IT Director

Job description / Role

Reporting directly to the COO. This is currently the most senior IT management role within the Group. The incumbent will assume complete ownership of the Organization’s IT strategy and ensure it is properly aligned with the overall objectives of the business. The IT Director will participate and contribute to the planning, development, evaluation management and assume complete budgetary control as well as co-coordinating all the information and technology systems for the business to ensure a competitive advantage.

• Sets the mission and vision of the IT Organization to foster the desired culture.
• Provides strategic direction for all business wide IT operations, including infrastructure and architecture, applications development, re-engineering business processes, networks, outsourcing, and computer and auxiliary operations and support and integration following applications development and security following infrastructure
• Partners with the business leadership to define their operational strategy and facilitate the delivery.
• Builds relationships and create synergies across the business to ensure the most cost-effective and innovative shared solutions.
• Plans and delivers the annual expense and capital expenditure budget for the IT Department.
• Manages the budget to ensure consistency with the organization’s overall strategic objectives.
• Works with all functions and the IT Senior Management Team to develop a “people” strategy that is aligned with the internal Blue Eagle strategy to meet the group business objectives
• Stays current in new technologies and platforms; identifying which emerging technologies might be assimilated and integrated with the organization to ensure the future IT capabilities respond to the needs of the business in terms of future growth.

Salary:
AED 45,000 to 47,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.
Additional benefits: Medical, Schooling, Discretionary Bonus, annual leave

Requirements

• 10+ years in the Construction, Logistics, Facilities services or waste management industry.
• 5+ years leadership responsibilities.
• 5+years in a related industry sector managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders.
• Experience in handling an IT Budget of $5 Mil +
• Fluency in English is essential. Fluency in French is desirable.
• Understanding of current, and emerging, technologies, and project management / best practice frameworks (ITIL, ISO, PMI or Prince 2)

About the Company

Inspire Selection is an award winning recruitment agency, headquartered in Dubai which recruits across the Middle East region. We employ highly knowledgeable, professional consultants who are experts in connecting the right people with the right opportunities. Our reputation has been built upon our honesty, integrity and our ability to source candidates of the highest calibre right across our specialist sectors. As a result, we are recruitment partners to a wide spectrum of organisations - from leading blue chip companies to smaller, local businesses. Sectors we cover include HR, Administration, Finance & Accounting, Legal, Sales & Marketing including Digital Marketing, IT, Oil/Gas/Energy, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Higher Education.