European IT Director (HN335363)
- Employer
- Harvey Nash CIO Practice
- Location
- Warsaw, Poland
- Salary
- €40,000 - €50,000 Poland złoty per month + competitive bonus and benefits package.
- Closing date
- 25 Feb 2019
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- Sector
- Financial Services, Digital, Technology
- Responsibilities
- Information Management, Information Technology, Strategy
- Position/Level
- Director
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Language
- English
Job Details
European IT Director - Warsaw
A global, digital organisation in the financial services sector is seeking an IT Director to lead and deliver IT strategy for its Europe region.
Reporting to the Global CIO, you will play a major role in delivering the regional IT strategy within the context of the global IT strategy, providing federated, end-to-end IT services to the region, whilst also drawing upon a number of Group shared service functions. The role will lead a team of c150 + third parties, distributed across 4 key European markets.
Key accountabilities:
- Build a sustainable IT team with resources across Solution delivery, Operations and Support, Infrastructure and PMO, based upon a clear locational strategy & skills availability
- Build and maintain strong relationships with your key business leaders and partners and ensure that IT and the business are aligned and work as one team
- Establish a clear partner strategy that demonstrates a cost efficient balance between internal and external resources
- Ensure that the team are output driven and look to provide tangible, visible results to the business — meeting and exceeding agreed business targets
- Ensure that there is a first class service delivered to HC markets with no degradation in SLAs
- Drive standardisation in the IT estate across markets, reducing complexity
- Drive and embed Agile working practices throughout the European IT organisation
The ideal candidate, you will have:
- Significant experience as an IT leader within a large multinational organisation with a complex IT landscape and structure, ideally with experience of European / International markets
- Experience of leading scaled and distributed teams, navigating complexity across multiple functions, business units and/or geographies
- Experience of Target Operating Model transformation, realigning organisation structure to ensure teams are fit for purpose and the right people are in the right roles
- Experience of managing executive teams and driving conversations with influence at a strategic level, making change transparent throughout the business
- Experience of working within a group structure
- Significant budgetary responsibility
- Experience with multiple delivery techniques; Waterfall, Agile
- Willingness and ability to travel (minimum of 30% of time) to work directly with key stakeholders and spend time across all European markets
- Business fluent in English
A challenging and varied role within a global business, offering plenty of long term opportunity awaits. Please apply with a copy of your CV in English for a confidential conversation.
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