The Role

As the primary point of contact the UK CIO / Head of IT is critical to the continued development and growth of the UK business. They areThe role is responsible for implementing BNP Paribas Group IT strategy and delivering local business priorities and will provide experienced strategic leadership for the UK IT Department and the wider UK business.

The UK IT Department is composed of  a mix of permanent and contract staff with a wide range of skills and experience in delivering business solutions, operating production environments, supporting users and maintaining security. The Head of IT will lead this team in delivering business as usual excellence and promote ideas for the development of systems and the IT function and take responsibility for turning these ideas into tangible deliverables.

BNP Paribas Real Estate UK sits within the European Real Estate business, which in turn is supported by BNP Paribas’ global IT infrastructure. As a consequence, the UK CIO / Head of IT has a pivitol part to play in managing relationships with key stake holder across the BNP Paribas group and within the local business. Proven experience in building strong relationships and managing competing priorities within large and/or complex corporate environments is seen as essential for success.

Responsibilities 

•    Collect business expectations (& support to clarify needs)

•    Coordinate IT strategy & roadmap with business objectives. Establish a yearly business project roadmap and organize IT Budgets / resources / teams to deliver. 

•    Pilot and report on IT UK Budget ( For local and central reporting)

•    Coordinate local IT Projects : manage sourcing activity to deliver, report on status & progress (end to end follow-up), …

•    Organize User Application Support activities 

•    Take local responsibility IT Risk & Cybersecurity with Paris central teams (including the implementation of the Cyber program locally)   

•    Ensure BNPP Architecture principals are respected (Coordinating with Paris architecture team) 

•    Oversee IT procurement for the business

•    Oversee of IT related projects and associated spend

•    Develop and deliver IT business plans

•    Deliver a consistent an excellent service to the business

•    Continue to monitor market best-practice and advise the business accordingly

•    Provide effective and accurate advice and guidance to managers in order to maximise their output

•    Establish strong working relationships between the IT team, the business and group

•    Monitor the IT service to the business via regular reviews and promptly rectify any shortfall in quality

•    Encourage innovative practices and thinking to support the delivery of an industry leading service

•    Constantly monitor and improve departmental systems, processes, controls and procedures

•    Manage the evolution of IT products in the business 

•    Review and sign-off on procedures, process and audit

•    Manage change effectively in order to improve quality and profitability of the service

•    Develop a network of contacts externally and within the business and manage those relationships proactively

•    Constantly manage and monitor the quality of data across the main applications at BNPPRE

Opportunity of Personal Development

Within this role you can expect to develop technical and managerial experience and knowledge, and demonstrate your capability to deliver across all aspects of IT activities (development & project management, production & application support, IT security, IT Architecture,…)      

Person specification

Essential Skills

•    Qualifying IT or business-related degree

•    Problem solving and crisis management 

•    Capability to understand business expectation and process   

•    Facilitation

•    Good communication (oral and written) 

•    Project or program Management

•    Team Management 

•    Budget Management 

•    IT general skills (development, systems and network, …)

•    IT methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, ITIL, …)

•    French as second language (useful)

Essential Experience

•    Significative experiences in IT Business programs or projects with direct exposure to business sponsors and clients     

•    Substantial IT background with various IT experiences, skills and competences (IT development, IT production and IT program management, …)  

•    Extensive managerial experience (Including management of managers)

•    Experience in IT risk management

•    Familiarity with IT in large and complex corporate environments 

•    Strong market profile as both a leader and expert in specialist field

•    Strong technical IT background with considerable experience working in commercial IT departments

•    Proven track record of successfully building and delivering a complete IT service

•    Experienced at operating with senior managers to executive level

•    Experienced in budget, business planning and monitoring

•    Confident and experienced user of the Microsoft Office suite 

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

•    Health & Leisure: Private medical cover, 30 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work 

•    Financial:  Pension, company car allowance, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme - you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice 

BNP Paribas Real Estate is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.