Head of IT Department
KrakówHead of IT Department
Kraków
NR REF.: 1148700
Your new company
For our Client, well-known international financial institution located in Kraków, we are looking for a person interested in the role of Head of IT Department.
Your new role
The Head of IT Department is a key position in Organisation's strategy to build and manage a team of IT specialists in Poland. This leadership role is responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of technology services through management of the IT specialists based in Poland, the introduction of new ways of working, the development of new nearshoring opportunities and the delivery of new services. This role requires a strong leader with experience of building teams, and managing change and technology in an international environment.
Key Accountabilities:
What you'll need to succeed
What you'll get in return
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
Kraków
NR REF.: 1148700
Your new company
For our Client, well-known international financial institution located in Kraków, we are looking for a person interested in the role of Head of IT Department.
Your new role
The Head of IT Department is a key position in Organisation's strategy to build and manage a team of IT specialists in Poland. This leadership role is responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of technology services through management of the IT specialists based in Poland, the introduction of new ways of working, the development of new nearshoring opportunities and the delivery of new services. This role requires a strong leader with experience of building teams, and managing change and technology in an international environment.
Key Accountabilities:
- Define, shape, communicate and lead the execution of the IT Near- and Offshore Strategy
- Ensure we have the right people with the right skills to deliver
- Drive the adoption of Agile & DevOps practices across the delivery teams
- Foster and champion a culture of continuous improvement & engineering excellence
- Work closely with colleagues across IT to ensure appropriate resource planning in alignment with project delivery demands balanced with the Future State Architecture
- Ensure appropriate resource mix and maintain effective relationships with local suppliers, managing local ongoing engagements as required
- Motivate, guide and mentor the IT teams in Kraków
- Coordinate the consumption of Department's services out of India
- Drive broader employee engagement across offices in Kraków and Pune
- Help to ensure that the teams are appropriately resourced for the challenges faced
- Manage all entity aspects of the Kraków team
- Influence project lifecycle and ensure plans are produced and implemented where appropriate
- Assist in the development the leadership team, providing knowledge and skills in specific areas of expertise, providing coaching and sponsoring training solutions where necessary
- Assist in the control of concurrent projects and resources that may vary in scale and complexity to meet changing objectives
- Manage relationships at a senior level with the wider Organisation's IT team; as well as engaging and managing relationships with third party suppliers
- Accountable for overseeing the safe, secure and sustainable deliveries across the Centre. The role holder must work to minimize production outages, and ensure all change is managed in an effective and sustainable manner. The role holder will work with asset class delivery managers to ensure best practice is adhered to
- Responsible for ensuring that all Segregation of Duty and Management Self-Identified Audit Issues and other Risk and Control matters are well managed
What you'll need to succeed
- Excellent communication, co-ordination and interpersonal skills;
- Strong leadership and management ability, motivating IT employees;
- Successful experience in developing and retaining critical talent and building an effective team
- Established financial and accounting acumen;
- Proven ability to prioritise competing demands;
- Demonstrated ability to assess IT trends;
- Good understanding of IT policies, practices and opportunities;
- Ability to prioritise work to successfully deliver service to agreed levels in a diverse and constantly changing environment
- Proven ability in working across multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural diverse work environments
- Proven ability in successfully identifying, designing and implementing change initiatives
- Outstanding relationship management and influencing skills
- The ability to recognise structural issues within the organisation, functional interdependencies and enterprise wide spare capacity
- High level of drive and motivation to ensure successful delivery of complex transformational initiatives
What you'll get in return
- Interesting path of career in an international organization
- Consistent scope of responsibilities
- Private health care, employees’ benefits
- Possibility of remote working
- Commutable office location
- Casual dress code
- Cultural exchange
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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