Head of IT

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ABOUT BANIJAY

Banijay Group is the world’s leading tv-production company. In the Nordic region, Banijay Nordic consists of 17 individual production companies, physically located in Sweden, Denmark, Norway & Finland bringing together a diverse offering within scripted and non-scripted programming and entertainment.

THE POSITION AS HEAD OF IT

On behalf of Banijay Nordic Recruit IT is looking for a Head of IT who will be responsible for the development of increased cooperation between IT functions in Banijay Nordic and securing Nordic IT alignment, understand best practice, define common Nordic success criterias, secure project, and application implementations etc. with the aim to develop and secure implementation of a Nordic IT organization and strategy, support a slim cost base while technology develop and support the individually production entities across the territory.
The role will have an initial focus on Denmark, which currently consists of 5 independent productions companies (ex. well known strong Brands like; Mastiff, Metronome and Nordisk Film TV), one Post company and two administrative companies. IT is largely today handled separately in each of these companies. However, in the three other Nordic countries IT has been centralized on a countrylevel, but this has yet to be done in Denmark. The Head of IT should lead this transition to the future shared IT organization in Denmark.
Following the successful consolidation in Denmark, the role will expand and increase its focus on the entire Nordic region, ensuring that our IT infrastructure and strategy support our business objectives.

CORE COMPETENCES

Banijay Nordic is looking for a candidate with the following competences:

• Proven experience in a senior IT leadership role, preferably within a Nordic organization
• Strong background in IT infrastructure, systems integration, and strategic planning
• Demonstrated success in leading IT transformations and consolidations
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

The key areas of responsibility for the Head of IT are:

• Drive the transition into a shared IT-organization for Banijay Denmark with a clear focus on standardization and efficiency
• Develop and lead the IT organization with focus on agility and flexibility
• Define and implement the future IT strategy for Banijay Nordic with the right security foundation
• Identify and leverage synergies across the Nordic countries to optimize IT operations and costs
• Responsible for budget and cost
• Lead the cross organizational IT-steering group
• Transform IT from a value maintenance service function to a value enabler, with clear visions for driving the digital and cloud first agenda
• Prepare and take the technical lead on a future ERP implementation
• Be the main point of contact in IT for all requests and dialogues with Banijay Group

This position will require a limited amount of travel within the Nordic countries and within Banijay Group. The number of travel days are estimated to 10-30 pr. year.