Vice President of Information Technology & Strategic Initiatives Greater Omaha, NE Area

About Mead Lumber

Founded in 1910 and 100% employee-owned, Mead Lumber is one of the leading building materials suppliers to professional builders in the United States. The company operates 56 locations across nine states, including lumberyards, retail hardware stores, design centers, six truss and wall panel manufacturing plants, and a countertop facility, supported by corporate offices in Omaha and Columbus, Nebraska.

Mead Lumber has grown steadily through acquisition and continues to expand. The company is now focused on building greater consistency across its operations while preserving the local service, experienced teams, and customer relationships that make each location successful.

The Opportunity

Mead Lumber is seeking a Vice President of Information Technology & Strategic Initiatives to lead enterprise technology strategy, digital transformation, the Project Management Office (PMO), process improvement, data and analytics, and execution of key strategic initiatives.

As a member of the senior leadership team and a strategic advisor to the President & CEO, this executive will translate business strategy into scalable technology solutions, disciplined execution, and measurable results across a decentralized, multi-location organization. The role is accountable not only for technology performance, but for ensuring major enterprise initiatives are prioritized well, executed with discipline, adopted by the business, and deliver their expected operational and financial results.

Why this role

• Build from the foundation. Establish the enterprise PMO, roadmap, and governance that will shape how Mead Lumber executes for years to come.
• Direct CEO partnership. Help set enterprise priorities, not just deliver them.
• Enable growth. Make each acquisition faster and smoother to integrate, and help 56 locations operate as one stronger company.
• Shared ownership. In a 100% employee-owned company, the value this leader creates is shared by every associate-owner.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Strategy & Executive Leadership: Develop and execute a multi-year enterprise technology roadmap aligned with Mead Lumber’s growth strategy, operating priorities, and customer needs. Advise the CEO and senior leadership team on technology, transformation, investment, and enterprise execution.

IT Operations & Cybersecurity: Lead enterprise applications, infrastructure, end-user support, cybersecurity, business continuity, and disaster recovery. Ensure systems are reliable, secure, scalable, and aligned with business needs across every location.

Enterprise PMO & Portfolio Management: Establish and lead an enterprise PMO that brings discipline and visibility to major initiatives, with standards for prioritization, business cases, resource allocation, stage-gate reviews, risk and dependency management, change control, executive reporting, and benefits realization.

Strategic Initiative Execution: Translate enterprise priorities into initiatives with accountable owners, milestones, KPIs, financial objectives, and clear escalation paths. Personally lead selected high-impact, cross-functional programs and remove barriers to execution.

Digital Transformation & Automation: Advance digital capabilities that improve the customer and employee experience, including system integration, workflow automation, artificial intelligence, and other technology-enabled productivity gains.

Process Improvement & Standardization: Partner with functional and operating leaders to redesign, simplify, and standardize critical business processes, and build a culture of continuous improvement focused on measurable results and sustained adoption.

Data, Analytics & AI: Build an enterprise approach to data governance, reporting, analytics, visualization, and responsible AI that gives leaders faster, more reliable information for decisions.

Mergers & Acquisitions Integration: Lead technology due diligence and integration for acquisitions, and develop repeatable playbooks covering systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, project management, and business-process transition.

Financial & Vendor Management: Own technology and transformation budgets, evaluate major investments, and negotiate and manage strategic vendor relationships, ensuring every significant investment has a clear business case and measurable return.

Change Leadership & Talent: Build strong IT, PMO, data, and process-improvement teams. Lead communication, training, and adoption for major initiatives and ensure a clean transition to long-term business ownership.

Qualifications

Required

• 12+ years of progressive leadership across information technology, digital transformation, enterprise strategy, operations, or program management, including 7+ years in a senior role reporting to C-suite leadership.
• Proven success leading complex, cross-functional technology and business transformation, measured in business outcomes.
• Experience establishing, leading, or significantly advancing a PMO, Transformation Office, or enterprise portfolio function.
• Strong financial and business acumen: budget ownership, business cases, investment evaluation, ROI, and benefits realization.
• Broad working knowledge of ERP and enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data and analytics, integration, automation, and AI.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority, establish accountability, and drive execution across functions.
• Executive presence and communication skills to advise the CEO and senior leadership team and to engage frontline associates.
• Proven change leadership and team-development capabilities, including building and growing high-performing teams.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Preferred

• Experience supporting decentralized, multi-location operations (strongly preferred).
• M&A technology due diligence and integration experience (strongly preferred).
• Background in distribution, building materials, manufacturing, construction, or other operationally complex industries.
• Experience leading ERP selection, consolidation, or modernization across multiple sites.
• Experience in an employee-owned or people-first culture.
• Advanced degree and/or certifications such as PMP, CISSP, Prosci, or Lean Six Sigma.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role is defined by business outcomes, not by systems implemented or projects completed.

In the first 12 months

• Assess the current technology environment, security posture, and team, and deliver a multi-year roadmap endorsed by the CEO and senior leadership team.
• Stand up the enterprise PMO with one prioritized portfolio, clear ownership, and regular executive reporting.
• Close the highest-priority cybersecurity, business continuity, and operational risks.
• Establish a repeatable technology integration playbook for acquisitions.

Over the longer term

• A reliable, secure, and scalable technology foundation that supports continued growth.
• Consistently strong execution of major cross-functional initiatives: prioritized well, delivered as planned, and adopted by the business.
• Standardized processes and systems that improve productivity and the customer experience across locations.
• Trusted data and analytics that leaders use to make faster, better decisions.
• Measurable financial returns and strong adoption from technology and transformation investments.
• A high-performing team and organizational capabilities that can sustain the results.

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive base salary, annual incentive, and participation in Mead Lumber’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), along with a full benefits package including health, dental, vision, life, and short-term disability insurance, a 401(k), etc. and generous a generous PTO package. program.

Mead Lumber is an Equal Opportunity Employer.