Executive Search Chief Information Officer

Job Description

This position has responsibility for the entire Information Technology (IT) portfolio across Germany bank through geographic oversight of the following IT functions; IT Application, IT Infrastructure Delivery, Cyber Security, Risk and Control Environment, Financial Crime Compliance, IT COO function, Architecture, Operations IT, Business and Function IT in the country.

• Lead the IT organisation in Germany including defining and delivering local IT strategy in alignment with regional and global IT strategy and stakeholders
• Deliver a state-of-the-art, customer-focused IT to enable business growth
• Deliver the IT transformation program and manage remediation activities resulting from the regulatory BAFIN audit, in close coordination with senior leaders across the region and globally, across all business lines and functional units
• Identify and proactively manage the range of risks associated with a programme of this scale/complexity
• Drive delivery of the project portfolio, esp. the business strategic projects

Responsibilities

• Management of a direct team and wider transformation teams with the ability to build cohesive, collaborative culture across large units
• Collaborate with a third-party side (involved operational and business units)
• Ensure that there is a strong focus on teamwork/collaboration, employee engagement and providing excellent customer experience in Germany technology team

Leadership & Teamwork

• Deploy experienced senior leadership capacity/calibre to mobilise and build engagement, belief and commitment in the future state
• Clearly develop and articulate a delivery path which commands buy-in and commitment to execute
• Mobilise cross-functional and cross-entity teams to achieve common goals under tight deadlines

Requirements

• A charismatic and international “senior” leader with considerable maturity, intellect, integrity and energy
• Typically > 10 years of experience in IT and operational leadership positions, including specific competencies in financial services, ideally/optional in international wholesale and transaction banking
• Very broad and proven knowledge in various IT subject areas, from enterprise IT architecture design, software development to server, storage, network and datacentre operations

Independently of the chosen wording all descriptions always include all suitable candidates regardless of their sex, ethnic affiliation, sexual orientation etc.