Chief Information Officer

As a Chief Information Officer, you will be part of a highly dedicated and professional team, which is responsible for delivering the highest quality of service to an internationally dedicated client base. The main purpose of your role is to modernise the entire IT platform - spanning technology, people, and processes - needed to support the growth ambitions of P&O Ferrymasters.

Key responsibilities:

• You will play a central role in this transformation by deeply understanding business objectives and challenges, and leading the IT modernisation journey.
• Providing strategic oversight for how technology is used to realise business objectives.
• Ensuring strong alignment between business needs and IT capabilities.
• Owning and managing IT budgets, ensuring cost-effective and value-driven investments.
• Leading IT infrastructure and operations to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Establishing and nurturing strategic IT partnerships.
• Overseeing software development to support both core operations and innovation initiatives.
• Driving successful delivery of IT projects, ensuring value realisation, timelines, and budgets.
• Fostering effective IT business partnering to support strategic and operational goals.
• Overseeing IT support services to ensure timely and effective resolution of user needs.
• Ensuring robust IT security posture, compliance, and risk management across all systems.

Your profile:

• A transformation mindset with a strong preference for change and progress over maintaining the status quo.
• Excellent people skills and a clear, well-defined leadership style with the ability to build capable, empowered teams.
• Motivated by solving real business problems rather than chasing the latest technology trends.
• Skilled in defining clear strategies and driving effective execution.
• Direct and transparent communication style.
• Minimum of five years of general leadership experience.
• Background in working with technology is essential, though prior experience within an IT organisation is not required.
• Industry-specific experience (e.g., logistics, shipping) is not required.
• Good command of English language and another European language.

P&O Ferrymasters offers a competitive package in line with the seniority of the position. Salary will be dependent on the experience of the successful candidate.

We offer:

• Employee Assistance Scheme.
• Employee wellbeing programme.
• Opportunities for personal and professional training and development.
• Access to GoodHabitz training courses, including: Effective Communication, Project Management, Time Management.
• Friendly team, supportive and professional managers.
• Flexible working environment where humour is important.
• Organised Christmas Parties and Summer Events.

As part of the DP World group, P&O Ferrymasters offers a diverse, inclusive, and dynamic workplace, where you’ll collaborate with a global team committed to innovation and excellence in logistics and trade.

Time to act! Do you have what we’re looking for? And does this sound like the perfect opportunity for you? We hope so – in which case, now’s the time to let us know!