Unilever is currently hiring for Head of Information Technology – Sri Lanka

　　Function : Information Technology

　　Reports to: Geography IT Director – South Asia

　　Scope: Local

　　Location: Head Office, Colombo

　　Terms & Conditions: Full-time

　　ABOUT UNILEVER

　　With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

　　At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

　　JOB PURPOSE

　　Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you. If you are passionate to drive business performance by leveraging technology as a competitive advantage and enabling delivery of that technology in the market, then this role is just for you.

　　WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

　　Supporting UniOps strategic priorities in Sri Lanka through working closely with the journeys/experiences and global platforms to enable growth.

　　Owning technology roadmap for the business, aligned with the global strategic roadmap and journeys/experiences view to ensure driving business value in the cluster.

　　Being able to spot opportunities of using global technology solutions within the Cluster, drive adoption of the global solutions.

　　Being accountable for high uptime resilience of business-critical systems.

　　Be a master communicator. Ensure that business leaders are well informed about how technology can drive their business, any major risk areas, implementation plans, financial impacts.

　　Managing and deploy all elements of the technology programs, including all programs under IT Investment Board, Application Lifecycle Management and BAU Project budgets and operational systems.

　　Ensure the optimal risk profile of projects and programs based on business needs.

　　Ensuring effective resource balancing and prioritization across the South Asia programs and projects.

　　Managing the Geo technology team, including virtual teams, and 3rd party service providers.

　　Ensuring effective decommissioning and life cycle management of all local and Business Managed Applications, ensuring the applications are maintained in a supported state.

　　Attracting and develop talent across technology team to be able to work in an agile, collaborative, and digital way.

　　Being an active team player across the technology leadership team driving common ways of working and leveraging our global scale.

　　Focusing on continuous skills development of the Geo IT team and end users in the Cluster.

　　WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

　　Experiences & Qualifications

　　Candidate should:

　　Be a graduate in Information Technology or related field, Masters is preferred.

　　Have minimum 10 + years experience in IT in any industry.

　　Have preferred experience in leading large programs in digital transformation, data and analytics, ERP etc.

　　Have led large teams in achievement of key KPIs and strategic goals.

　　Skills

　　Agile Delivery

　　Change Management

　　Digital Transformation

　　Risk & Compliance

　　Design Thinking

　　Leadership

　　You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.

　　You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

　　Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

　　PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.

　　PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.

　　TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.

　　PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

　　CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

　　BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

　　Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

　　Read our recruitment policy here. (http://drive.google.com/file/d/1mgc6ddb9U8JlQVZmqKV4NZopKjX1dQMW/view?usp=drive_link)

　　En tant qu'employeur responsable et inclusif, Unilever est attentif à la diversité et à la mixité de ses équipes. Nos recruteurs sont engagés et veillent à l'application de processus de recrutement non-discriminants.

　　Tous nos postes sont ouverts aux personnes en situation de handicap et Unilever accompagne ses collaborateurs dans la mise en place d'éventuels aménagements de poste et de dispositifs d'accessibilité.

　　Job Category: Information Technology, IT, Informatique

　　Job Type: Geo IT Manager

　　Industry: UnileverExperiencedProfessionals