The CompanyLaunched in 1998, this pioneering British-born brand has specialised in creating amazing experiences and unforgettable memories – from hotels, city breaks and holidays to theatre, entertainment and spa days.
Experts in brightening up online travel, lastminute.Com is among the worldwide leaders in the field, helping hundreds of thousands of customers every year find, and do, "whatever makes them pink".
At the heart of our culture is a commitment of inclusion across race, gender, age sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression and accessibility.
We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here.We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation.
We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.Job DescriptionThe Tech Initiatives and Vendor Manager is responsible to provide strategic leadership/direction in building processes and/or identifying and driving improvement initiatives to increase people and organisational capabilities across the Technology department.
He/she also leads strategic IT initiatives through applying structured project and program methodologies to existing processes and increasing consistency and successful project implementation across the organisation.Key ResponsibilitiesGuide and support the technology department in structuring an IT Governance Unit.Work with senior leaders across the organisation to identify processes improvement opportunities and drive the execution of solutions.Lead the definition of policies, processes, strategies, standards, and guidelines using best practice frameworks, whilst reviewing current approaches and suggesting improvements.Lead the development strategy and guidelines for appropriate staffing requirements, exercising control over resources, budget management and planning and contributing to defining standards.Help and support in the re-engineering of IT processes (demand management, change management, incident management, service request management, etc.
).Support Manager to monitor and devise recommendations for the entities' compliance with corporate governance.Build and maintain close working relationships with business partners and ensure alignment to group standards and policies.Ensure specific metrics and measures are incorporated into solutions enabling continuous improvement.Qualifications Skills and ExperienceEssential Degree in Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related fields.5-7 years of proven experience in a similar role.Strong problem-solving skills: comfortable tackling complex problems and breaking these down into manageable pieces.Strong interpersonal skills able to communicate, influence and adapt communication at different levels of organisation.Fluency in English, Italian is a plus.#J-18808-Ljbffr