The Bahamas – Director / Head of IT

Director - Head of IT - Tier One Global Private Bank - The Bahamas
Compensation very competitive with great bonus potential

My client is a leading global private bank with a strong and established team in Bahamas. Through continued success and growth, the organization is seeking to hire a senior and experienced technologist to lead all the IT operation in Bahamas. This is a fantastic opportunity in which you will report into the Head of EMEA IT and the local COO. You will take key responsibility in managing the IT organization across development, support and infrastructure. Working closely with both onshore and offshore partners, you will require excellent communication and relationship skills. The role is based in Bahamas and the team is ideally looking for a local candidate. However, very strong candidates from outside Bahamas will be considered if they can demonstrate great potential and experience for this role. This is a business critical role, offering a significant amount of responsibility and heavy interaction with key global stakeholders. It is therefore essential that the candidate has significant experience in the IT management space and can hit the ground running from day one.

Responsibilities for Head Of Bahamas IT Role will include;

• Report to local COO and Head of IT in Europe
• Provide leadership across all technology aspects (development, support and infrastructure)
• Staffing sourcing
• Ensure SDLC is followed
• Maintain governance and transparency on all aspects of IT
• Budgeting resource planning
• Manage onshore and offshore partnerships and vendors

Skill Set Required for Head Of Bahamas IT Role will include;

• Strong IT-Technology Management Experience, ideally from a Wealth Management Background
• Amazing communication skills
• Strong people management and leadership experience
• Extensive proven experience managing people-projects
• Experience supporting complex governance with global and local stakeholders
• Financial product knowledge
• Degree in Information Technology or related

This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly experienced IT manager-lead to take a business critical and highly visible role with a leading tier one private bank in Bahamas. From day one you will have a key role in the global team, working very closely with extremely important and influential stakeholders in Bahamas and Europe alike. It is essential that you can demonstrate deep experience in the space and significant people-project management experience within a private wealth-banking IT environment.
Compensation will be very competitive, with great bonus potential and benefits.

The team is seeking to begin interviews asap and whilst local candidates will be preferred, non local candidates are also welcome to apply.

For more information please contact apply.a33hoituoo@selbyjennings.aptrack.co.uk or apply.a33hoituoo@selbyjennings.aptrack.co.uk or call 212 829 4354

Key Skills; Technology, Manager, IT Manager, Information Technology, London, UK, Manager, IT Management, Global, Infrastructure, COO, CIO, Bahamas

December 11, 2012 • Posted in: General

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