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Our purpose is to guide all companies toward a sustainable world. EcoVadis is the leading provider of business sustainability ratings. Our solutions are backed by an international team of experts and powerful technology. We analyze data and build sustainability scorecards that give companies actionable insights into their environmental, social and ethical risks.

Why apply to EcoVadis? Be a part of the global sustainability change in business. Grow your career. Work with extraordinary people. Feel valued for your contribution.

We are seeking a visionary Chief Information Officer who will act as a strategic advisor, business partner, and enabler of new business models. This new role reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), who is part of the Executive Committee. The Chief Information Officer will be responsible for :

1. Strategy and virtual P&L responsibility

• Develop and execute an agile, innovative, and scalable strategy that enables the digital transformation of the company and is in line with EcoVadis’ goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across all departments to anticipate needs and improve processes and efficiencies.
• Be viewed as an industry thought leader and evangelist for improvement and / or transformational solutions.
• Be responsible for designing and implementing the automation strategy with the relevant stakeholders.
• Be accountable for virtual P&L for your scope : setting and monitoring targets, tracking and optimizing costs.

2. Governance and Information Management

• Oversee the organization's entire IT infrastructure and operations, ensuring that systems, applications and tooling, networks, and data are secure, reliable, and scalable to support business operations.
• Lead digital transformation and automation solutions initiatives, implementing new systems and technologies that drive innovation and improve operational efficiency. You will champion the adoption of digital tools and practices across the organization.
• Manage relationships with relevant external vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure that IT services meet the needs of the business at an efficient cost.
• Ensure that the organization's IT practices comply with legal and regulatory requirements including but not limited to data privacy, cybersecurity policies, and disaster recovery planning.
• Ensure that data and analytics remain a critical component to enhancing business performance by developing the Business Intelligence capabilities of the company.

3. Daily operations and team management

• Lead a global team of IT professionals and ensure operational issues are proactively managed.
• Drive the performance of your team's senior managers and experienced IT professionals through coaching, setting semester goals, and weekly objectives, and ensuring team member growth and well-being.

Qualifications

To excel as our Chief Information Officer you will bring a blend of educational qualifications, technical skills, business acumen, and strong people skills. We are looking for :

• Master's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 15 years + of work experience, with at least 2 years managing modern and complex IT systems and projects, preferably within SaaS companies.
• Excellent expertise and experience in driving a scalable Salesforce implementation and comfortable with the latest GenAI trends.
• Experience in leading teams : both dedicated team members and cross-functional.
• Balanced strategic and operational approach, comfortable adopting a hands-on management style.
• Authentic leadership style preferred.
• Entrepreneurial mindset : the ability to pursue new and unprecedented opportunities, push beyond “the known”, and take bold steps.
• Culturally sensitive and able to manage cross-functional initiatives and stakeholders across geographies and working styles.
• Clear and engaging presentation and communication style.
• Excellent cross-collaboration.

Additional Information

Location : Barcelona, Spain

In return for your expertise, we offer :

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment.
• Wellness allowance for mental and physical wellbeing.
• Access to professional mental health support.
• Learning and development.
• Sustainability events and community involvement.
• Employee-led resource groups.
• Hybrid work organization (from the office or from home).
• Remote work from abroad policy.
• Meals and Transportation Vouchers (Cobee card).
• Life & Accident Insurance + Private Health Insurance.
• Paid moving day (1 / year).
• Time off : 1 Community Service Day + 1 Personal Day.
• Summer Hours in July and August (36 hours per week).
• Hybrid Monthly Allowance for electricity and Internet.

Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV, in English, with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you!

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as : photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region / country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major).

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