IT Director

About the Role

KoBold's IT function supports a globally distributed team of ~280 geoscientists, data scientists, and engineers working across North America, Zambia, the DRC, and field exploration sites around the world. As we scale, our IT needs are evolving rapidly—from reactive, break/fix helpdesk support toward proactive, automated IT operations that work seamlessly across geographies, including remote field sites with limited connectivity.

This role includes but is not limited to, endpoint management, software procurement and renewals, identity and access administration, license optimization, vendor management, employee onboarding and offboarding, hardware lifecycle management, and IT training. You’ll lead a team of IT support staff, set technical direction, manage the annual software budget, and be the person who makes sure nothing falls through the cracks—renewals don’t expire, new hires have everything they need on day one, and the fleet is healthy and compliant.

This is a player-coach role. You’ll spend meaningful time building and configuring systems yourself—writing Okta provisioning workflows, managing Jamf and Intune policies in Terraform, scripting automation for repetitive work—while also coaching and mentoring your direct reports, setting priorities, and raising the bar for what IT operations looks like at a fast-moving exploration technology company.

Responsibilities

• Endpoint Management & Fleet Operations
• Help build IT roadmap, setting technical direction for endpoint management, fleet automation, and IT operations across all KoBold offices and field sites in 10+ countries
• Design and implement zero-touch provisioning and automated reimaging workflows for macOS (Jamf) and Windows (Intune) endpoints
• Build endpoint monitoring, alerting, and fleet health dashboards to shift IT from reactive to proactive support
• Drive device lifecycle management including EoL/EoS tracking, hardware refresh planning, and inventory management across Jamf, Intune, CrowdStrike, and related tooling
• Create self-service application deployment and access workflows to reduce helpdesk volume and empower employees
• Apply DevOps principles to IT operations: configuration-as-code (e.g. managing Intune policies via Terraform), infrastructure automation, version-controlled policies, and repeatable processes
• Own internet reliability and network performance at all global remote KoBold sites
• Software Procurement, Licensing & Vendor Management
• Manage the full software procurement lifecycle: new purchases, renewals, expansions, and cancellations, ensuring user access is never disrupted by lapsed licenses or last-minute renewals
• Own and drive execution of the annual software budget, including process improvements year-over-year and proactive renewal pipeline visibility for legal and finance
• Optimize license utilization across the SaaS portfolio—track usage, right-size seat counts, consolidate redundant tools, and negotiate pricing with vendors
• Coordinate with legal on contract review, working within the existing procurement process to move quickly on low-risk purchases while ensuring appropriate review for larger spend
• Onboard new SaaS applications with proper Okta integration (SSO, SCIM) before launch, and manage decommissioning of deprecated tools
• Identity, Access & Employee Lifecycle
• Own Okta administration including SSO integrations, SCIM provisioning, group management, access request workflows, and lifecycle automation
• Manage Google Workspace administration, including license management, security settings, and break-glass super-admin governance
• Build automation for minimal-touch employee onboarding and offboarding—ensuring new hires are fully provisioned on day one and departing employees are cleanly deprovisioned
• Support AI tooling rollout (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and related tools) across the endpoint fleet, including deployment, configuration, and employee training
• Team Leadership & Training
• Supervise and mentor IT support staff, providing technical coaching, priority-setting, performance management, and career development
• Develop and maintain IT training programs for new hires and ongoing employee enablement, including documentation, video walkthroughs, and live onboarding sessions
• Provide helpdesk backup on high-volume days, modeling the standard of responsiveness and quality you expect from the team
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Learn about mineral exploration by working closely with exploration teams, including time in the field in remote operations
• Collaborate with infrastructure engineering and security teams on cross-cutting initiatives including observability, access controls, endpoint security posture, and incident response
• Partner across the company to contribute to specification, vendor selection, and change management on new software requests
• Partner with finance on budget tracking, invoice approvals, and AFE submissions for software spend
• Work with legal to streamline the contract review pipeline, maintain lead times on renewals, and advocate for tiered review processes that match risk to effort
• Coordinate digitization efforts across the globe, ensuring consistent standards and tooling for converting physical records to digital archives at field and office sites