IT Governance Lead Specialist

Hitachi

Hitachi

IT
Farmington Hills, MI, USA · Harrodsburg, KY, USA
Posted on Jun 5, 2025

Location:

Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States

Job ID:

R0096104

Date Posted:

2025-06-04

Company Name:

HITACHI ASTEMO AMERICAS, INC.

Profession (Job Category):

Legal, Compliance & Audit

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Position Summary:

Astemo Americas, Inc. is a Tier 1 supplier of automotive systems for automotive and non-automotive applications. The IT Governance Lead Specialist is responsible for supporting company goals and objectives related to the IT Governance framework. This is a corporate / regional position located within the AM Region reporting into the Farmington Hills, MI location.

Essential Functions and Duties:

  • Evaluate and maintain IT policies and procedures
  • Perform IT risk management activities including risk analysis, development of core controls and mappings to specific audit requirements
  • Perform internal IT control checks as needed
  • Provide support and facilitation for required IT audits (J-Sox, Hitco 2, parent company audits, etc.) including but not limited to:
    • Auditor communication & coordination of audit activities
    • Process mapping and owner identification
    • Evidence collection/organization, review & evaluation
  • Coordinate and centralize IT audit findings and improvement opportunities including coordination of tracking of remediation activity
  • Reporting of results to leadership
  • Perform IT process evaluations to facilitate process optimization to support structured and efficient IT operations
  • Investigate suspected improper activities as assigned
  • Maintain a high degree of confidentiality and integrity in all activities
  • Other tasks and duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to promote and carryout the company philosophy
  • The proven ability to: make sound business decisions and exercise good judgment
  • Be self-directed, highly motivated, detail-oriented and demonstrate a high degree of accuracy
  • Excellent analytical & problem-solving skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to interact with all levels of organization
  • Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
  • Proven ability to work well within a team both local and remote including effective use of a collaboration tool for communication
  • Be successful in a deadline intensive environment managing multiple conflicting requirements
  • Ability and desire to develop comprehensive understanding of overall IT model (operations, infrastructure, business systems, security, administration and governance) including how each interacts
  • Ability to travel to support regional initiatives
  • Must operate with high degree of honesty, confidentiality, and integrity

Education: Bachelor’s degree, applicable certification(s), or equivalent IT, Governance or technical field experience. Working knowledge of Automotive manufacturing environments desired.

Experience: 5+ years working experience desired in IT, Governance, Engineering or related field including, but not limited to:

  • IT Governance (policies and procedures, risk management and internal control)
  • IT Operations Concepts
  • Auditing Operations
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Process Mapping and Optimization
  • Root Cause Analysis & Deficiency Remediation
  • Change Management

Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

Working conditions:

Physical Demands: Required to sit or stand for long periods of time. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Travel: Domestic and international travel may be required.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to jobs@hitachi-automotive.us. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.