Interim Head of IT Operations to a leading European provider of secure IT infrastructure

Copenhagen

4 Months

Our customer is a European provider of critical IT infrastructure and security with HQ in Copenhagen and office locations in a number of other EU countries. The company has an EBITDA at approximately DKK +200 million, +800 employees.

The company are embarking on an IT strategy to professionalize and centralize the IT organization.

The interim Head of IT Operations will work collaboratively and collectively with the Head of Transformation

The interim Head of IT Operations will lead a team of 8 people and report to the Group CFO.

Key Responsibilities:

  • This position provides the strategy, leadership, and day-to-day management of the IT department including infrastructure, software, hardware, networks, and security
  • Responsible for the analysis, design, planning, implementation, and maintenance of all facets of the IT department
  • Planning, coordination, and directions of all daily operational activities of these departments and providing direction and solutions that enhance mission-critical operations of the IT department
  • This position provides the strategy, leadership, and day-to-day management of the IT department including infrastructure, software, hardware, networks, and security
  • Ultimate responsibility of identifying and designing current and future technical IT operations solutions
  • Ensuring that the digital business support is developed efficiently with high quality
  • Builds a collaborative culture within the department and partners with various departments within the organization.
  • Collaborates with the financial department in deciding the IT department’s financial needs as well as the financial allocation amongst departmental teams.
  • Responsibility of oversight of the entire network and system infrastructure ensuring proper configuration, implementation, maintenance, and monitoring of security firewalls, sites/software, servers, data and file encryption, and internet connections.

Systems:

  • NAV BC
  • Dynamics
  • ServiceNow
  • Office365
  • Slack

 

Contact:

Any questions regarding the assignment should be addressed to Partner Rasmus Jerver on rj@nextt.dk

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