Director of Information Technology, Motive
$230.7-290.3k
Salary dependent on location
Fleet management platform for trucks
Job no longer available
Fleet management platform for trucks
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$230.7-290.3k
Salary dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world’s trucks.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have experience at a high growth technology company as well as running broad IT operations at a public company
- Transparency, empowering leadership, strategic thinking, and a keen technical acumen are traits we are looking for in our next IT leader
- BA/ BS in computer science, information systems or related field experience
- 10+ years of total experience including at least 5 years leading a global IT team
- Proven ability to create and maintain effective documentation, including policies, processes and procedures
- Broad operational experience in public company environment with a deep understanding of IT
- Proven experience to deliver in a fast paced technology company
- Solid Project Management and technical systems implementation experience
- Data driven decision making mindset
- The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology
What the job involves
- We are seeking to hire a Director of IT at Motive to support our worldwide IT Operations in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia
- This role requires an experienced leader to raise the bar of IT at Motive to a world class level, ready for operating as a public company
- Drive business outcomes via IT initiatives that support the needs of the stakeholder teams in the business
- Ensure IT is providing world class Global IT Policies and Procedures, Security, Regulatory and Compliance needs
- Lead the IT team to provide innovative and simple solutions to hard and complex problems
- Partner with the business stakeholder teams to be thought of an extension of their teams through strong relationships
- Thoughtfully manage the IT budget via Vendor management, contract negotiations, and service consolidation to gain economies of scale
- Drive hardware and software evaluations to best meet business outcomes
- Manage worldwide remote office and employee IT needs
- Implement an IT Service Delivery mindset that allows us to measure, iterate, and improve those services
- Set and deliver towards an IT Roadmap that will allow the business to scale unencumbered by IT
- Establish goals for IT department employees, develop their competencies and manage their performance on an ongoing basis. Offer employees ongoing support and coaching to maximize team engagement and performance
- This role will report to the SVP of Business Technology
Our take
Trucking is a huge but fragmented industry that was largely ignored by Silicon Valley until companies such as Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) came along. The integrated fleet management platform acts as air traffic control for trucks, bringing drivers online and into the 21st century.
The company offers both hardware and software solutions to freight companies, allowing them to manage their fleet and keep their drivers safe. One of these solutions is an AI-powered dashcam that detects unsafe driving behavior in real time and instantly alerts the driver.
The platform, which is used by over 120,000 companies, from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, received $150 million in VC in 2025, which is being used to accelerate its investment in AI and grow its enterprise capabilities.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2022
$150m
SERIES F
Jun 2021
$190m
SERIES E
Total funding: $567.3m
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Obaid Khan
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Studied Political Science and Government at University of California before founding KeepTruckin in 2013.
Shoaib Makani
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Government & Economics at LSE. Analytics Intern at Yahoo. Worked for a year at Google as APMM. Went on to work in Business Development at AdMob.
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