterprise applications.
- Oversee platform administration, environment management, upgrades, release management, configuration management, and support processes.
- Develop operational monitoring, alerting, performance management, and platform support capabilities.
- Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis efforts related to platform performance, integrations, synchronization, and technical data quality issues.
- Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives that improve platform efficiency, reliability, and supportability.
Product Information & Digital Asset Platform Leadership
- Provide technical leadership for EnterWorks Product Information Management (PIM) and Digital Asset Management (DAM) capabilities.
- Define and maintain technical architectures supporting product information, digital content, metadata, and content publishing requirements.
- Lead the design of product taxonomies, classifications, attribute frameworks, metadata models, publishing structures, and hierarchy strategies.
- Design scalable master data platform capabilities supporting product onboarding, enrichment, approval workflows, digital asset management, and content distribution requirements.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, Supply Chain, eCommerce, and other business stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions.
- Ensure master data platforms effectively support enterprise product content syndication and digital asset distribution needs.
- Drive master data platform enhancements supporting industry standards such as ACES, PIES, GTIN, UNSPSC, and related product content frameworks.
- Evaluate emerging PIM, DAM, and Product Experience Management (PXM) technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and business value.
Master Data Quality & Platform Enablement
- Establish technical controls, automation, and monitoring capabilities that support enterprise master data quality objectives.
- Define and implement data validation frameworks, matching strategies, survivorship rules, and exception management processes.
- Partner with business stakeholders to implement approved data standards and business rules within master data platforms.
- Develop master data platform capabilities that improve consistency, completeness, accuracy, and availability of enterprise master data.
- Implement dashboards, reporting, and monitoring solutions that provide visibility into master data platform performance and data quality metrics.
- Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual effort and improve the efficiency and reliability of master data processes.
Leadership, Delivery & Vendor Management
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of product owners, technical leads, analysts, developers, and master data platform specialists.
- Establish delivery standards, engineering practices, and operational processes supporting master data platforms.
- Manage team priorities, resource planning, and delivery execution to ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Recruit, develop, and retain top-performing technical talent.
- Drive Agile delivery practices and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Manage strategic relationships with software vendors, consulting partners, and third-party service providers.
- Develop and present executive-level reporting that communicates master data platform health, roadmap progress, delivery performance, and business outcomes.
- Foster strong cross-functional relationships across IT and business teams.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise master data platforms.
- 5+ years of experience leading technical teams, enterprise platforms, or large-scale technology programs.
- 5+ years of hands-on EnterWorks experience, including architecture, implementation, configuration, administration, and support.
- Deep expertise in EnterWorks MDM, PIM, DAM, workflow, hierarchy management, business rules, publishing, security, and platform administration.
- Strong knowledge of Master Data Management architecture, including multi-domain master data models, golden record management, match-and-merge strategies, survivorship rules, entity resolution, and hierarchy management.
- Significant experience with Product Information Management (PIM), including taxonomy design, classification models, catalog structures, attribute management, metadata frameworks, and content publishing.
- Experience supporting Digital Asset Management (DAM) capabilities, metadata management, digital content publishing, and asset lifecycle management.
- Experience integrating master data platforms with ERP, CRM, eCommerce, supply chain, and analytics solutions.
- Strong understanding of APIs, integration architecture, ETL/ELT processes, and enterprise data synchronization patterns.
- Proficiency with SQL and relational databases.
- Experience leading master data platform upgrades, migrations, acquisitions, or enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Experience working in hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
- Experience utilizing Agile and Scrum methodologies.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced EnterWorks implementation and master data platform leadership experience across MDM, PIM, and DAM solutions.
- Experience supporting large-scale product information and digital content ecosystems.
- Experience working with automotive aftermarket data standards, including ACES and PIES.
- Experience supporting omnichannel commerce and product content syndication initiatives.
- Familiarity with Product Experience Management (PXM) concepts and technologies.
- Experience with Snowflake and modern cloud-based data platforms.
- Experience with integration technologies such as Informatica IICS, MuleSoft, Boomi, or similar platforms.
- Experience utilizing Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent delivery management tools.
- Proven experience managing technology vendors, consulting partners, and strategic service providers.
- Experience within automotive aftermarket, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, retail, or B2B environments strongly preferred.
Core Competencies
Technical Expertise
- EnterWorks Master Data Platform Leadership
- Master Data Management (MDM)
- Product Information Management (PIM)
- Digital Asset Management (DAM)
- Master Data Architecture & Modeling
- Product Taxonomy & Classification Design
- Golden Record Management
- Match-Merge & Entity Resolution
- Data Quality Enablement
- Integration Architecture
- APIs & Data Synchronization
- Master Data Platform Engineering
- SQL & Data Analysis
- ERP, CRM & eCommerce Integration
Leadership & Business Partnership
- Technology Strategy & Roadmap Development
- Team Leadership & Talent Development
- Executive Communication
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning
- Agile Delivery Leadership
- Vendor & Partner Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Continuous Improvement
- Organizational Change Leadership
Why Join Highline Warren?
At Highline Warren, technology plays a critical role in driving growth, innovation, and customer experience. As the IT Director, Master Data Platforms, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of one of our most strategic technology capabilities while leading a talented team and partnering with leaders across the organization. You will influence key technology decisions, drive master data platform modernization, and help deliver the trusted product and master data foundation that powers the business.
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- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related technical field
- Seven or more years of progressive IT experience including team and budget leadership
- Demonstrated experience managing enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, or ERP systems
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and compliance standards such as HIPAA or PCI-DSS
- Proven ability to align IT strategy with organizational business goals and stakeholder needs
- Project management experience with large-scale technology implementations or digital transformation initiatives
IT Director Jobs in Illinois: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a it director in Illinois?
Becoming an it director in Illinois typically starts with a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field, often followed by a master's degree for senior roles at large employers. Illinois does not require a state-issued license to work as an it director. Most candidates advance through progressive roles in systems administration, IT management, or infrastructure, building leadership experience within Illinois's healthcare, finance, or enterprise technology sectors before stepping into a director-level position.
How much do IT directors make in Illinois?
IT directors in Illinois earn a median of about $171,730 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $105,350 for the lowest 10% to over $273,500 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire it directors in Illinois?
Employers hiring it directors in Illinois right now include Duly Health and Care, CIBC, and Exsif, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Illinois's concentration of Fortune 500 headquarters, large hospital networks, and financial institutions in the Chicago metro makes it one of the more consistent markets in the Midwest for this role.
Which Illinois cities have the most it director jobs?
Chicago, Downers Grove, and Lisle have the most it director openings in Illinois. Chicago dominates because it anchors the state's financial services, healthcare, and corporate headquarters sectors, while suburban areas like Schaumburg and Lisle and secondary cities like Rockford and Peoria generate openings through regional hospital systems, manufacturers, and university campuses with their own IT leadership needs.
Are there remote it director jobs in Illinois?
Yes, and more than many leadership roles in other fields, since it director work centers on strategy, vendor management, and team oversight rather than hands-on physical tasks. About 88% of it director openings tied to Illinois are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting broader corporate flexibility in this sector. Responsibilities like budgeting, project governance, and technology roadmap development are the most commonly performed off-site.
How can I get hired as a it director in Illinois with little or no experience?
The most realistic path is moving into an IT manager or senior systems administrator role first, then building toward director-level responsibility over time. Large Illinois employers like Advocate Health Care and the University of Illinois system run rotational technology programs and promote internally from infrastructure and operations teams. Earning a PMP certification or a cybersecurity credential such as CISSP strengthens candidacy significantly. Lateral moves from roles like IT project manager, network manager, or enterprise architect are the most common stepping stones Illinois hiring managers look for.
Where can I find and apply to it director jobs in Illinois?
You can find and apply to it director jobs in Illinois on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your experience and location, and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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