Vice President of IT (Remote or San Mateo, CA)
About Backblaze
Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we’re helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands.
Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $137M ARR and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals.
But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We are seeking a Vice President of IT to join our growing team!
Help Shape the Future of IT at Backblaze
We’re hiring a Vice President of IT to lead the strategy behind our Enterprise Applications and IT architecture. You’ll drive high-impact projects that support our fast growth, especially in B2B. This role reports to the CFO and works closely with teams across the business.
You’ll own the roadmap for ERP, HRIS, billing, data governance, and internal IT systems and build the structure to scale with our expansion.
What You’ll Tackle
Set the IT Strategy
- Own and evolve our enterprise applications stack: NetSuite, Workday, billing, and expense tools.
- Drive the tech roadmap to support growth, both near-term and long-term.
- Standardize project execution with clear SDLC practices
Lead Major Projects
- Oversee migrations to enterprise billing, customer support platforms, and new HRIS
- Roll out AP automation, procurement tools, and reporting dashboards
- Support international expansion with strong IT systems and processes
Define architecture and data models that support B2B and cross-functional collaboration
Make Operations Work Better
- Cut costs by streamlining internal support, especially within NetSuite
- Strengthen compliance and security across systems
Automate onboarding, SaaS access, and internal IT workflows
Build and Lead the Team
- Grow and manage high-performing IT teams, including offshore support
Align with internal partners to meet business needs
What Success Looks Like
- Projects delivered on time, within budget
- Lower IT costs, stronger performance
- Systems that scale with the business
High satisfaction from business stakeholders
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or relevant Master’s preferred
- 10+ years of IT leadership
- Deep experience with NetSuite, enterprise HRIS (such as Workday), Salesforce, Hubspot, Snowflake and enterprise-level application management.
- Strong track record leading digital transformation
- Experience managing 24/7, 365 global and distributed teams
- Strategic thinker with deep technical expertise and exceptional stakeholder management skills.
- Strong understanding of compliance, security, and governance frameworks (SOX, StateRamp).
- Domain knowledge of cloud infrastructure, SaaS business models, or B2B tech environments.
- Prior experience in IT leadership roles within rapidly scaling tech companies.
Backblaze Total Rewards
We offer a competitive package, including:
- Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, vision) for family
- Competitive salary, 401K, and RSUs
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Flexible vacation, parental leave, and childcare bonus
- Professional development support
- Commuter and fertility benefits
- Generous home office setup stipend and a MacBook Pro
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts include candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials and may vary from the amounts listed below.
The base pay range for this position is the following:
- San Francisco Bay Area: $250,000 - $300,000
- Non Bay Area: $245,000 - $281,000
At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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What We Do
Backblaze provides cloud storage and online backup that’s astonishingly easy to use and affordable. We are entrusted with over an exabyte of data from customers in 175 countries.
Our approach is guided by honesty, transparency, and a commitment to doing the right thing for our customers and co-workers. Our customers are happy, and so are our co-workers: In a recent survey, 97% of our team rated Backblaze as “a great place to work.” While there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us.
