Head of IT Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Head of IT to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and Facilitate with Global policies/direction on best-practice asset management for regional IT hardware, software, and equipment;
- Assist with the overall business technology planning, providing a current knowledge and future vision of technology and systems;
- Analyse the business requirements of all departments to determine their technology needs today, and in the future;
- Coach and mentor the team, in relation to methodologies, delivery processes and best practices in order to ensure adoption and consistency;
- Ensuring the additional specialist requirements that accompany a modern lab environment are fulfilled;
- Lead the process within the business to identify relevant, strategic technology projects;
- Develop the IT team and drive performance management;
- Working closely with the CIO to define company policies and ensure compliance;
- Developing our existing approach to process improvement and project management across the organisation;
- Acting as project lead on all internal IT projects;
- Managing the technical IT Service Desk team and Infrastructure personnel;
- Championing innovation and the utilisation of technology to grow our MM movement;
- Deliver a best in class service to the business;
- Manage the technology budget;
- Provide leadership and management of the team – both internal and suppliers.
Requirements:
- Experience of developing IT strategy within a business;
- Office 365;
- Good work Ethic;
- Technologically competent;
- Experience in managing teams and outsourced services;
- Understanding of social purpose/values;
- Prince 2 Foundation / Practitioner or equivalent certification in Project Management;
- Varied IT Management experience;
- Experience of managing and influencing 3rd party contracts;
- Stakeholder management;
- Experience of working in a high growth or scale up organisation;
- A background in Scientific IT management or proven experience of working in complex scientific or tech environments;
- Demonstrable successful delivery of projects that needed an IT solution – business projects;
- ITiL Foundation or equivalent certification in IT service management;
- Knowledge or interest in Life Science or Drug Discovery.