Corporate IT Lead
About this role
Corporate IT Lead (Remote – LATAM)
Full-Time | Independent Contractor
About the Opportunity
We are partnering with a growing, fully remote international technology company supporting a distributed workforce across the United States, United Kingdom, South America, and Europe. The company operates in a technology-driven environment where reliable systems, strong security practices, and efficient IT operations are essential to its day-to-day business.
They are looking for an experienced Corporate IT Lead to take ownership of their corporate IT operations, security, compliance, systems governance, and overall employee technology experience.
This is a senior, high-autonomy position combining hands-on operational ownership with strategic responsibility. You will work closely with the SVP of Engineering and other company leaders to identify opportunities for improvement, establish IT strategy, and drive initiatives from planning through implementation.
This is a solo senior individual contributor role, not a people-management position. You will oversee managed service providers (MSPs), specialist contractors, and SaaS vendors rather than build or manage an internal IT department. The ideal candidate knows how to operate independently, exercise sound judgment, and ensure accountability across external technology partners.
The role is approximately 70% operational and 30% strategic.
Key Responsibilities
IT Operations & Employee Experience
Own company-wide IT service delivery for a globally distributed workforce.
Ensure a reliable, responsive, and seamless technology experience throughout the employee lifecycle, from onboarding to offboarding.
Manage MSP and contractor relationships, establishing clear scopes of work, performance metrics, and accountability standards.
Step in directly when necessary to resolve technical issues and maintain service quality.
Oversee employee onboarding and offboarding, including hardware provisioning, access management, and external-user access.
Ensure adequate IT support coverage across US and UK/European working hours.
Manage the global hardware and endpoint lifecycle, including security standards, inventory, replacements, and vendor coordination.
Oversee both Windows and macOS environments.
Corporate IT Strategy & Systems Governance
Develop and propose corporate IT strategies in collaboration with the SVP of Engineering and other leadership stakeholders.
Proactively identify technology risks, operational inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the company's technology ecosystem, including systems, integrations, dependencies, ownership, and information flows.
Identify and address unnecessary software duplication, inefficient integrations, excessive costs, and system maintainability risks.
Own SaaS and application governance, including software inventory, access controls, license management, application rationalization, and evaluation of new tools.
Oversee external contractors responsible for CRM administration and provide technical governance across CRM and other business systems.
Identity, Security & Compliance
Own identity and access management across the corporate environment, including SSO, MFA, privileged access, and employee lifecycle access controls.
Lead the company's SOC 2 compliance program end-to-end, including audit coordination, evidence collection, control implementation, remediation, and collaboration with internal control owners.
Oversee corporate IT security across endpoints, identity systems, SaaS applications, vendors, and corporate information systems.
Lead corporate IT security incident response and participate in broader company incident response when necessary.
Manage third-party technology and vendor security assessments, including ongoing vendor oversight.
Develop and maintain IT and security policies aligned with compliance requirements and operational needs.
Information Management
Own the corporate information management framework in collaboration with executives and department leaders.
Establish standards for information ownership, access, retention, sharing, storage, and lifecycle management.
Ensure corporate systems, processes, integrations, and administrative responsibilities are properly documented and transferable.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date IT procedures, documentation, and role responsibilities.
AI Governance
Manage the company's approved AI tools and AI usage policies.
Evaluate AI tools, agents, connectors, and integrations for security and data-handling risks.
Monitor AI adoption and spending while identifying opportunities to leverage new AI capabilities.
Coordinate AI training and enablement as part of the broader IT training program.
What Success Looks Like
IT support is reliable, responsive, and largely seamless.
Employee onboarding, offboarding, hardware provisioning, and access changes happen efficiently.
SOC 2 audits and evaluations are completed successfully with minimal organizational overhead.
MSPs and external vendors deliver consistent, high-quality service.
Hardware and endpoint management operate smoothly across countries and time zones.
SaaS inventories, information ownership, and IT documentation remain accurate and current.
Corporate systems and integrations are well understood and effectively governed.
Employees consider IT a responsive, practical, and valuable resource.
AI tools are adopted and governed responsibly without unnecessary bureaucracy.
Potential problems are identified and addressed proactively, before requiring executive intervention.
Requirements & Qualifications
Professional Experience
5+ years of IT experience, including direct ownership of IT operations in a lean or resource-conscious environment.
Experience operating as a senior, independent IT professional with responsibility for company-wide systems and infrastructure.
SOC 2 & Security Compliance
Experience owning or significantly leading a SOC 2, ISO 27001, or comparable security and compliance program.
Strong understanding of audit processes, evidence collection, control implementation, and remediation.
Identity & Access Management
Strong working knowledge of identity and access management, including SSO, MFA, privileged access, SaaS access controls, and employee lifecycle management.
Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID. Deep specialist expertise is not required.
Microsoft 365 & SaaS Governance
Experience managing SaaS applications, software inventories, licensing costs, access controls, and systems governance.
Ability to maintain an accurate overview of an organization's application ecosystem and identify potential cost, security, and operational risks.
Working knowledge of Microsoft 365.
Endpoint Management
Experience managing Windows endpoint environments, including security configurations, patch management, device lifecycle processes, and remote support.
Experience supporting macOS environments, including MDM enrollment, security baselines, and device lifecycle management.
Understanding of the operational differences between Windows and macOS environments.
Experience scaling endpoint management within distributed organizations.
MSP & Vendor Management
Proven experience managing and evaluating MSPs and external IT vendors.
Ability to define scopes of work, establish performance metrics, implement oversight mechanisms, and ensure service quality without directly managing the teams executing the work.
Strong vendor management and accountability skills.
General Requirements
Ability to understand complex system integrations, data flows, and dependencies.
Excellent written communication, documentation, and organizational skills.
Demonstrated ability to operate independently in a senior individual contributor capacity.
Proactive problem-solving skills and the ability to gather stakeholder input, propose solutions, make independent decisions, and drive approved initiatives through implementation.
Strong judgment when balancing security, usability, costs, and business priorities.
Nice to Have
Experience as the primary IT owner in a small or midsize company.
Alternatively, experience as a senior second-in-command within an IT organization supporting approximately 100–500 employees.
Experience supporting international or fully remote workforces.
Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 or comparable CRM platforms.
Experience with scripting, APIs, Microsoft Graph, PowerShell, or workflow automation.
Position Details
Location: Remote – Latin America.
Preferred Location: Argentina, due to time-zone alignment with US and UK teams.
Other Eligible Locations: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Peru.
Engagement: Full-time independent contractor.
Compensation: $35 - $40 USD/hour.
Reporting To: SVP of Engineering.
Working Hours: Must accommodate collaboration with US and UK/European time zones. Some schedule flexibility and earlier working hours may be required depending on location.
Travel: Occasional international travel to the United Kingdom, approximately 1–2 trips per year, for company gatherings, planning sessions, leadership meetings, and IT-related activities.
Equipment: Company-provided hardware will be shipped to the selected candidate. The expected start date is approximately four weeks after signing the offer.
Additional Engagement Details:
Timesheets are required.
Local holidays, sick days, and other days off are unpaid and not billable.
There may be opportunities to work during holidays, depending on business needs.
Hiring Process
Candidates can expect the following steps:
Latino Legends Application: Complete our application for through our website.
Recorded Screening Questionnaire: Short recorded responses to help us assess your experience and communication skills. Successful candidates will be submitted to the client's ATS.
Initial Interview: Interview with the company's team.
Initial Technical Challenge: A one-hour technical exercise. Candidates are not expected to complete the entire task; the goal is to demonstrate their approach and problem-solving skills.
Hiring Manager Interview: Discuss your technical challenge, approach, and implementation decisions.
Peer Interview: Meet with members of the engineering team.
Final Interview: Conversation with the SVP of Engineering.
Reference Checks: Successful finalists will be asked to provide 2–3 professional references from previous supervisors, managers, or team leaders before the formal offer is issued.
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