Director of Information Technology
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We are seeking an experienced and strategic IT Director to lead a company's technology operations, drive innovation, and ensure technology is a true enabler of our business goals. This role will oversee the IT team, manage infrastructure, and align IT initiatives with the overall business strategy, while fostering strong stakeholder and partner relationships.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership
- Develop and execute the IT and information security strategy in alignment with the organisation’s overall strategic objectives.
- Lead digital transformation initiatives and promote innovation across business systems and platforms including AI, automation and data analytics strategy.
- Stay abreast of the latest technologies and trends. Act as a key advisor to the Executive Leadership team on IT and cybersecurity risks, trends, and investments.
- Drive technology initiatives to support the organisations success.
- Support development of the Ecctis Strategy and Annual Operating Plans to ensure successful delivery.
IT Operations Management
- Oversee the delivery, maintenance and security of internal and IT infrastructure, networks, applications, cloud environments, systems and services.
- Ensure high system availability, performance, and support for a hybrid workforce.
- Manage IT budgets, resource planning, technical and system roadmaps, procurement, and vendor management.
Information Security & Compliance
- Establish and maintain robust cybersecurity policies, procedures, and frameworks.
- Ensure compliance with relevant data protection laws (e.g., UK GDPR), ISO standards (e.g., ISO/IEC 27001), cyber essentials plus and industry best practices.
- Lead incident response planning, security audits, risk assessments, and remediation efforts.
- Represent Ecctis in external audits and compliance reviews.
Development
- Setting the strategic direction for software development.
- Ensuring that development efforts align with the organisation's overall business objectives.
- Oversee the software development lifecycle to ensure timely, budget-compliant, and high-quality delivery.
Essential Experience & Skills:
- Proven experience in a senior IT leadership role, including managing information security functions and building and scaling teams.
- In-depth knowledge of IT infrastructure, cloud services, enterprise applications, development and security technologies.
- In depth knowledge Agile, SDLC, ITIL and Cobit frameworks.
- Strong understanding of data protection regulations, information security standards, and cyber risk management.
- Demonstrable experience leading digital transformation and systems integration projects.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
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