Position: Senior Vice President - Head of IT
Client: A leading regional bank

Key Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for organising and coordinating IT Services across the Organisation.

The main responsibilities will be to:

• Manage the IT team in order to provide reliable IT systems and support services in order to meet the evolving needs of the Organisation, as well as advice and support on IT matters to staff and project teams;
• Identify and recommend IT strategies and policies, which maintain a strong alignment with the objectives of the Organisation;
• Drive implementation and change of applications and ensure application maintenance and problem management;
• Define, develop and implement agreed policies, strategies, standards and plans for providing IT support services at all levels;
• Manage IT budgets and investment planning with due regard to budget and operational constraints;
• Drive vendor management towards third party providers;
• Keep abreast of new IT developments and assess their suitability for the organisation;
• Identify opportunities for improvement and make balanced proposals for changes;
• Provide regular status reports to the board management.

You must have:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Engineering or other related disciplines from an accredited institution is required.
• A Master’s Degree is desirable
• At least 15 years in IT management
• Extensive experience and knowledge with IT for banking
• Extensive experience with core banking systems
• Led teams and transformation projects
• Solid understanding of financial business operations and processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to address technical issues in both technical and non-technical terms.