Job Description

• Be responsible for the local IT team, its capacity, capability and budget while providing ongoing advice to the local management leadership for most suitable IT evolutions, their business cases and a high standard of effective service delivery.
• Learn the company’s regional and global IT strategy pillars, priorities and projects while providing feedback and advice to international leaders to maximize success and standardization goals.
• Be responsible for effective IT project management, both for the IT department’s initiatives and where local IT is a key stakeholder for initiatives from local operations.
• Lead pro-actively on topics of local cybersecurity, IT risk and business continuity planning for the IT operations and local systems supporting the operations, as well as acquired entities.
• Communicate with stakeholders of all levels with confidence in presenting to non-technical and technical management, and with other departments with strong interest in digital evolution.
• A demonstrable background leading IT teams in a multi-national and translating IT and business strategy into actions for the local level.  Proven history with IT department due diligence or M&A for IT desirable.
• A history of technical skills and strong market awareness of Microsoft technologies, cloud and larger WAN is desirable.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, Information Technology or equivalent.
• 10 -15 years of experience in IT service multi-national organizations.
• Good business acumen with technical know-how.
• Strong experience in project management lifecycle, desirable: PMP or PRINCE2 certification.
• Information Security: desirable one of: CGEIT, CISM, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor certification - or multiple years working in an IT leadership role where a cybersecurity framework (eg: ISO 27001 / NIST / COBIT / similar) was part of the operations.
• IT Service Management: desirable: ITIL Foundation certification (this is a common certification at all levels, so needs to be combined with the above)
• Familiar with concepts and implementations of infrastructure major application software.
• Experience with computer hardware, operating systems, networking/WAN, end user equipment and business application technologies.

• 5-day Work Week                                                
• Double Pay and Performance Bonus
• Dental and Medical Benefits
• Life Insurance
• Annual Leave
• Birthday Leave
• Paid Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, and Marriage Leave
• On-the-Job Training                                  
• Education and Training Subsidies
• Transportation Subsidies
• Shuttle Bus Service
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Staff Activities