Head of IT

About Allseas

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As Head of IT at Allseas, you will lead the strategic direction, governance, and operations of our global IT function. You’ll head a multi-tiered organization of approximately 70 FTEs, combining in-house expertise with outsourced delivery partners. Your mission: to align IT services and digital capabilities with business goals, regulatory standards, and innovation priorities.

You’ll represent IT at board level, positioning the department as a key enabler of Allseas’ ambitions. With a strong focus on people leadership, you’ll foster a high-performance culture, nurture talent, and drive transformation across infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, and data.

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

🔹 Strategic & Organizational Leadership

• Define and communicate the IT vision and strategy in alignment with corporate goals
• Represent IT at executive level and act as a strategic business partner
• Lead a multi-disciplinary IT organization, including governance, architecture, infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, and service management
• Ensure continuity of offshore operations (OT, onboard networking, data centers, connectivity)
• Manage ~70 FTEs across internal teams and supplier ecosystems.

🔹 People & HR Leadership

• Full HR responsibility for team leads: recruitment, onboarding, performance, career development
• Build leadership capability and drive engagement across the IT organization
• Promote diversity, inclusion, and shared ownership
• Increase IT maturity and business awareness across all levels.

🔹 Governance & Orchestration

• Maintain a multi-vendor ecosystem with clear SLAs, XLAs, and measurable outcomes
• Oversee Service Integration and Management (SIAM)
• Embed IT risk management, compliance, and security frameworks
• Implement multi-year budgeting and transparent asset management.

🔹 Service Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Ensure secure, stable, and high-quality IT services across all business units
• Balance in-house capabilities with outsourced providers
• Drive automation, efficiency, and proactive issue resolution
• Lead the transition from Oracle to SAP.

🔹 Portfolio & Transformation Management

• Oversee IT portfolio prioritization and resource allocation
• Sponsor transformation initiatives from infrastructure modernization to digital product development
• Promote agile and lean ways of working
• Ensure transparent reporting to C-level stakeholders.

🔹 Innovation & Future-Readiness

• Anticipate trends and position IT as a driver of innovation
• Build strategic vendor relationships for co-innovation
• Introduce technologies that deliver sustainable business advantage.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in IT, Business Administration, or related field
• 10+ years in IT leadership, including 5+ years in governance and multi-vendor orchestration
• Proven experience managing operational teams and strategic programs
• HR leadership experience with indirect span of control >50 FTE
• Familiarity with hybrid IT environments (on-prem, cloud) and enterprise applications (e.g., SAP)
• Knowledge of ITIL v4, SIAM, TOGAF, ISO 27001
• Strategic vision with strong execution discipline
• Excellent leadership and people development skills
• Vendor and contract management expertise
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement
• Data-driven decision-making
• Skilled in ITSM/ESM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira, Xurrent).

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Additional Information

Working at Allseas allows you the chance to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, with creative thinking, collaboration and down-to-earth culture at its core.

You can expect:

• Competitive industry benchmarked salary and excellent pension
• Performance based salary raises and bonuses
• 30 holidays days per year, flexible working hours
• Company-sponsored fitness scheme
• Internal clubs, committees, parties and (sportive) events.

Interested?

If you feel that you can contribute to our business by diving into this exciting opportunity, we are looking forward to receiving your CV and motivational letter!

Recruitment Agencies Notice
Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated. Allseas does not accept unsolicited profiles or proposals from recruitment or staffing agencies. Any such submissions will be considered unsolicited and will not be eligible for compensation.