Chief Information Officer

Quest Search and Selection; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Chief Information Officer to spearhead the transformation of its IT landscape. This pivotal role involves aligning technology strategies with business goals, ensuring operational resilience, and fostering innovation. The ideal candidate will possess a strong transformation mindset and proven leadership skills, with a passion for leveraging technology to solve real-world challenges. Join a dynamic team in a flexible working environment, where your contributions will directly impact the company's ambitious growth objectives and drive meaningful change in the logistics and supply chain sector.

Benefits

Company Car

Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Scheme

Opportunities for personal and professional training

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of leadership experience with a focus on technology transformation.
• Strong background in aligning IT strategy with business goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation of the IT landscape to support growth objectives.
• Ensure alignment between IT capabilities and evolving business needs.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Strategic Thinking

Stakeholder Management

Transformation Mindset

Cybersecurity Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

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The Role

As Chief Information Officer (CIO), you will join a highly dedicated and professional leadership team responsible for delivering high-quality services to a globally focused client base. Your primary mission will be to lead the transformation and modernization of the IT landscape, across technology, people, and processes to enable and support the organization’s ambitious growth objectives.

Key Responsibilities

You will play a pivotal role in aligning the company’s technology strategy with its broader business goals. This transformation journey will focus on turning IT into a proactive business enabler, ensuring resilience, innovation, and scalability in both current operations and future initiatives.

• Ensure alignment between IT capabilities and evolving business needs
• Manage IT budgets with a focus on cost-effectiveness and value creation
• Lead IT infrastructure and operations to ensure stability, performance, and scalability
• Oversee software development for both operational support and innovation projects
• Deliver IT projects on time, within scope and budget, with measurable business value
• Promote effective IT business partnering to meet strategic and operational goals
• Oversee IT support services to ensure user satisfaction and responsiveness
• Maintain a strong cybersecurity posture, compliance framework, and risk mitigation approach

Your Profile

• Strong transformation mindset, with a clear preference for progress and innovation over maintaining the status quo
• Proven leadership skills, with the ability to build and develop capable, empowered teams
• Business-first thinker with a passion for solving real-world challenges using technology
• Strategic mindset paired with a strong bias for execution
• Transparent communicator with excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Minimum 5 years of general leadership experience
• Solid background in working with or alongside technology; direct experience in an IT department is not required
• Industry experience in logistics or shipping is preferred

Compensation

Highly competitive Salary + Bonus and Benefits includes but not limited:

• Company Car
• Company brand benefits
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Scheme
• Opportunities for personal and professional training and development
• Flexible working environment

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Supply Chain

• Industries

  Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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