<div>We're seeking a seasoned technology executive to lead our Technology Services team. As VP of Technology Services, you'll drive the development and management of our technology ecosystem, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability of Ligonier's global ministry. You'll partner with our executives to establish priorities, leverage emerging trends, and guide our technology strategy. If you're a strategic technology leader with a passion for mission-driven work, we'd love to hear from you. <br><br><strong>Strategic</strong>: Serve as a thought leader for technology implementation at Ligonier Ministries.</div><ul><li>Develop and implement a technology roadmap that aligns with and promotes the ministry’s strategic goals.</li><li>Partner with other departments to understand their needs and ensure technology solutions meet those needs.</li><li>Oversee the selection, implementation, and maintenance of technology infrastructure, including hardware, software, APIs, network systems, and cloud-based solutions.</li><li>Evaluate and recommend emerging and existing technology platforms, products, vendors, team needs, and required competencies.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Leadership</strong>: Lead, motivate, and mentor a team of technology managers, professionals and specialists.</div><ul><li>Create an environment in Technology Services that supports professional growth in skills and knowledge. Model and promote the use of frequent and honest performance feedback as well as periodic performance reviews.</li><li>Develop leadership capabilities of direct reports.</li><li>Foster a culture of teamwork within Technology Services and across the ministry with client departments.</li><li>Oversee effective technology budget at all levels and identify opportunities for cost optimization.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Operations</strong>: Manage the quality and integrity of Ligonier's technology environment.</div><ul><li>Develop a roadmap and ongoing processes for updating and renewing aging technology and expiring licenses.</li><li>Lead ongoing Customer Relationship Management evaluation and implementation and Data initiatives.</li><li>Manage various technology service and product vendors.</li><li>Develop security strategy across software, hardware, network, data, and apps.&nbsp;</li><li>Ensure the security and integrity of Ligonier’s business and media data.</li><li>Maintain business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans consistent with the ministry-wide risk register.&nbsp;</li><li>Oversee technology aspects of Ligonier’s online platforms and in-person conferences.</li><li>Oversee incident, request, and problem management processes.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Requirements</strong>:</div><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field (Master's preferred).</li><li>10+ years of IT leadership experience, preferably in a non-profit or mission-driven organization.</li><li>History of successfully evaluating, selecting, and implementing new technology platforms and solutions.</li><li>Experience implementing and supporting CRM platforms and content management systems.</li><li>Excellent communication, collaboration, and people skills, with the ability to present complex technical information to non-technical audiences.</li><li>Successful record of leading technology design and maintenance processes, including development, configuration, testing, and deployment.</li><li>Ability to work effectively in a challenging environment with diverse stakeholders.</li><li>Passion for Ligonier's mission and commitment to using technology to further its reach.</li><li>Ability to affirm the Ligonier Ministries Statement of Faith – Core.</li></ul><div><br>This position is for a non-profit Christian ministry located in Sanford, Florida. At this time, we are only able to hire individuals who are authorized to work in the United States. Remote work not available for this position. Salary is commensurate with experience.&nbsp;</div>

Vice President of Technology Services

<div><strong>Position Summary:</strong></div><div>The Director of Technology Projects is responsible for ensuring enterprise projects and initiatives are executed successfully and project goals are achieved. Has excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate the evaluation, selection, and prioritization of projects and initiatives with senior leaders. Reports on the overall health of portfolios, programs, and projects, tickets, work requests, and identifies issues and risks and creates mitigation plans. Establishes, matures, and maintains Project Management Office (PMO) best practices, including the establishment of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure portfolio, program, and project success. Acts as project advisor to Project Managers and ensures adherence to project management best practices, including serving as the champion of the Project Management Center of Practice (COP).</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Essential Functions:</strong></div><ol><li>Proactively influence our culture, leading by example in demonstrating collaboration, empowerment, innovation, creativity, and service, while being a faithful witness on and off the job of Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODBM) mission to create compelling media that inspires and encourages our community members to have a meaningful relationship with Christ.</li><li>Contribute to long term planning and vision implementation through identification of strategic business and technology initiatives, collaboration, prioritization, communication, and evaluation of results, while preserving ODBM’s reputation for integrity and excellence.&nbsp;</li><li>Serve as a trusted advisor to the Information Services (IS) Leadership team, and leadership at all levels across the organization to ensure the best delivery of Project Management Office services to the ministry, effectively translating strategy into operations via projects and initiatives.</li><li>Provide leadership for the Project Management Office function and Project Managers, ensuring ministry wide collaboration and communication, facilitating appropriate resolution of issues, and competing priorities. Ensure alignment of IS initiatives with Ministry objectives.</li><li>Serve as Champion of the professional project discipline and act as a trusted partner across the ministry to facilitate people, process, and technology change aligned to the strategic plan.</li><li>Establish, mature, and maintain a Project Management Office so that the highest value strategic programs, projects, and initiatives are successfully implemented for the ministry.</li><li>Establish and maintain project management methodologies, via a Center of Practice, so that Project Managers carry out their PM work in an optimized and consistent way.</li><li>Provide oversight to multiple project managers (both employees and contractors) to ensure project work is executed to established PM standards and best practice.</li><li>Manage work intake (ideas, projects, and change requests (CR’s) and prioritization for business and technology initiatives.</li><li>Work with the CDTO, Technology, and Digital Marketing leaders to create annual budgets and track progress against them.</li><li>Frame-up and execute high priority and ‘mission critical’ programs and projects.</li><li>Manage stakeholder expectations across key project constraints including budget, time, quality, resources, and scope.</li><li>Achieve results and build relationships across departments and teams.</li><li>Apply excellent written and oral communication to inform and influence technical and business leaders.</li><li>Think creatively to remove roadblocks and support the project team to achieve results.</li><li>Evaluate complex problems and questions and break them down into manageable pieces of work.</li><li>Provide strategic leadership, mentoring and developing a highly competent and responsive Project Management team, ensuring alignment of goals and ministry initiatives with ODBM’s mission. Foster a learning environment where training, risk management, operational best practices, and biblical values go hand in hand with creative and entrepreneurial solution that best fulfill the ministry’s mission.</li><li>Demonstrate the qualities of a life-time learner in the disciplines relevant to effectively lead and perform job duties by taking personal responsibility for professional development and training.</li><li>Actively participate and contribute to ministry wide initiatives and projects like daily Bible engagement, All Ministry Meetings, and weekly chapel. These initiatives, and others, are key components of the ministry, our culture and more fun to do together!</li><li>Support and contribute to ministry endeavors by following employment policies and practices and supporting a safe and healthy work environment.&nbsp; Specifically, follow ODBM’s Injury Prevention and Safety program, support and maintain safety standards, and participate in safety training.</li><li>Perform other duties as assigned.</li></ol><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Study or Knowledge or Experience:</strong></div><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.</li><li>Five years of experience in program and project management is beneficial.</li><li>Skilled in project management administrative and support software including, but not limited to MS Project, Asana, Monday.com, Wrike, etc.</li><li>PMP certification is a strong plus.</li><li>Strive to live a life consistent with biblical principles, engaged with the Bible on a consistent basis and demonstrate continued growth and spiritual development.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Internal Work Environment:</strong></div><div>Develops, maintains, and improves communication channels among various teams and departments to ensure effective flow of information throughout the organization. Facilitates cross-functional collaboration and teamwork. Handles sensitive situations or controversial issues with tact, discretion, and sensitivity. Exhibits excellent judgment regarding the appropriate content and timing of communications. Creates and delivers major presentations for company-wide meetings, board meetings, and other high-level gatherings.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>External Communication:</strong></div><div>Establishes and maintains communication with vendors, partners, and other external stakeholders. Understands their needs, expectations, and requirements to foster positive and productive relationships and model Biblical principles.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Leadership Responsibility:</strong></div><div>Provides leadership to project managers and work intake leaders. Grows staff though encouraging and timely mentorship.</div><div><strong>&nbsp;</strong></div><div><strong>Stewardship of Resources:</strong></div><div>Capable of managing a staff of professionals and a team budget.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Miscellaneous:</strong></div><div>Our Daily Bread Ministries is a nondenominational nonprofit with staff and volunteers across the globe and resources distributed in 150 countries and in more than 50 languages. As a global ministry faithful to biblical principles, our commitment to diversity is reflected in our ministry's mission, vision, values, and ethos. Occasional domestic travel within the United States.</div>

Director of Technology Projects

<div><strong>About the Role</strong></div><div>The Account Executive Catholic Market 1 possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and loves helping to form new sales and marketing strategies to help grow the Catholic church with world-class technology. You will work closely with the parish sector of the Catholic Church, interacting and building relationships with the executive level leaders of the parishes. You will also often work closely with the Account Executives that represent the Parishes with that Diocese.</div><div>Ranked number <strong>14</strong> by Seattle Business Magazine in the "<strong>Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For"</strong> list in the large companies category; and named as one of BuiltIn Seattle’s "<strong>Best Places to Work"</strong></div><div><br><strong>Compensation</strong></div><div>We have a passion for making all employees feel supported. In addition to having a genuine interest in helping you do your best work and drive your career, we offer:</div><ul><li>100% employer-paid premiums for Medical HDHP Plan, Dental, and Vision for employee</li><li>70% employer-paid premiums for Medical PPO Plan for employees, and Medical, Dental, and Vision for dependents</li><li>401K match</li><li>Flexible / remote working program</li><li>12 paid company holidays</li><li>15/20/25 days PTO, increases with tenure and seniority</li><li>Paid parental and adoption leave</li><li><strong>Salary Range: $65k - $85k, OTE Variable: $65k - $85k = Total OTE Range: $130k - $170k, </strong>depending on location</li></ul><div><br><em>Compensation ranges are determined by role and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the pay range for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.</em></div><div><br><strong>The following states are approved as remote work locations for this position: MD, NC, OH, PA, TN. All other states are not in consideration for this role at this time.</strong></div><div><br><strong>What You'll Do</strong></div><ul><li>Identify and develop a pipeline of prospective parish customers with an average weekly attendance of 500 people and below through research, cold-calling, internet and professional networking.&nbsp;</li><li>You own the sales process, which may include a geographical or national sales focus.</li><li>Collaborate and partner with internal Pushpay teams including Sales, Sales Development, Marketing, Implementation and other partner affiliates to execute company initiatives.&nbsp;</li><li>You will be required to work within a budget for travel and entertainment (dinners, activities, etc.). Track record of over-achieving against sales quota.</li><li>You will regularly be required to search out and start new endeavors, bringing structure where there is ambiguity.&nbsp;</li><li>You will be expected to have the ability to connect with all types of people.&nbsp; Executive-level leaders to new hires.</li><li>Manage the entire sales process from prospect to close. This includes product demonstration, negotiating and closing contracts.&nbsp;</li><li>You are expected to achieve and maintain a high level of activity and prospect daily and experience making 50+ calls per day and send 50+ follow up emails.</li><li>You will be held accountable to closing new business while cultivating relationships to be used to expand into additional accounts.&nbsp;</li><li>Be a continuous learner of the competitive landscape (strengths, weaknesses, benefits) and determine how to position Pushpay to win. &nbsp;</li><li>Ability to travel to prospects as needed with up to 60% of your time spent traveling.&nbsp;</li><li>Speaking on the phone and in person.</li><li>Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.</li></ul><div><br><strong>What You'll Bring</strong></div><ul><li>2+ years of technology sales experience or church growth experience.&nbsp;</li><li>Deep understanding of the Catholic church and how they make purchase decisions. &nbsp;</li><li>More than 1 year of working with and closing business with parish leaders.</li><li>Strong business &amp; financial acumen.</li><li>Strong executive engagement skills.</li><li>An in depth understanding of the Catholic market.</li><li>Results driven.</li><li>Strong interpersonal communication skills.</li><li>Sense of urgency and a bias towards action.</li><li>Communicate effectively on Pushpay mission.</li><li>Ability to prioritize.</li><li>Positive attitude.</li><li>Telephone skills.</li><li>Ability to adapt to a fast paced environment.&nbsp;</li><li>High level of emotional intelligence.</li><li>Strong time management skills.</li><li>Open to feedback and personal development.</li><li>Practice customer first strategy.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br>Pushpay is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members.</div><div><br>If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, or you require religious accommodation, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Pushpay, please contact <a href="mailto:peopleteam@pushpay.com">peopleteam@pushpay.com</a>.</div><div><br><strong>About </strong><a href="https://s41008.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PushpayAnnualReport2022.pdf"><strong>Pushpay</strong></a></div><div>Pushpay helps organizations and communities come to gather &amp; stay connected, strengthening community, connection, and belonging through our suite of mobile apps, management software, and giving technology. Our 550 Pushpay teammates support 10,000+ customers as they drive social good, and we’re honored to have processed over $15 billion in charitable giving. We’re growing fast, including some exciting acquisitions in recent years, and we need driven talent. Join Pushpay and grow with us!</div>

Account Executive - Catholic Market

<div>Shades Mountain Baptist Church began in 1911 as a small local church in Birmingham, AL. It has now grown in its 110+ years to a 5,000+ member church. Currently, they are a member of the Southern Baptist Convention and at the end of the day, the goal of Shades Mountain Baptist church is to invite people to love God and love people. They stand on the Word of God as the foundation of all they do, have an unbearable burden for people who haven’t met Jesus, and want to leverage everything they have for the sake of the gospel.&nbsp;</div><div><br>As a church staff, they are relentlessly team oriented with an emphasis on creative freedom to do your job well and be the expert in your field. Personal, professional, and ultimately spiritual development is baked into their culture with weekly and monthly opportunities to have Shades’ resources leveraged for your benefit. Come join a people-oriented team to help leverage the gospel to Birmingham and the ends of the earth!&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><strong>POSITION OBJECTIVE&nbsp;</strong></div><div><br></div><div>Shades Mountain Baptist Church is seeking a creative-minded Communications Director to lead a team of 6 individuals and oversee all aspects of their internal and external communications. The individual in this role would be involved in the regular life of the church as any other member would be, along with the responsibilities that come with this role. This person will direct and help execute videos for Sunday, social media content, website design, and graphics for various ministries around the church. This person would report directly to the Executive Pastor, Chad Cossiboom on a weekly basis. They will also be responsible for leading weekly communication meetings, one-on-ones with each team member, and act as a project manager for open and ongoing projects.&nbsp;</div><div><br>The right person will be able to come in and lead a team confidently, interface with senior church leadership, and creatively lead and execute church projects. Projects could include paid advertising for events, social media content, internal videos for a Sunday, or website design. This person would have the opportunity to grow their team size and responsibilities as they continue to excel!&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><strong>POSITION KEY RESPONSIBILITIES&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Have a hand in casting the vision of a project, assisting in executing and editing them, and ultimately delivering projects on time&nbsp;</li><li>Lead weekly communications meetings with the whole team&nbsp;</li><li>Lead weekly 1-on-1 meetings with direct reports in the communications department&nbsp;</li><li>Manage and utilize the communications budget effectively&nbsp;</li><li>Assist in the creation of digital, video, website, social, and print content&nbsp;</li><li>Develop a brand voice and guidelines while maintaining these across all internal and external platforms&nbsp;</li><li>Establish and drive a multi-channel communications strategy&nbsp;</li><li>Internalize the culture and priorities of the church&nbsp;</li><li>Hire and train new team members of the communications department&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>SKILLS &amp; EXPERIENCE NEEDED&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>3-5+ years of professional communications experience&nbsp;</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience&nbsp;</li><li>Non-profit or ministry experience is a plus&nbsp;</li><li>Proven ability to be a leader of people and not just a “manager”&nbsp;</li><li>Experience planning, leading, and executing digital communication projects&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to cast a creative vision for videos, website design, or marketing collateral&nbsp;</li><li>Proven track record of hitting deadlines with high-quality deliverables&nbsp;</li><li>Confidence to interface and lead conversations with senior-level leaders in the church&nbsp;</li><li>Familiarity with social media platforms and social media marketing&nbsp;</li><li>Forward-thinker, always setting the pace&nbsp;</li><li>Possess a naturally curious mindset, always looking for problems to solve or avoid</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>BENEFITS&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Fully paid family health insurance&nbsp;</li><li>10% employer retirement contribution</li><li>PTO + 5 days a year for a mission trip</li><li>Paid Holidays</li></ul>

Director of Communications

<div>The Senior Director, IT Strategy &amp; Architecture proactively and holistically helps guide the enterprise through transformation and optimization initiatives, supporting the formulation of future strategy. The Sr. Director’s scope of activities includes helping the organization achieve targeted business outcomes related to grow revenue, optimizing costs and mitigating risks. The position’s focus is to:</div><div>• Engage business and IT stakeholders, creating and building relationships</div><div>• Facilitate IT Strategy and Roadmaps based on business operating vision</div><div>• Communicate the value of enterprise architecture, and its portfolio of services</div><div>• Design and build an EA team oriented around internal management consulting</div><div>• Drive the evolution of the EA teams services and operating model</div><div>• Facilitate alignment between business and IT, and across the IT landscape</div><div>• Coach and mentor EA practitioners</div><div><br>This position will be responsible for defining the advisory process, EA process, and architecture governance, and for leading the integration of those processes with related business and IT functions.</div><div><br><strong>Essential Duties and Responsibilities:</strong><br><br><strong>Manage the EA Practice (30%)</strong></div><ul><li>Develop the EA Practice - Leads the development of a value proposition and execution of a communication and education plan for the enterprise architecture practice. Promotes the business value of EA as an enabler of strategy formulation, and as support for technology innovation.</li><li>Develop the EA Team - Ensures the core EA team works closely with extended EA team members across the organization. Recruits and develops the critical skills, competencies and career paths for the EA team members; in particular, building the business and behavioral competencies needed to support delivery of EA’s consulting services.</li><li>Design the EA Operating Mode - Determines the extent to which the EA program has decision-making (governance) and compliance (assurance) rights. Identifies organizational requirements for the resources, structures and cultural changes necessary to support agility and adaptability.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Formulate Strategy and Guide Execution (20%)</strong></div><ul><li>Work with Business and Leadership Stakeholders to Develop Strategy - Leads the analysis of business and operating models, market trends and the technology industry to determine their potential impact on the enterprise’s business strategy, direction and architecture.</li><li>Connect Strategy to Execution - Translates and executes business strategy to achieve the organization’s targeted business outcomes by leading the development of an implementation IT strategy and roadmap for the enterprise architecture.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Build and Maintain Relationships (25%)</strong></div><ul><li>Build the EA Value Proposition and Structure Business Engagement - Builds the EA practice to become an internal management consultancy, offering services and skills to support the development and execution of business strategy.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Orchestrate the Delivery of Business Outcomes (25%)</strong></div><ul><li>Bring Alignment Across Business and IT - Leads analysis of the business’ future-state capabilities and future (and current) IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement to drive the business toward its targeted outcomes.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Minimum qualifications:</strong></div><div>• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.</div><div>• Ten or more years of business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis.</div><div>• Ten or more years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multitier environment.</div><div><br><strong>Requirements:</strong></div><div>• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), service-oriented architecture (SOA), APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.</div><div>• Knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management.</div><div>• Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks.</div><div>• Understanding of existing, new and emerging technologies, and processing environments.</div><div>• Strong leadership skills with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation.</div><div>• Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development.</div><div>• Knowledge of all components of enterprise architecture, business and IT principles and processes.</div><div>• Excellent analytical, planning and organizational skills.</div><div>• Excellent written, verbal, communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.</div><div><br><strong>Preferred – in addition to the minimum:</strong></div><div>• Ready to think, behave and act in an innovative consulting manner to drive the organization’s digital business strategies.</div><div>• Comfortable, experienced and accomplished at working with business executives, and able to push back in a professional and diplomatic way.</div><div>• Highly innovative with aptitude for foresight, systems thinking and design thinking.</div><div>• Vendor- and technology-neutral — more interested in achieving targeted business outcomes than in personal preferences, or in vested personal preferences of other business and IT leaders.</div><div>• Experience in nonprofit organization</div><div>• Active support of HFHI Values:</div><ul><li><strong>Humility </strong>– We are part of something bigger than ourselves</li><li><strong>Courage</strong> – We do what’s right, even when it is difficult or unpopular</li><li><strong>Accountability</strong> – We take personal responsibility for Habitat’s mission</li></ul><div>• Safeguarding: HFHI requires that all employees take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguarding our intended beneficiaries, their communities, and all those with whom we work. Managers at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation, and abuse safeguards the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and promotes the implementation of Habitat for Humanity’s code of conduct.</div><div><br><strong>The actual salary offered for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including location, internal equity and the candidate’s qualifications and professional experience. HFHI offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package that varies by country and typically includes vacation leave, sick leave, personal days, health insurance options, retirement plan contributions and life insurance.<br><br>For work locations in the US, The target hiring range for this position is $158,000k - $176,000. The salary range for this position is between $148,000 - $223,000 per year.</strong></div>

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