CIO Belgium

The position

The CIO (or director/lead) is responsible for ensuring that the client's information technology vision and investments are aligned with its strategic business objectives for the next 3 to 5 years.

The candidate will have to understand clients' IT, technology and business landscape and implement Tech Mahindra’s roadmap to drive various initiatives in line with the signed contract. A number of initiatives will have to be conceived, defined and delivered to realise the benefits at bottom line as well as top line by improving business and operational processes in line with the clients' business goals. This will also require identification of opportunities which will be outsourced and delivered through offshore centres of Tech Mahindra.

The CIO will engage effectively at CxO-level in customer organisations, both at IT and business units. He/she is also required to develop relationships with strategic and local partners to ensure their offerings and deliveries are in-line with the needs of clients.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities for this position include both strategic and tactical objectives as well as operational accountability:

• Providing general Programme oversight, such as strategic guidance, information, recommendations, and decisions for that country
• To achieve the Tech Mahindra P&L target for that account in that country
• Human capital management
• Continuously keep informed on developments in IT and Technology able to interpret their significance to the business
• Overall IT portfolio management, IT investment management and risk assessment
• Ensure as much as reusability of the Tech Mahindra assets of tools and utilities
• Change oriented leader, catalyst to business thinking
• Business continuity and disaster recovery
• Provide advice and assistance to senior managers on IT acquisition and management
• Develop, maintain, and facilitate implementation of a sound and integrated IT architecture
• Promote effective and efficient design and operation of all major processes, including improvements to work processes.

In addition, this position has primary duties annually as part of the strategic planning process:

• Assess requirements for personnel regarding knowledge and skills needed to achieve performance goals towards the business
• Assess the extent to which all managers meet those requirements
• Develop strategies and specific plans for hiring and training
• Report to the executive head on progress made on improvement

Candidate profile

• Excellent oral and written communications skills (English and preferably Dutch/German/French)
• Ability to communicate well with and at all levels of the institution
• Can form alliances and relationships with various stakeholders to make sure that all information technology efforts are channelized and leveraged to meet the business goals
• Works collaboratively and effectively across the board, with own staff, clients organisation and strategic/local partners
• Makes hard decisions and sticks to them, whilst staying flexible and open at all times
• Ability to manage resources in an environment where the demand and expectations are always going to be far greater than the supply

Key competencies

• Strategic Planning
• Performance & results based management
• Process and operations Improvement
• Capital Planning & Investment
• Leadership Mgmt
• Technology Assessment
• Security
• Architectures
• Merger and Acquisition

Conditions

The salary for this position is € 170.000 - 180.000. The job requires travel within the country and occasionally to India.

Interesting?

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