Overview
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) leads the management of internal information systems, infrastructure and processes to support business goals, focusing on efficiency, security and operational excellence. The CIO coordinates the vision, strategy and business models supporting the digital enterprise and business operating models required to support the ambition.
Tasks Summary
- Act as the SME for internal IT strategy and architecture, ensuring technology initiatives align with organizational goals and long-term business plans.
- Provide expert leadership in information management, including data governance, system integration, data quality, and lifecycle management.
- Serve as the SME for internal IT infrastructure and platforms, overseeing implementation of cloud for the Agency, on-premises, and hybrid environments to ensure scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.
- Function as the SME for internal IT operations and service management, ensuring high availability, performance, and continuous improvement of technology services.
- Lead and advise on cybersecurity, risk management, and information protection, establishing policies and controls to safeguard systems and data.
- Provide high-level leadership and strategic direction to ensure the efficient and high quality delivery of projects and services.
- Lead by example, providing the management team and staff with clear and actionable direction.
- Build, maintain and strengthen relations with internal and external stakeholders to mobilise resources and commitments in support of relevant NCIA strategic priorities.
- Play a key role representing the NCIA, as required, in Agency Governance Bodies, committees, meetings and conferences to promote NATO’s interests and strategic goals.
- Lead, motivate and contribute to the professional development and performance management of staff.
- Ensure delivery of high-quality work within set deadlines, efficient working methods and a constructive working atmosphere.
- Build and lead a cohesive, multicultural and multidisciplinary team, promoting excellence, the highest professional standards and be responsible for contributing to create a work environment where managers support staff in developing their full potential.
Experience Requirements
- 15 years post-related experience.
- 20 years post related experience.
- Extensive experience (at least 15 years), at the executive management level, involving leading and managing change in a dynamic technical organisation.
- Proven experience running large (hundred million euro) scale programs.
- Proven experience running contemporary CIS cloud-based workloads.
- Development and implementation of business strategy.
- IT/Digital strategy development and its implementation.
- Keen familiarity with all Lifecycle aspects of Information Systems.
- Resource management, including the planning for and allocation of resources in organizations.
- Business change management experience in large geographically dispersed organisations.
- State-of-the-art project and program management processes, procedures and tools, including risk management, benefits realization, stakeholder management.
- Knowledge and experience in state-of-the-art technologies, relevant to the work of the Agency.
- Proven ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing, with exceptional briefing skills.
- Proven experience in innovation and transformation processes.
- Proven experience working as an integral member of an executive level management team charged with developing and implementing policies and plans, programmes and projects.
- Proven experience conducting relations at senior level and within a political decision-making environment.
- Proven experience in managing large, diverse and multidisciplinary teams.
Qualification Requirements
- A Master’s degree at a nationally recognized/certified university in a related discipline.
- A Bachelor’s degree.
