Cio Office

Company Description
**We are SGS - the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 97,000 employees operate a network of 2,650 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.**

**Job Description**:
**Working as a core member of our CIO Office team, you will partner with the IT departments and support functions and act as a trusted advisor. You will help to maximize the value from IT investments, capabilities, and assets to support our IT strategy.**

**The CIO Office function includes but is not limited to: Strategy Realization, Strategic Vendor Management, Communications, Change Management, Performance Management, Operational Excellence and IT Finance.**

**More specifically, you may**:

- Orchestrate the development of strategic plans and support realization of strategic initiatives
- Measure and report on progress toward objectives, escalating risks and removing roadblocks as needed
- Regular and ad-hoc reporting and presentations with analytical and strategic information for various audiences
- Design and deliver a strong strategic partnering framework to ensure alignment with strategic and tactical partners, supporting the Strategic Relationship Managers in their roles
- Oversee that sourcing models are clear, followed and deliver value for the defined services
- Develop, maintain and enhance overall governance frameworks to ensure that all people follow the defined governance, avoid creation of silos
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand challenges and opportunities
- Continually streamline/automate processes to improve efficiency, collaborating with other teams as required (Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, Legal)
- Provide guidance and support to Technology Department on adherence to internal policies and processes
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve IT Methodology frameworks
- Develop and expand the Performance Objective process using OKR Framework

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree and / or Master’s with relevant IT and Finance background
- Relevant Senior management experience, with minimum 10 years’ experience
- Understanding of IT Operating Models and Technology Business Management frameworks
- Experience in IT Management with strong understand of IT Operations and ITIL frameworks
- Self-driven to understand the organization and operations, identify opportunities and develop solutions to gain alignment with stakeholders, and implement
- Experience in leading cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide program, operating and influencing effectively across the organization and within complex contexts
- Proven ability to shape a range of diverse requirements into coherent and understandable change programs which can be justified at a strategic level
- Ability to collect data, consolidate into a meaningful understanding so that it can be analyzed, and decisions taken
- Interpret and deal with incomplete data, and exercise judgement where there is ambiguity
- Strong experience in project management skills; developing plans, executing effectively with status reporting and risk management to deliver on target
- Strong documentation skills, and the ability to work in rapidly changing, fast paced environment
- Ability to influence others which are not directly reporting to you
- Open-minded and future looking to identify gaps and implement improvement
- Ability to understand more strategic and tactical perspectives, yet understanding operational details to know how to get things done
- Exceptionally collaborative, flexible, and adaptable when working with customers and various teams
- Fluent in English. Other languages are a plus.

Additional Information
- ** This position will be based at our IT hub in Madrid with the possibility of working from home**

A career at SGS enables you to collaborate in an open, friendly and supportive culture that thrives on teamwork, and flourish in an environment where people respect and help each other to grow and succeed. Expand and enrich your career through endless opportunities to learn, grow your expertise and fulfill your potential.