Jack Murphy

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About Jack Murphy

I help organizations scale technology, people, and processes to deliver reliability, speed, and compliance at global scale. Over 25+ years, I’ve led engineering and IT teams across North America, Europe, and Asia—building resilient infrastructures, modernizing delivery practices, and unifying platforms through growth and M&A.What I’m known for:Building high-performing, psychologically safe teams that retain top talent and deliver at pace.Scaling IT and engineering to support hypergrowth—e.g, 50→250 people while ensuring delivery success and quality.Driving efficiency and savings: €2M+ annually through tool rationalization, hours capacity created via automation.Orchestrating seamless integrations—100% key-talent retention during a 10-month post-acquisition engineering integration.Establishing and leading new sites: launched DraftKings’ Dublin office from scratch, onboarding 80 hires in 12 months.Building bridges across Finance, HR, Marketing, and other functions—bringing automation expertise and cross-departmental process improvement that has delivered significant enterprise-wide benefits.Core expertise:Platform engineering, multi-cloud strategy, IT governance, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance (ISO 27001, PCI DSS, GDPR/CCPA). I’ve consistently delivered “five nines” IT stability for 6,500+ users while guiding organizations through rapid change and audit-heavy environments.My leadership sweet spot is at the intersection of strategy and execution: clarifying direction, tightening SDLCs, and removing friction so product and IT teams can ship value sooner, safer, and with confidence. Hands-on with OKRs, agile delivery, and AI-assisted operations, I thrive in environments where reliability, regulated precision, and speed to market all matter.I’m open to VP level roles or above, CIO or Site Lead roles where scaling technology and teams is mission-critical.