CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER - LEASING SECTOR

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER - LEASING SECTOR

The following description outlines the Chief Information Officer - Leasing Sector role at Tailor&Fox - Your HR Business Partner. The CIO will own the technology strategy and execution across three entities, driving systems harmonization, platform migrations and process digitalization. The CIO will manage a significant change portfolio while ensuring operational stability, regulatory compliance and supplier governance.

Overview

Role: CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER - LEASING SECTOR

Location: Milano (hybrid)

Agency/Client: Tailor&Fox - Your HR Business Partner

Main responsibilities

• IT Strategy & Architecture: Define the target architecture and roadmaps (core leasing platforms, CRM, digital onboarding, e-signature, DMS, reporting, data).
• Digital Transformation: Automate key processes; enable straight-through processing; orchestrate integrations/APIs; champion data quality and analytics.
• Project Portfolio Management: Design and enforce a consistent PPM framework to prioritize, monitor and deliver the entire IT change agenda across three entities, ensuring alignment with strategy, capacity and value realization.
• Programs & Migrations: Lead large, multi-year migrations and cut-overs with robust change, testing, data migration and hypercare plans; minimize business disruption.
• Cybersecurity & Resilience: Elevate security posture (identity, endpoints, network, cloud), BCP/DR, vulnerability management; meet Group and regulatory standards.
• Run Operations: Ensure availability, performance and cost control of infrastructure and applications; institute ITIL-based incident, problem and change management.
• Suppliers & Budget Management: Negotiate and manage MSPs/SaaS suppliers; track SLAs/OLAs, penalties, and TCO; prioritize the portfolio by value/risk.
• Data Governance: Establish ownership, lineage and controls; comply with privacy/GDPR and reporting obligations; support risk/compliance analytics.
• Group Alignment: Act as the primary interface to Group/HQ for standards, policies and shared services; secure alignment and resources.
• People & Capability: Lead a high-performing IT team; develop project managers, architects and security talent.

Requirements

• Background: 10+ years in IT leadership within regulated financial services (banking, payments, asset finance / leasing). Experience under Bank of Italy or comparable supervision preferred.
• Technical breadth: Enterprise architecture, cloud/hybrid infra, integration/API, identity, data platforms, information security, ITIL processes.
• Program leadership: PMO governance, stage-gates, testing, data migration, cut-over/hypercare.
• Stakeholder strength: Persuasive communicator; can align Group/HQ standards with local realities; comfortable with very high workload and pace.
• Languages: Italian (native) mandatory. English mandatory. French is a plus.
• Education / Certifications: Degree in Computer Science / Engineering or similar; PMP / PRINCE2, ITIL, or CISSP / CISM a plus.

Place of work

Milano (hybrid ).

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology, Engineering, and Project Management

Industries

• Financial Services, Banking, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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