ABOUT ELEVATE:
Elevate is a full-service consulting firm that inspires high-performing organizations to find their limits and push past them. With expertise in brand consulting, sales strategy, data-driven insights, and talent optimization, Elevate gives its clients a competitive edge in the fight for people's precious time and attention. Established in 2018, Elevate set out to help sports teams and leagues spark innovation and drive performance. In the years since, the world of sports has transformed, today standing at the convergence of media, entertainment, and consumer brands, with Elevate supporting some of the world's most ambitious businesses across these sectors. Elevate's proprietary technology, data sources, and software products combined with our thoughtful insights, and people-centric approach give clients a 360-degree view of their customers, underpinning intelligent decision-making on marketing spend, growth strategy, and more.
Our team of 200+ employees spans the globe with in 20 locations worldwide. We value recruiting diverse individuals to our team to bring new perspectives to our company and look forward to learning more about you in the recruitment process. To learn more and see what we've been up to, follow Elevate on X, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
TECHNICAL MANAGER - OVERVIEW:
As the Technical Manager, you'll be at the forefront of our IT implementation. You'll focus on scalability, security, and innovation, ensuring our systems meet current and future needs. Your expertise in user experience will be vital as you establish and refine business processes, systems, and technologies to enhance both internal and external user experiences. In this role, you'll lead the implementation of enterprise IT systems, improving cost effectiveness, and service quality, and supporting business efficiencies.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Offers a strong understanding of the user experience (both internally and externally) and establishes business processes, systems, technology, data, and information systems to achieve and exceed business outcomes
• Assists with the contracting, negotiations, and overall vendor management of the Company's technology hardware/software, mobile/field tech, and cloud/3rd party providers worldwide
• Maintain, drive, supervise, and implement robust technical standards, solutions, systems, and processes
• Monitor events and check in on the internal team throughout the day, troubleshooting as needed
• Influence technology strategies and decisions with a high-level of expertise and knowledge
• Ensure compliance with established security policies and procedures
• Address training needs as required
• Coordinate and/or support the regular testing of products to address faults and provide evaluations to improve them
• Stay informed on emerging security threats, technical challenges and developments in system protection and IT security standards
• Collaborate with product stakeholders to translate business problem statements into technical solutions.
• Communicate plans, status, and issues to higher management levels
• Provide recommendations and partnerships for technology solutions including the creation of technical proposals and soliciting cost estimates

QUALIFICATIONS:
The qualifications listed below represent the credentials necessary to perform the essential functions of this position. To be successful in this position, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
A. Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, and/or minimum 4+ years of leadership experience building foundational integrated core systems and leading transitions of legacy systems to cloud based systems, integrating data/information, and executing a technology road map to meet business needs.
B. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to work in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment
• Exceptional communication and reporting skills
• Solid working knowledge in software solutions (Specifically Microsoft Intune and Microsoft 365 Suite, Digital Asset Management Solutions, VMWare, or equivalent virtualization systems)
• Experience working with cloud software and systems, statistics, and big data
• Critical thinker and problem solver
• Has implemented key core foundational systems with successful outcomes (i.e.: financial, customer, employee)
• Experience in multi-site organizations with distributed systems
• Demonstrated experience with process analysis

POSITION AND BENEFITS DETAILS:

• Full Time - Exempt
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance + FSA, HSA, and more
• 401k Employer Match after meeting eligibility requirements
• 14 Paid Holidays
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid Parental Leave

WORKING CONDITIONS

1. Travel Requirements

• Travel will not be frequent but may be required on occasion.

1. Physical Demands

• Extensive work in front of a screen
• This position requires sitting for extended periods while using a computer and/or phone.

1. Work Environment

• This position will work primarily in an office environment, located in Charlotte, NC.

This position is open to all qualified candidates. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability in connection with the application process, you may contact us at
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/veterans/disabled/ LGBT employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.