Director, Digital & Technology Strategy & Execution

### Job Description

At K&L Gates, we are looking for smart, imaginative and hard-working people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas to join us. Perhaps our search for talented visionaries and your search for important and impactful work lead to the same place.

The Director of Digital & Technology Strategy & Execution leads the operational engine of the Firm's Digital & Technology organization. Reporting directly to the Chief Digital & Technology Officer (CDTO), the role serves as the CDTO's principal execution partner, translating strategy into coordinated delivery across the technology function. The Director holds direct oversight of the Project Management Office (PMO) and the IT Business Relationship Manager (BRM) team, and carries an explicit execution mandate to drive the CDTO's priorities from decision to completion.

The position blends the strategic, cross-functional influence of a chief of staff with the delivery accountability of a portfolio and business-relationship leader. It exists to ensure that digital and technology initiatives are planned, resourced, governed, and delivered with excellence and in alignment with the Firm's strategic objectives.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Chiefs, Practice Groups and Business owners and Senior Administration.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Serve as the CDTO's principal execution partner, owning delivery of the CDTO's strategic priorities from decision through to measurable completion.

• Act with delegated authority in defined areas, deputizing for the CDTO in meetings and decisions and representing the technology organization to Firm leadership.

• Translate strategy, OKRs, and roadmaps into coordinated, tracked plans with clear owners, milestones, dependencies, and outcomes.

• Maintain a single, authoritative view of the organization's commitments and progress, proactively surfacing risks and issues and driving them to resolution.

• Prepare executive-ready brie