Chief Information Officer

About This Role

This Chief Information Officer role involves developing and executing enterprise IT strategy and digital transformation, aligning with business priorities, and driving digitalization across various operations. The role requires leadership in implementing and governing a wide range of enterprise applications and modernizing IT infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the enterprise IT strategy and digital transformation roadmap in alignment with business priorities
• Drive digitalisation and process integration across logistics, ports, shipping, railways, inland transportation, freight forwarding, customs clearance, and warehousing operations
• Lead the implementation, integration, and governance of SAP/ERP, Microsoft 365, WMS, railway applications, port and maritime systems, customer and vendor portals, cloud platforms, and other enterprise applications
• Establish scalable enterprise architecture and ensure seamless integration between internal systems and external customer, vendor, partner, and regulatory platforms
• Drive the adoption of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, predictive analytics, and intelligent workflows
• Develop enterprise analytics platforms, management dashboards, and data-driven decision-support systems
• Lead infrastructure modernisation across cloud, hybrid-cloud, networks, communication systems, end-user computing, and geographically dispersed operating locations
• Define and implement enterprise cybersecurity, information security, data privacy, incident response, and resilience frameworks
• Strengthen data governance, data quality, ownership, accessibility, security, and enterprise reporting capabilities
• Establish robust disaster recovery and business continuity frameworks, including periodic testing and resilience assessments
• Manage IT governance, technology risks, audits, regulatory compliance, software licences, and closure of control gaps
• Manage IT budgets, technology investments, business cases, vendor relationships, commercial negotiations, service-level agreements, and cost optimisation
• Build and lead a high-performing technology team and drive organisation-wide change management, user adoption, innovation, and continuous learning

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Minimum 15 years of progressive IT experience, with significant experience in technology leadership and enterprise transformation
• Proven track record of leading large-scale digital transformation and enterprise technology programmes
• Experience in logistics, supply chain, transportation, ports, warehousing, manufacturing, infrastructure, or another complex multi-location business environment