Hiring: Director, IT Operations Company: Form Energy Location: Weirton, WV Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 14:22:52 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Azure, Change Management, Encryption, R, macOS About the job Experience: •10+ years in IT with 5+ years leading IT operations and/or infrastructure teams, ideally across multiple sites. Required Skills: •This is a hybrid role, which will require working onsite from one of our office locations 3+ days per week. •Lead the endpoint fleet and device management across Windows and macOS (MDM, imaging, patching, encryption enforcement) and the supporting service catalog. •Direct networking across all sites — LAN/WAN/WLAN, firewalls, and segmentation — and partner with manufacturing controls teams on the secure IT/OT boundary (without owning OT). •Own the service desk, procurement, and IT asset/inventory management across all sites — through a Manager, IT Service & Procurement — defining SLAs and metrics and driving a strong customer-service culture for a multi-site, multi-shift user base. •Mature IT operations disciplines — incident, problem, and change management; monitoring and alerting; backup and restore; runbooks; and on-call. •Operate IT general controls (access, change, and operations) to ITGC standards and produce audit-ready evidence as the company’s controls environment matures; partner closely with Cybersecurity & GRC and external auditors. •Manage infrastructure, networking, and endpoint vendors, licensing, and the operating budget; deliver excellence and reliability with a lean team. •Lead a distributed team of site systems/network engineers and a service & procurement manager across MA, CA, and WV; coach, develop, and hire selectively against clear capability gaps. (A dedicated Infrastructure & Networking manager layer may be added later if span of control warrants.). Qualifications: •Demonstrated operational maturity across identity, endpoint, network, and cloud (Microsoft 365 / Azure), with strong ITSM/ITIL practices. •A track record of building lean, metrics-driven operations with high service levels. •Strong people leadership of distributed teams, plus vendor and budget management. •Clear, credible communication and a hands-on, pragmatic style suited to a fast-paced hardware and manufacturing environment. •Operational familiarity with the IT/OT boundary in a manufacturing setting. •Relevant certifications (e.g., ITIL, PMP, Microsoft / identity / cloud). •Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy’s culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that. Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while working here. Compensation: •$199,950 - $293,835 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!