Group IT Operations Director

Group IT Operations Director focuses on transformation director ensures technology investments deliver value, mitigate.

What the role involves

• Transformation Director ensures technology investments deliver value, mitigate.
• Build credibility with senior stakeholders, including Executive committee, regional leaders, and external partners.
• Driving the development of the enterprise technology plan and multi-year roadmaps in partnership with enterprise architecture and functional leaders.
• Maintain robust IT governance structures, policies, and processes to ensure transparency, consistent decision making, and alignment with regulatory and industry standards.
• Build alignment and engagement around the IT strategy.
• Build strong partnership relationships with senior business leaders across regions, business units, and functional teams to understand strategic needs, prioritise.

Skills and requirements

• Significant experience in IT strategy, governance, enterprise architecture, or related senior leadership roles within a complex organisation.

Confirmed role details

• IT Procurement lifecycle experience, running RFI/P, contract negotiations, renewals and legal review.
• This is a hybrid role balancing time at our offices in Cowick, East Yorkshire with home office and will include some international travel.

Candidate fit

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship‑building skills to build trust and engagement within a network driven organisation.

Additional role context

• Croda is a FTSE100 organisation.
• With over 5,000 employees globally, we specialise in the.
• Travelled through Croda since our beginning in 1925.