Mercedes-Benz Finans Sweden AB and Denmark A/S offer financial services for both B2B and B2C for Mercedes-Benz vehicles. We are part of the Mercedes-Benz Group and have a joint Swedish-Danish organization, with our headquarter located in the Öresund region.

Can you picture yourself in an exciting and independent position at one of the world's leading automotive and mobility providers? Does innovation and continued development motivate you? If so, the position as Head of IT (CIO) might be your next career step.

About The Role

As the Head of IT at Mercedes-Benz Finans you will play a central role in utilizing technology to drive business value and aligning IT initiatives with the organization’s goals. This position is critical for shaping the organization’s digital strategy and ensuring that technology investments support and enable business growth. We implement and develop projects and changes, as well as ensuring life-cycle-management activities for our local systems.

You have a team of 9 direct reports and the responsibility for the local systems. Furthermore, you are in charge of the project portfolio for the Swedish and Danish market and also the information security aspects for the system landscape.

You represent IT in the local management team for Mercedes-Benz Finans Sweden and Denmark. You will be based in the office in Malmö and report to our CIO Global Markets in Stuttgart.

Key Tasks:

Lead the team – develop, coach and retain highly motivated people.
Collaborate with the local management and other stakeholders to evaluate and leverage the benefits and risks of IT projects, including keeping the project portfolio priorities up to date.
Ensure that IT strategies and processes are in line with company-wide goals and objectives.
Oversee relationships with vendors, contractors, and service providers to ensure effective partnerships and service delivery.
Take responsibility for information security and cyber risks, and with the help of the subject matter experts ensure that our systems are robust and safe.
Manage the global IT budget effectively, ensuring optimal resource allocation.

Your background

To be successful in this position we believe you have experience from a similar background with preferably more than 10 years of experience within IT, with at least 5 years’ experience of managing an IT organization. You have strong leadership, presentation and communication skills and experience from working in an international environment.

Furthermore, you have:

Master’s degree in computer science or another relevant domain
Management experience in IT
Proficiency in project methodology, and leading change
Strong skills in vendor management, legal requirements, and compliance
Knowledge of IT strategy, enterprise architecture, and security architecture

Travel

The role requires limited travel, with occasional trips to our office in Copenhagen and sometimes in Europe.

We work in a hybrid model, which means a possibility to partly work from home.

Application

Please submit your application through the link, no later than April 21st.

For more information about the role, please contact Manager Digital Solutions, Nina Röhrt +46 40 66 09 236. For more information about the recruiting process, please contact HR, Tove Lestrup +46 40 66 09 234.

We will perform a background check on the final candidate of this recruitment process. If you have any questions related to this, please reach out to the HR contact listed above. For internal candidates a confirmed PV44 is required.

What We Stand For

Our commitment to inspire our customers with best-in class mobility services is what makes us a special company. No matter the continent, the unit or the product - the luxury claim of our company accompanies our employees from the very beginning. We actively work with goal setting, feedback and continuous learning with sustainability, integrity & diversity as our foundation in order to achieve an organizational culture where individuals feel valued, appreciated and engaged.

We strive to offer a wide range of benefits, such as: Birthday day-off, Pension, Benefits portal, Flexible working and Brand related offers

Are you ready to pass on your commitment and aspirations to our customers in our products and services? Imagine it. Do it. Live it. - Let's shape our culture together.

Together for excellence

We are one of the world’s most successful automotive companies. With its divisions Mercedes-Benz Cars, Mercedes-Benz Vans and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, the Mercedes-Benz Group is one of the biggest producers of luxury cars and the world’s biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a global reach. Mercedes-Benz Financial Services provides financing, leasing, fleet management, insurance and innovative mobility services.

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