Director, Collaboration

Cargills size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable are a family company providing food ingredients agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials from eggs to edible oils salt to skincare feed to alternative fuel. Our 160000 colleagues operating in 70 countries make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Director Collaboration job leads the execution of the tactical and strategic plans of the organizations infrastructure initiatives to sustain optimal performance security and scalability. This job leads and guides the team responsible for monitoring and maintaining systems troubleshooting issues and implementing robust security measures. This job builds and maintains vendor relationships fosters cross functional collaboration oversees project management and resource allocation and leads continuous improvement and innovation in technology operations.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive collaboration strategy aligned with organizational goals while identifying emerging trends and technologies to enhance collaboration capabilities.
• Manages the information technology infrastructure budget to ensure cost effective solutions and validates expenditures to align with financial goals.
• Builds and maintains relationships with vendors and service providers negotiating contracts and ensuring compliance with service level agreements.
• Oversees and guides continuous monitoring and maintenance of enterprise collaboration tools (e.g. Microsoft Teams SharePoint OneDrive Slack).
• Guides the implementation of security protocols to protect information technology infrastructure from threats and maintain compliance with relevant regulations while ensuring governance security and complaince standards are met across platforms.
• Guides and reviews the development and maintenance of disaster recovery and business continuity plans to ensure data integrity and availability in case of emergencies.
• Pairtner with IT and business units to integrate collaboration tools with other enterprise systems while exploring automation and AI-driven enhancements for productivity.
• Leads the identification and engagement with key internal and external stakeholders understanding their needs and enabling effective communication to assure project alignment and success.
• Lead a team of colleboration specialists and engineers and foster a culutre of innovation agility and customer-centricity.
• Drive adotpion through training communication and change management programs while gathering feedback and continuously improve collaboration experiences.
• Define Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for collaboration effectiveness and report progress to senior leadership. Monitor usage patterns and optimize licensing and costs.

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Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of 6 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 10 years or more of relevant experience.
• Up to 15% travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisory experience
• Experience working with tools such as Microsoft Teams SharePoint OneDrive and Slack

Additional Details

Location: GA-Atlanta; Relocation assistance is not provided for this role
The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position

At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vet.

Required Experience:

Director