IT Director Jobs in Illinois

About Coeur Mining:

We are a U.S.-based, well-diversified, growing precious metals producer with seven wholly-owned operations: the New Afton gold-copper mine in British Columbia, Canada, the Rainy River gold-silver mine in Ontario, Canada, the Las Chispas silver-gold mine in Sonora, Mexico, the Palmarejo gold-silver mine in Chihuahua, Mexico, the Rochester silver-gold mine in Nevada, the Kensington gold mine in Alaska and the Wharf gold mine in South Dakota. In addition, the Company wholly-owns the Silvertip polymetallic critical minerals exploration project in British Columbia, Canada.

Coeur is the only mining company with headquarters in Chicago. The office is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Chicago, near public transportation. Coeur offers a flexible, hybrid work model and a culture that prioritizes health and safety, teamwork, career development, and growth. We are a growing business with various opportunities in accounting, IT, engineering, technical services, HR, and other corporate functions. If you want to grow your career in a progressive, team-oriented environment, apply today.

Job Summary:

The Director, IT Enterprise Architecture is accountable for establishing and leading the company’s enterprise-wide technology governance and architectural standards framework. Reporting directly to the Vice President of IT & Cybersecurity, this role ensures that technology decisions across corporate and site environments align with approved IT strategy, security standards, and long-term enterprise objectives. The Director operates horizontally across all IT domains and business functions, providing structured oversight of technology intake, architectural review, investment alignment, and acquisition integration planning.

Responsibilities:

• Technology Governance & Decision Rights
• Design, implement, and mature the enterprise IT governance framework, including intake, review, approval, and oversight mechanisms.
• Establish and chair the Technology Review Committee and Architecture Review Board.
• Define and enforce clear decision rights for technology selection, procurement, and implementation across departments.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Finance to define and operationalize what constitutes formal IT approval.
• Ensure new technology initiatives align with cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and compliance standards before investment approval.
• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture principles, standards, and reference models across infrastructure, applications, data, and cloud domains.
• Create and maintain multi-year enterprise technology roadmaps aligned to business capability priorities.
• Lead application and platform rationalization efforts to reduce duplication and complexity.

• Define architectural guardrails that enable innovation while maintaining operational reliability and security.

• Acquisition & Integration Strategy

• Develop target-state architecture models to guide post-acquisition technology integration.
• Identify system redundancies and develop sequencing plans for consolidation or coexistence.

• Ensure integration decisions align with enterprise standards and long-term cost, risk, and operational objectives.

• Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence

• Partner with Directors of Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Applications, and Site IT to ensure consistent execution of architectural standards.
• Engage business leaders early in initiative planning to ensure collaboration and alignment with governance requirements.

• Operate with delegated authority from the VP of IT & Cybersecurity to require architectural review prior to material technology investments.

• Architecture Practice Development

• Establish and mature the enterprise architecture function, including defining future capability and resource requirements.
• Develop performance metrics to measure governance effectiveness, technology standardization, and portfolio rationalization.
• Create documentation standards, reference libraries, and knowledge-sharing mechanisms across IT domains.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 12–15 years of progressive IT leadership experience, including enterprise architecture or governance responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing IT governance frameworks in complex, multi-site environments.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, or enterprise integration initiatives strongly preferred.
• Experience with large-scale ERP migrations preferred.
• Experience in industrial, mining, manufacturing, or asset-intensive environments preferred.
• Spanish proficiency a plus, but not required.

Work Conditions

• 10-25% travel
• Overtime hours as required

The salary range offered for this role is USD $170k - $180k USD range. The salary range is a good-faith estimate. The salary offer to the successful candidate will be based on job-related education, training, and/or experience. The salary offer will not be based on a candidate’s salary history at other jobs, and by law, Coeur Mining will not seek information about salary history, and candidates should not share such information with Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits, health benefits, paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Coeur Mining also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.