Deputy Head - IT

Profile Requirement :

- BS/BE in Computer Science with post-graduation in IT

- Overall, 18-20 years of experience out of which 8-10 years in leading IT function

Responsibilities : (include but not limited to)

- Responsible to plan, organize, control and evaluate IT and electronic data operations

- Identify problem areas and implement strategic solutions in time. Also support technology audits, assess outcomes and take corrective actions

- Responsible to develop and maintain strong relationship with stakeholders and provide technology leadership, IT Strategy formulation & deployment

- Work closely with the business leaders to understand short term & long-term strategies and their underpinning IT requirements to support and accelerate key business processes.

- Develop IT strategy covering infrastructure, internal systems and processes, information security and business continuity plans.

- Leverage on technology to drive corporate goals and drive transformation Initiatives

- Continuously assess current technology, effectiveness of current architecture and value of IT spending across businesses

- Partner with business to regularly assess emerging technologies and their potential exploitation within the organization.

- Establish strong IT governance practices and manage multi-disciplinary teams and global scale of operation

- Identify and manage 'risks' to the business systems. Ensure highest standards of information security and reduce system vulnerability.

- Facilitate the design of the enterprise-wide business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

- Define and implement IT governance and stakeholder management structures at an enterprise level

- Managing strategic relationship with partners and suppliers to ensure delivery of consolidated IT services.

- Lead the IT team and demonstrate highly effective leadership style with an ability to inspire, mentor and develop team members.

- Be a change agent and an active champion of Digitization throughout the organization

- Understand business needs of parent and group companies and proactively provide technology solutions to support business needs

- Oversee all phases of technical projects from conception to completion

- Ensure IT supports the business activities at the highest level of performance and measure ROI for all IT projects

Functional Competencies :

- Excellent knowledge of technical management, information analysis and computer hardware/software systems

- Expertise in data centre management, data governance with working knowledge of computer networks, network administration and network installation etc.

- Strong leadership skills with decision making ability

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