Chief Information Officer

3 days ago

York, York City, United Kingdom Pavers Shoes Full time
About Pavers Shoes

Pavers Shoes is a highly profitable and fast-growing family business with a strong balance sheet and a turnover over £200m. We are a leading retailer in the footwear industry, with a rich history spanning over 50 years.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic IT leader to join our team as Chief Information Officer. As a key member of our Senior Leadership Team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a systems estate that delivers our organisational objectives, as well as helping to direct the wider business' strategy.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and lead our long-term technical strategy to help deliver our company goals
  • Provide inspirational leadership, support, and guidance to the team, motivating them to hit delivery deadlines and communicating progress in the appropriate senior forums
  • Improving departmental productivity through effective prioritisation, and the use of automation and LLMs
  • Lead the Heads of Departments managing development, infrastructure, data management and support teams
  • Help identify and define business improvement, cost-reduction, and growth opportunities through technical innovation
  • Deliver business-wide technical improvements
  • Ensure C-Suite/board level stakeholder engagement
  • Set cost-conscious budgets, define objectives, monitor workflows, identify, and fill resource gaps, and implement and refine processes as required
  • Establish and monitor key performance metrics
Requirements
  • Experience working as an IT Director / Head of IT (ideally with a matrix structure) at C-Suite/board level, with a history of delivering significant commercial competitive advantage
  • Experience leading large, multi-team IT functions ideally within an established business who have undertaken a modernisation programme
  • A proven track record of motivating technical teams to deliver outperformance, including the deployment of productivity tools and automation
  • Evidence of delivering business improvement through technical change and innovation
  • Excellent team leadership capabilities and familiarity with the Agile development framework
  • Positive, engaging, inclusive attitude and management style
  • Significant experience working within a Retail and/or family business
  • Possess the ability to influence others and drive their team's development
  • Is gritty, resilient, candid, and operates with honesty, integrity, and a willingness to share learning and knowledge
  • Champions personal and team development
  • Adapts quickly to change and juggles conflicting demands calmly when under pressure
  • Has a passion for footwear, a sense of humour, and a general drive to just get things done
Technical Requirements
  • Microsoft SQL
  • Javascript
  • VB.NET, C#, Javascript (REACT, Nuxt)
  • Windows Server
  • VMWare
  • IP Networking
  • Linux
  • AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
  • Shopify / eCommerce platforms
  • Snowflake / Data warehousing
  • Tableau
  • Telephony
Benefits/Package

We offer a competitive salary, plus LTIP, annual profit related bonus scheme, PMI cover, car allowance, death in service, and a range of other benefits including:

  • Generous Staff Discount
  • Holiday Entitlement (Increases with service)
  • Company Contribution Pension
  • Access to RetailTRUST (Wellbeing Support)
  • Access to RetailCURE (Financial Support)
  • Access to the Pavers Foundation: an employee-led grant application and charitable giving scheme

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