We are currently looking for a Head of Group IT (CIO),where you will play a significant role at the heart of transforming our IT strategy and ensuring the seamless integration of advanced technologies to position the company as a truly digital enterprise. Group IT has 280+ colleagues and is ultimately responsible for all IT aspects - Enterprise Architecture, Solution Development, Infrastructure & Operations, Cyber & Info Security, IT Governance - within all Groups business lines. 

As a key member of the Leadership team, reporting directly to the CEO, you will develop strategies to align IT functions with business goals while supporting rapid growth. If that speaks to you, wed be happy to welcome you to our team!   

Take YOUR part in #EnergySmart!    

You will contribute to green and secure energy ecosystem creation by: 

• Designing and implementing IT strategy that enables organization to run, grow and transform in a much faster but still cost-effective and secure way 
• Ensuring IT delivery in complex business projects and major IT4IT initiatives 
• Working closely with a range of stakeholders: business units, supporting functions,  companies management and supervisory bodies 
• Improving governance of Enterprise IT model and increasing maturity of Agile and DevOps teams; 
• Driving engineering effort of legacy systems transformation / refactoring into a modern architecture enabling autonomous operations of cross-functional agile teams

• Have 5+ years of  IT leadership experience in a large organization
• Have 5+ years of IT experience in implementing complex strategic projects, in which IT played major role 
• Have proven experience to design IT strategy, enforce policies and procedures within large companies (advantageously within holding setup) meanwhile fostering entrepreneurial spirit to speed up execution 
• Have strong people management skills with the ability to motivate and lead teams (including cross-functional project teams), achieve sustainable results and drive change
• Are expert in interpreting and pragmatically applying IT standards (IT4IT, COBIT, ITIL, TOGAF, etc.) and the latest trends in the IT market (cloud, ML/AI, etc.) 
• Have strong stakeholder management skills including clearly reporting to top management and influencing without authority
• Have solid problem-solving and decision-making skills, ability to find a solution in complex issues
• Proficiency in English 

Would be an advantage:

• Have led and delivered multi-year, multi-million strategic transformation program with direct responsibility for business outcomes

• Top management support and substantial resources to implement rational strategic IT transformations in growing business environment 
• Mentorship-based culture designed to facilitate meaningful and value-driven work  
• Leadership development programs  
• Attention to physical and emotional health: wellness mentor initiatives and psychological support, volleyball and basketball teams, etc.  
• Diverse and inclusive environment  
• A package of additional benefits to choose from: pension accumulation, health insurance, or another benefit from the selectable benefits list in the MELP application  
• Additional paid days for health improvement, short-term illness, volunteering, and accumulated work experience 

Join a growing and increasingly international team of energy smart people united by a common purpose. We all play our part in creating a 100% green and secure energy ecosystem for current and future generations.

As we pursue our strategic goals to increase gender balance in Ignitis Group, we are indicating f/m/d next to job titles, meaning we welcome candidates of all genders – female, male or diverse.

Ignitis Group is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, age, disability or other personal traits unrelated to work obligations.

Do you want to contribute to projects that are changing the future of energy generation and consumption across the Baltic region?  

Ignitis Group is active in the Baltic states, Poland and Finland. We are leveraging our integrated business model to maximise potential. We set our focus on onshore and offshore wind, batteries, pumped-storage hydro and power-to-X technologies, to deliver 4–5 GW of installed green generation and green flexibility capacity by 2030, thus strengthening our contribution to Europe's decarbonisation and energy security in the region.  

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