Senior Manager IT (Governance)
Tyson Foods
Springdale, AR · Posted October 5, 2026
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The Senior Manager, Information Technology will lead a dynamic team of IT professionals of various disciplines to support the company’s technological infrastructure and strategic IT initiatives and ensure the delivery of high-quality IT solutions that support business objectives. This role oversees the planning, implementation, and maintenance of the company’s IT systems and ensures they align with business goals. The Senior Manager of IT will work closely with senior leadership to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and ensure the security and reliability of IT operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Agile Execution: Facilitate scrum practices focusing on technical delivery, ensuring that products are built on robust, scalable models. • Broader Oversight: Manage a large team or multiple small teams, providing guidance and support to ensure operational success. • Collaborate with Senior Leadership: Collaborate with senior leadership to define IT strategy and roadmaps, aligning technological initiatives with business priorities. • Culture Driver: Foster a positive and innovative IT culture that aligns with organizational values, promotes continuous learning, and encourages collaboration across teams and departments. • Drive Strategic IT Initiatives: Drive the implementation of strategic IT initiatives aligned with organizational goals, ensuring impactful results. • Lead and Develop Teams: Lead and develop multiple teams of IT professionals across different specialties, fostering growth and collaboration. • Manage Stakeholder and Vendor Relationships: Manage relationships with key stakeholders and vendors, ensuring effective communication and successful partnerships. • Mentorship & Development: Mentor team leads and managers on advanced techniques, helping them grow their technical expertise and leadership skills. • Operations Excellence: Drive operational improvements across multiple IT teams, leverage data analytics to demonstrate effectiveness, and optimize resource allocation and budget management to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness. • Optimize Resource Allocation and Budgeting: Optimize resource allocation and budget management across multiple teams to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness. • Oversee Complex Projects: Oversee complex, large-scale projects and programs, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to quality standards. • Performance Management: Leverage the enterprise-wide performance management system to align team and individual goals with organizational objectives, mentor team leads in effective performance management practices, and ensure consistent application of performance standards across multiple teams. • Project Guidance: Guide multiple teams in implementing complex projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and meet business requirements. • Stakeholder Communication: Ensure frequent and effective communication with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to maintain alignment and transparency. • Strategic Alignment: Align IT initiatives with broader business goals and strategies, ensuring technology supports long-term business objectives. • Strategic Implementation: Ensure that IT practices are strategically implemented to support long-term business goals and objectives. • Risk Management: Develop and oversee risk management processes for multiple IT teams, proactively addressing potential issues and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure project and operational success. • Technical Oversight: Provide oversight on the architectural and design aspects of IT, ensuring alignment with industry standards and business needs. • Team Member Support and Empowerment: Actively support team members by identifying and creating opportunities for skill development, cross-functional exposure, and career advancement, ensuring their success and alignment with organizational goals. • Vendor Management: To ensure optimal service delivery, evaluate and manage relationships with IT operations vendors and service providers. • Perform other job-related duties as assigned, which align with our organization's vision, mission, and values and fall within your scope of practice.
Education: Bachelor's degree preferably in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or relevant experience. Preferred Certification(s): Any relevant IT Certification. Experience: 7+ years of relevant and practical experience, preferably in IT management or a related role, with a proven ability to lead and motivate teams.
Preferred:
. Demonstrated experience driving governance and compliance programs, including audit, risk, and SDLC control frameworks.
. Demonstrated success implementing portfolio analytics, value management, benefits realization, or investment governance programs.
. Experience leading organizational transformation initiatives involving automation, artificial intelligence, data-driven decision making, and operating model redesign.
. Experience communicating with executive leadership and presenting portfolio performance, investment recommendations, and strategic insights to senior stakeholders.
** Not eligible for visa sponsorship, now or in the future **
** Not eligible for relocation assistance **
All professional team members are expected to demonstrate responsible use of approved AI tools, including safeguarding sensitive information, adhering to company policies, and validating AI-generated outputs. Individual Contributors should demonstrate the ability to integrate AI into daily work, improve efficiency through AI-enabled solutions, evaluate outputs critically, and apply professional judgment when using AI. People Leaders should demonstrate the ability to drive responsible AI adoption, enable effective use of approved solutions, identify opportunities to improve team performance through AI, and ensure accountability for the quality and accuracy of AI-supported outcomes.
Relocation Assistance Eligible: No
Work Shift: 1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
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