IT Leader: Build & Scale Porto IT Organization

QUION Groep B.V.; Matosinhos; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal allowance

Hybrid work model

Office in Matosinhos

Job summary

Quion Groep B.V. is seeking an experienced IT Lead to shape, build, and grow our Porto IT organization. You will develop teams, define roles, and establish effective ways of working across locations, combining strong people leadership with an organizational mindset.

You will align strategic IT priorities with local execution, attract and develop talent, and drive operational excellence while collaborating with Capelle stakeholders in a cross-border environment.

Qualifications

• Higher professional or university-level education, or equivalent.
• Extensive leadership experience within a changing and growing organization.
• Proven experience in building or significantly scaling teams.
• Experience within IT, technology, digital transformation, or a comparable change and/or delivery environment.
• Experience in recruitment, team development, and organizational design.
• Experience working with international or geographically distributed teams is a strong advantage.
• Excellent command of English; proficiency in Dutch is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and growth of the IT organization in Porto, building a scalable structure that supports the company's ambitions.
• Develop teams, define clear roles and responsibilities, and establish effective ways of working across the organization.
• Build and strengthen a local leadership structure, gradually delegating responsibilities to team and delivery leads as the organization grows.
• Lead, coach, and develop employees, fostering ownership, accountability, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Attract, develop, and retain talent while creating an engaging, professional, and results-driven working environment.
• Ensure that IT teams deliver on agreed priorities, maintaining oversight of capacity, progress, dependencies, and quality.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear objectives for the teams in Porto and ensure effective execution.
• Identify organizational challenges and delivery barriers, taking appropriate action to resolve or escale them.
• Act as a key link between the IT organization in Porto and stakeholders in Capelle, ensuring alignment and effective collaboration across locations.
• Promote an integrated IT organization, encouraging knowledge sharing, mutual trust, and consistent ways of working.
• Drive operational excellence by improving processes, governance, decision-making, and organizational effectiveness.
• Support the organization's continued growth, helping develop an IT organization capable of scaling to approximately 80 employees.

Skills

Leadership

Recruitment

Org design

IT strategy

Stakeholder mgmt

Change management

Education

Higher education

Job description

Quion Groep B.V. is seeking an experienced IT Lead to shape, build, and grow our Porto IT organization. You will develop teams, define roles, and establish effective ways of working across locations, combining strong people leadership with an organizational mindset.

You will align strategic IT priorities with local execution, attract and develop talent, and drive operational excellence while collaborating with Capelle stakeholders in a cross-border environment.