Chief Information Officer - Cooperative Bank

Chief Information Officer (CIO) - (Co-Operative Bank)

Job Title - Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Head of IT Department

Location - Ahmedabad

CTC: 35-40 Lacs

Experience:- Minimum 15 years of experience in the IT domain of the banking industry with 5 years in the leadership role of handling a team of a minimum of 20 people

IT Head Job Responsibilities

1 Manage and Administer the IT Department

2 Align and develop IT Strategy in line with Business Strategy

3 In conjunction with CISO, develop and implement a comprehensive IT Security Policy

4 Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, and external and internal audits. Also, ensure that security/regulatory certifications are met and renewed/updated as per requirement.

5 Project Management of all IT projects

6 Ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all mission-critical applications, databases, and IT assets.

7 Assess requirements, design, and develop new IT systems to support the business requirements.

8 Provide key inputs to the Directors, Board, and other Senior Management personnel on IT-related issues and developments in the banking industry.

9 Manage the day-to-day affairs of the IT Department and its human resources and resolve issues.

10 Assess training requirements of the IT personnel and ensure adequate and relevant training is provided to them.

11 Develop and manage IT vendors

12 Upgrade and manage the IT infrastructure of the Bank

13 Keep abreast of IT Developments within the Indian Banking industry.

14 Ensure best practices and adherence to international and local standards.

15 Develop Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan

16 Chair the IT Systems Committee meeting and advise Top Management on IT Projects and Strategy.

Leadership Competency:-

Leads through Vision and strategic thinking: - Visualizes the future, builds appropriate strategies, and deploys them through strategic initiatives and actions.

Action-driven leadership: - Sets stretch goals, and plans and provides energized leadership for flawless execution, removes barriers, and facilitates problem-solving and decision-making.

Builds High-performance teams and develops people: - Facilitates high performance and achieving full potential by the team. Makes efforts to build and groom people.

Business Excellence: - Market-driven, tracks environment, proactively anticipates business needs and responds speedily ahead of the competition, seeks and seizes business opportunities. Exhibit a high degree of concern towards business and thins strategically to augment the same.

Takes and manages risk effectively: - Takes calculated risks to deliver significant business results, provides opportunities for and encourages calculated risk-return analyzed decisions.

Technological Excellence: - Technology savvy and up-to-date with the latest technology can leverage technology for business growth and customer service.

Facilitates Learning, Innovation, and Change:- Is innovative, flexible and open-minded, willing to learn, can think out-of-box, can accept change and also drive change and inculcate same to the team"