Chief Information Officer in Guildford

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is accountable for the overall consolidation of Infovista's global technology landscape for IT, Information Security and Platforms under a single executive leader. The CIO ensures that technology operates as a strategic enabler of Infovista's business objectives, customer commitments, and long-term growth, while maintaining high levels of operational resilience, security, and cost discipline. The CIO reports to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and will work closely with the rest of the Leadership Team to support the delivery of Infovista's strategic and operational objectives—blending strategy, tech development, and operational alignment to lead technology development initiatives that accelerate performance in all aspects of our business.

This is a role for someone who thrives in high‑growth, high‑accountability environments; someone who enjoys turning complex problems into clear choices; and someone who brings energy, rigour, and leadership to big outcomes.

• Oversee the strategy, delivery, and lifecycle management of Infovista's enterprise technology roadmap, aligned with corporate objectives and growth priorities.
• Ensure coherence and prioritisation across platforms, applications, data, and operations are secure, scalable, resilient, and fit for current and future product needs.
• Act as principal technology advisor to the COO and ELT, providing clear, commercially grounded insight and recommendations.
• Provide executive accountability for the availability, performance, and reliability of all production and internal systems.
• Ensure strong operational governance, incident management, and service assurance.
• Embed modern operational practices to ensure initiatives are data‑backed, and aligned with strategic priorities.
• Enable teams through standardised tooling, automation, and well‑governed platform services.

• Lead and develop senior technology leaders across Platforms, InfoSec and IT.
• Build a high‑performing, accountable technology organisation with clear ownership and outcomes.
• Foster global collaboration across technology and business leadership.
• Establish clear technology governance, operating models, and decision‑making frameworks.

• Technology strategy clearly aligned to business priorities and execution progress visible.
• Ensure business applications are effectively integrated, cost‑efficient, and aligned to end‑to‑end business processes.
• Drive rationalisation and optimisation of application portfolios and vendor relationships.
• Ensure compliance with security standards, regulatory requirements, and audit obligations.
• Provide transparent reporting on delivery, performance, risk, resilience, and effective management of technology investment.

Strategic, commercially minded leader with strong judgement and integrity, able to translate complex technology topics into clear business outcomes, collaborate effectively across functions, and operate as a trusted, collaborative technology partner to the COO—demonstrating executive maturity, accountability, and effective cross‑functional leadership in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments.

• 8-15 years' experience in corporate technology, strategy, or high‑growth technology environments.
• Senior leadership experience across enterprise technology, platforms, and operations.
• Strong understanding of large‑scale platforms, enterprise applications, and service operations.
• Experience operating at executive leadership level.
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-disciplinary, global teams.
• Prior experience working with or presenting to board‑level stakeholders.
• Ability to lead complex cross‑functional initiatives with multiple senior stakeholders.