IT Director

at  National Broadband Ireland

2603
Dublin
Permanent
National Broadband Ireland (NBI) is currently accepting applications for the role of IT Director to join their growing team!
We’re National Broadband Ireland and we’re delivering the largest telecommunications project that Ireland has ever seen. We’re designing, building and operating Ireland’s new, high-speed wholesale broadband network under the National Broadband Plan. Our aim is to radically transform the country’s broadband landscape through the delivery of quality, affordable high-speed broadband to all parts of Ireland where such services are not available commercially.
The NBI™ network using a combination of State subsidy and commercial investment will deliver high-speed broadband to over 1.1 million people and over 569,000 premises in Ireland. No matter how remote or rural, no town, village or community will be left behind. NBI will be responsible for the management of the new national broadband network for the next 25 years.

QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• 10 years’ experience in a senior leadership/board position in IT in a medium-large business
• 10 years senior leadership responsibility managing/supporting multiple, large, cross functional applications and technology service teams or projects, having delivered major capital projects.
• Proven experience in the development of a significant strategy that demonstrates the capacity to deliver and support significant business growth and delivers operational efficiencies and process improvements
• Creating and leading high-performance project teams that are generated on a solid foundation of building productive communication, creating innovative solutions and delivering great performance with a focus on time, cost and quality.
• Knowledge of emerging technology and understanding the applicability to our industry. Demonstratable application of AI to drive efficiencies or process improvements.
• Track record of running all aspects of the provision of Enterprise IT delivery and care services to an organisation of the scale of NBI (250+ employees) inc. budget management, stakeholder management, delivery of key objectives to time, quality and cost metrics.
• Educated to degree level in a related area with a relevant professional qualification (or equivalent evidence of experience)

• Lead a team responsible for all activities related to the design, development, implementation and in life management of NBI Systems, Software Applications, hosting requirements and internal ICT business needs.
• Manage the development and deployment of high-quality new applications and/or evaluate, install, configure and deploy new applications, systems software, products and/or enhancements to existing applications
• Ensure all IT technology functions are operating effectively and efficiently with necessary security and business continuity plans in place.
• Ensure that applications meet business requirements and system goals, fulfil end user requirements, and identify and resolve systems issues.
• Ensure all corporate and contractual obligations, policies and procedures are understood and followed by the IT team and implemented across the entire business
• Ownership and management of all IT budgets with objective of actively targeting cost improvements whilst maintaining quality and delivery goals.
• Lead and deliver large scale system enhancements or new deployments as required by business users or to deliver strategic objectives aligned with process improvements or operational efficiencies.
• Review and analyse existing applications and hosting structure/usage effectiveness and efficiency, and develop strategies for improving or leveraging these systems.
• Ensure effective research and testing of new software programs and applications in support of addressing system, customer or user issues, working with those undertaking analysis and design, and system owners.
• Ensure that any new software integration into the company systems meets functional requirements, system compliance and interface specifications.
• Monitor incident trends and anticipate potential problems for proactive resolution.
• Use initiative to propose solutions to strategic and operational problems and identify opportunities for collaborative activity, including innovation to further the strategic aims of NBI
• Manage and provide direction for the IT team in support of business operations. Motivates, develops and coaches IT team to ensure best performance at all times.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with clients and suppliers as well as key partners and stakeholders
• Strives for efficiencies and process improvements within the IT systems, Licencing and hosting overheads and/or to support operational requirements
• Working with our IT Enterprise Architect and ICT Partner ensuring our Enterprise and Office IT solutions are best in class, capable of meeting Customer Requirements and Quality of Service and roadmaps are developed and maintained to ensure solutions remain state of the art
• Participate in the Company’s security committee, liaising in particular with the CSO, Director for Risk Management and DPO in relation to information security matters
• Responsibility for developing, implementing and monitoring a strategic, comprehensive enterprise cybersecurity and IT risk management programme that meets the Company’s information security strategy.
• Ensure implementation of disaster recovery, back-up procedures and information security and control structures to protect company data and infrastructure.