Experience the fun of working in the entertainment industry at Canterbury Park - home to live horse racing every summer and year round action in our Card Casino, Racebook and Expo Center.

Great Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive salaries and benefits including a free health insurance option as well as medical/dental/vision plans, life, disability and accident insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Time Off and Voluntary Time Off
• Floating Holidays for team members to use for those days and holidays that matter the most
• Premium Paid Days
• Flexible work hours (varies by department and job function)
• Free Live Racing admission
• Special Events perks and discounts
• Variety of local & Canterbury Park discounts
• Training and development opportunities
• College Savings Plan

Job Summary:

Responsible for planning, organizing, and executing all IT functions for Canterbury Park. Acts as the senior escalation point for IT operational problems in a 24/7, 365-day environment. Responsible for supporting the Company’s mission, vision, and values by providing fun and games like no place else and adheres to the Canterbury Way by focusing on our core values of family, fun, integrity, and community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead by example.
• Responsible for maintaining a high degree of hospitality, as well as a positive and professional demeanor at all times.
• Creates high levels of morale, fosters teamwork, inspires collaboration, delegates effectively and coaches and mentors direct reports for growth opportunities.
• Oversees all IT operations, projects, maintenance, and infrastructure.
• Oversees the development and implementation of long-term IT strategies.
• Manages the Company's IT SOX compliance program and acts as a central point of contact and subject matter expert to ensure appropriate internal controls (manual and system) over IT systems are properly designed and implemented.
• Develops, maintains, and updates IT policies as needed.
• Manages the Company’s IT Help Desk through scheduling, documentation, goal setting, and issue resolution.
• Leads the company’s cyber security efforts by identifying vulnerabilities in networks, software systems, and data centers with while working with internal and external resources to mitigate risks.
• Oversees IT asset management and inventory by reviewing and approving all software and hardware purchases, disposals, upgrades and customizations.
• Oversees the company’s data backup and recovery plans.
• Manages the IT operating and capital budgets.
• Works collaboratively with internal teams to promote the Fun and Games program.
• Coordinates requests between internal business units and external IT vendors.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Supervision:

• Information technology managers
• Support technicians (indirectly)

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or related field.
• Prior experience managing IT infrastructure for a publicly traded company.
• Prior experience managing a team of IT professionals.
• Prior experience writing IT policy and procedure.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with a multiple stake holders and subject matter experts.
• Able to develop and present IT plans to c-suite and board level executives.
• Proven project management skills required.
• Ability to become intimately familiar with existing hardware and software.
• Ability to possess a general understanding of all business units.
• Canterbury Park conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check and verification of work history.
• Must be able to attain a Minnesota Racing Commission (MRC) license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science preferred
• Gaming and Hospitality background preferred
• Experience managing outsource vendors preferred

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to interact with guests, co-workers and vendors in a professional, courteous manner.
• Must be able to sit for long periods of time.
• Requires doing repetitive movements and frequent wrist and hand use.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.