Head of IT at APM Terminals

The Head of IT has responsibility for strategic planning and directing of IT delivery within a well-defined functional area. They will act as a single point of accountability for projects and delivery streams within the area of responsibility.

On top of this they will also have accountability for overall development of the function, organisation and delivery capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Key contact for terminal business regarding local demand and ensuring adequate IT service delivery, IT business partnering and IT operations management
• Partner with business leads on new business capabilities/ platform discovery and roadmap
• Working with terminal business stakeholders to agree on an integrated plan for delivery.
• Develop, maintain and own IT business plans that reflect the demand and strategic requirements of the business for a terminal
• Partner with the business in strategic discussions and bring the view of technology implications and benefits.
• Ensure WoW standards are followed at the terminal for IT performance 
• Understand business strategy, business processes & information needs to exploit IT and enable the business to deliver against their plans. 
• Work across the wider Technology & Industrial IT organization to deliver value to the business through robust IT services and innovation.
• Actively drive IT value through membership on the Terminal Management Team seat.
• Proactively challenge and manage key business stakeholders at MD level and below.
• Manage terminal demand in a cost constraint environment ensuring business value is delivered. 
• Lead, coach and develop the talent pipeline. 
• Ensuring adequate service provisioning through regional and global service delivery teams
• Manage terminal Tech team

Accountabilities

• Accountable for terminal IT operations excellence 
• Accountable for local IT demand and execution delivery 
• Responsible for implementing the right IT initiatives to become a world class terminal.   
• Accountable for budget management for the terminal   
• Accountable to ensure cyber security needs are implemented and maintained in the terminal
• Accountable for all technology and infrastructure at the terminal  

What we're looking for

• Strong IT Management experience
• Experience in managing and / or steering of large-scale technology projects/programs
• Broad experience with technology solutions and services, across the IT infrastructure, application and automation space
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build credibility and relationships with staff and senior business leaders
• Second-to-none business ethics
• 4 days per week on site required, with 1 day from home in base location
• You will be required to visit non-base location spending at least one week of the month - whether this be Lagos or Port Harcourt (Omne)