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Director, ICT Services - Wärtsilä Oyj Abp
Helsinki
September 9, 2024
Wärtsilä is an innovative technology company known for being a forerunner in the Marine and Energy markets. Every day, we - Wärtsilians, put our hearts and minds into turning Wärtsilä's purpose of enabling sustainable societies with smart technology and our Smart Marine and Energy visions into reality. We aim to provide increased value to both our customers and society. New, game-changing ideas and continuous improvement have been part of our DNA since 1834. Together, we can create new business opportunities and more sustainable future that we can all be proud of.
Wärtsilä Information Management (IM) offers best-in-class IT services that bring highest possible value for our businesses. We support businesses in digitizing core operations and harvesting new digital business opportunities via technology and information. As our current Director is moving to a new role and to respond to growing business demand and performance of our IT organisation in ever complex business environment, we are seeking a director to lead and transform our ICT Service organization.
ICT Services is a global organization providing hosting, cloud and Dev Ops environments, networks and connectivity, end user devices (workstations, laptops, mobile devices) and all basic end user IT services and software for all Wärtsilians across the world. The organization has a head count of roughly 100 people located in Finland, India and across our various sites across the world. This is an opportunity for a seasoned IT leader to take on a new high impact role and help transform our global IT offering.
Your mission is to run, develop and deploy modern and scalable IT operating model that drives overall performance and accelerates speed of business development. Business management satisfaction, operational performance and employee engagement are your guiding stars to measure success. We are looking to improve our end user IT experience both in terms of new technology like improved office environments and AI and in terms of better and faster service in case of new needs or issues.
RESPONSIBLITIES
CONTACT AND NEXT STEPS
Wise IT Finland will assist Wärtsilä in this important recruitment process. If you have any questions about the position, please contact: Tiia-Liina Aavisto, IT Recruitment Consultant, tiia-liina.aavisto@wiseit.fi +358 40 186 0696 and Marie Leivo, Executive Search Specialist, marie.leivo@k2Search.fi, +358 40 640 3205.
Does this sound like the job for you? If yes, we hope to hear from you before the application deadline 29th of September 2024, through submitting your application via our Wise IT recruitment system.
Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2022, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 6.1 billion with approximately 17,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
Wärtsilä Information Management (IM) offers best-in-class IT services that bring highest possible value for our businesses. We support businesses in digitizing core operations and harvesting new digital business opportunities via technology and information. As our current Director is moving to a new role and to respond to growing business demand and performance of our IT organisation in ever complex business environment, we are seeking a director to lead and transform our ICT Service organization.
ICT Services is a global organization providing hosting, cloud and Dev Ops environments, networks and connectivity, end user devices (workstations, laptops, mobile devices) and all basic end user IT services and software for all Wärtsilians across the world. The organization has a head count of roughly 100 people located in Finland, India and across our various sites across the world. This is an opportunity for a seasoned IT leader to take on a new high impact role and help transform our global IT offering.
Your mission is to run, develop and deploy modern and scalable IT operating model that drives overall performance and accelerates speed of business development. Business management satisfaction, operational performance and employee engagement are your guiding stars to measure success. We are looking to improve our end user IT experience both in terms of new technology like improved office environments and AI and in terms of better and faster service in case of new needs or issues.
RESPONSIBLITIES
- Lead the ICT services function and organization keeping Wärtsilä business running every day
- Develop, deploy and run modern and scalable IT operating model that improves overall performance
- Lead own organisation towards operational excellence and continuous improvement mindset
- Evaluate and further develop IT partnering strategy in co-operations with IT sourcing organisation
- Develop and deliver together with our partners innovative IT services to fulfil end user and business requirements
- Drive improvement in end user and management IT satisfaction and deliver improved and measured business value
- Own ICT Services partnering strategy to support business profitability and growth via competitive, highly performing digital supplier ecosystem providing the latest technology with cost efficiency
- Manage business and stakeholder relations and feedback and handle top management communications
- Be an active member in IM Management team and contribute to development of the overall IT organization
- M.Sc. in Information Technology, Engineering or Economics & Business Administration
- Excellent management and leadership skills with capability to drive change (+10 years)
- Proven track record of leading successful IT organisation and operating model transformation (+10 years)
- Proven track record of partnering and managing complex outsourced IT service operations and development (+10 years)
- Experience in operational excellence and continuous improvement frameworks and methodologies (ITIL, Agile, Lean, etc.)
- Currently working in a global >1BN company or with a system integrator in a senior IT position
- Solid financial knowledge with capability to manage IT spend (+10 Meur per annum scale) and improve efficiency, make business case modelling and understanding of main profitability and business value drivers
- Proactive and goal-focused attitude to work with excellent influencing and decision-making skills
- Good knowledge of ICT Operations, Cloud, Service Management, Workplace areas
- Fluent written and spoken English and advanced presentation skills
CONTACT AND NEXT STEPS
Wise IT Finland will assist Wärtsilä in this important recruitment process. If you have any questions about the position, please contact: Tiia-Liina Aavisto, IT Recruitment Consultant, tiia-liina.aavisto@wiseit.fi +358 40 186 0696 and Marie Leivo, Executive Search Specialist, marie.leivo@k2Search.fi, +358 40 640 3205.
Does this sound like the job for you? If yes, we hope to hear from you before the application deadline 29th of September 2024, through submitting your application via our Wise IT recruitment system.
Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2022, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 6.1 billion with approximately 17,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
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