IT Manager (M/F)

Job Description:

Reporting to the General Management and as a member of the Executive Committee, you will take responsibility for the Information Systems function of one of the sites.

Beyond IT steering, you are a true business partner and an actor in the company's strategy. You support digital transformation in an international industrial environment, where information systems constitute a lever for competitiveness, innovation, and performance.

You operate at the interface between local teams, the Bureau d'Études, business departments, and the Group's IT bodies in order to translate the IS strategy into concrete actions adapted to operational challenges.

Your missions

You define and steer the IT roadmap in coherence with the Group's orientations and the needs of the business units.

In this capacity, you steer all information systems and IT infrastructures (networks, servers, cybersecurity, Microsoft environment, hosting, etc.) to guarantee the availability, security, and performance of infrastructures and applications;

support the modernization of the DSI by evolving its organization, its methods, and its project culture; manage, develop, and unite an IT team by promoting skill development and autonomy; build a close relationship with the business units in order to prioritize high value-added projects; steer digital transformation projects, process improvement, and systems integration; develop uses around Data, data governance, and decision-making tools; identify opportunities offered by Artificial Intelligence and support their pragmatic implementation; carry the issues of cybersecurity, compliance, and risk management; steer external partners and service providers in a logic of service quality and continuous improvement.

In this function, you also participate in the Group IS Committee and work in close collaboration with the DSI of the various international subsidiaries (Italy, Quebec, Australia) in order to define standards, share best practices, and lead cross-functional projects.

Profile Description:

The sought profile

You have 5 to 10 years of experience in IT management functions, ideally acquired in an industrial, technical, or engineering environment.

With a higher education background in computer science, engineering, or equivalent, you have above all developed a solid culture of information systems and a real ability to bridge the gap between technological issues and business objectives.

You notably possess:

excellent mastery of IT infrastructures (networks, servers, virtualization, cybersecurity, segmentation, VLAN, hosting); operational field experience before evolving into managerial responsibilities;

a good understanding of industrial environments and the constraints of a Bureau d'Études;

the ability to translate a Group strategy into a local roadmap;

fluent English, which is indispensable in an international context.

Experience in the railway, electronics, aeronautics, medical sectors, or more broadly in a regulated industrial environment will be a real asset.

Knowledge of topics related to SDLC, software security (Security by Design), data governance (DAMA/DMBOK, ETL, Snowflake or equivalent), Artificial Intelligence, RGPD, NIS2, or the Cyber Resilience Act will be particularly appreciated.

What will make the difference

Above all, we are looking for an IS manager capable of combining strategic vision and operational proximity.

You are recognized for:

your natural leadership and your ability to unite people;

your autonomy and your ability to make decisions;

your aptitude to challenge needs and to arbitrate with pragmatism;

your intellectual curiosity and your capacity to learn;

your sense of dialogue with both business departments and technical teams.

You know how to speak as well about IT architecture as about industrial performance, and you make the information system a true lever for value creation.