VP, Business Technology

Proven experience leading an enterprise technology or business systems function in a fast-moving, commercially driven organization, with direct accountability for both strategic platforms and operational IT delivery.

You have an engineering background and have built things, not just managed vendors.

Deep familiarity with the tools in scope: Salesforce, Atlassian, Zendesk, Microsoft 365, Slack, and AI productivity platforms.

You do not need to have run all of them simultaneously, but you need to know how they fit together.

A track record of translating business requirements into technology decisions, and technology investments into measurable business outcomes.

You understand vendor dynamics, know how to negotiate, and d

As VP, Business Technology, you will own the platforms and tools that power how our people work, every day.

Reporting to the CIO, you will lead a team responsible for the business systems, collaboration platforms, AI and productivity tooling, end-user technology services, and the internal platform engineering capability that will underpin how automation is built and scaled across Genius Sports.

This is a hands-on engineering and leadership role.

You will shape the strategy, own the vendor relationships, and drive the shift from a traditional IT function to a proactive platform engineering team that builds the automation infrastructure the business runs on.

You bring real engineering depth alongside the commercial and stakeholder instincts the role demands.

Build and lead a high-performing team of business systems, platform, tooling, and IT operations specialists, setting clear goals, developing capability, and holding the bar on quality.

Create a team culture that balances operational reliability with a forward-looking mindset, ensuring the team is equally trusted to keep the lights on and to drive change.

Partner closely with Data and Analytics and Cybersecurity to deliver joined-up technology outcomes for the business.