Chief Digital Officer
Salary Package: Open to Offer

About Our Client
Heroix is collaborating with a well-established organisation operating within the transport and logistics sector, providing dependable connections between Malta and overseas markets. Our Client delivers professional logistics services supporting businesses across a variety of industries and plays an important role in facilitating international trade and Malta's economic activity.

Role Overview
Our Client is seeking an accomplished Chief Digital Officer to provide executive direction across the Business's technology, data and digital transformation agenda. This senior leadership position will be responsible for shaping a forward-looking digital strategy that strengthens operational performance, improves connectivity across the organisation and supports an enhanced customer experience.

Working closely with the CEO, Board and senior management, the successful candidate will bring together technology infrastructure, enterprise platforms, data capabilities and business process improvement under a cohesive digital framework. The role requires a commercially minded technology leader who can turn digital investment into measurable organisational value while building a capable and collaborative digital function.

Key Responsibilities

Digital Strategy and Leadership: Define and deliver the Company's digital direction, ensuring technology, data and operational improvement initiatives support wider commercial priorities and long-term growth.
Executive Advisory: Partner with the CEO, Board and senior stakeholders to provide clear guidance on technology priorities, investment decisions, emerging opportunities and digital risks.
Team Leadership: Build and develop a strong multidisciplinary digital function, drawing on both internal expertise and specialist external resources across technology, data and business process improvement.
Process Improvement and Automation: Work across departments to identify inefficient or repetitive processes and introduce digital solutions that improve productivity, consistency and scalability.
Technology Infrastructure: Take executive ownership of the Company's technology environment, including networking, servers, cloud-based services, communications platforms and information security infrastructure.
IT Operations and Support: Ensure technology services remain dependable and accessible while maintaining an effective support structure that responds efficiently to users across the Business.
Enterprise Systems: Guide the development, implementation and ongoing optimisation of key business applications, ensuring systems communicate effectively and information moves accurately between functions.
Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology: Identify practical opportunities to apply AI and other developing technologies to increase efficiency, strengthen decision-making and improve ways of working.
Data Strategy and Governance: Establish appropriate controls and standards for organisational data, ensuring reliable information can be transformed into meaningful intelligence for management and operational teams.
Cybersecurity and Regulatory Governance: Maintain appropriate technology risk controls and security practices while supporting compliance with applicable frameworks and requirements, including GDPR, NIS2 and ISO 27001.
Supplier and Partner Management: Evaluate technology providers, negotiate commercial arrangements and determine the most effective combination of internally managed capabilities and specialist third-party services.
Budget and Investment Management: Develop and oversee digital and technology budgets, maintaining appropriate financial control while ensuring investment decisions deliver sustainable value to the organisation.
Digital Transformation: Champion technology-enabled change throughout the Company, encouraging departments to adopt improved processes, modern tools and a more digitally focused approach to operations.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

Education: A Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Digital Transformation, Business Technology or a related discipline is required.
Experience: A minimum of five years' relevant experience within a complex corporate IT environment is required, with demonstrated exposure to technology leadership, infrastructure, applications, data and organisational change. Previous experience within transport, logistics or a related operational sector would be considered an advantage.
Language Skills: Excellent command of English is required to succeed in this role. The ability to communicate in Maltese would be an asset.
Leadership Skills: Strong ability to guide multidisciplinary teams, establish clear priorities and create accountability across internal and external technology resources.
Communication Skills: Able to explain complex technology matters clearly to senior executives and non-technical stakeholders, connecting digital initiatives with their commercial and operational impact.
Interpersonal Skills: Confident in working across departments and management levels, with the credibility required to influence senior stakeholders and encourage organisation-wide change.
Commercial Awareness: Strong understanding of how technology decisions affect efficiency, service quality, customer experience, cost management and business performance.
Technical Skills: Broad knowledge of enterprise applications, IT infrastructure, cloud environments, cybersecurity, technology risk, data management and digital integration.
Data and Business Intelligence: Capable of developing a structured approach to organisational information and using data to support informed management decisions and measurable performance improvements.
Process Engineering: Strong ability to analyse existing workflows, identify inefficiencies and redesign processes through automation and appropriate digital solutions.
Organisation: Able to manage multiple strategic initiatives, technology priorities, suppliers, budgets and operational requirements within a demanding business environment.
Self-Motivated: Proactive and forward-thinking, with the drive to identify opportunities and lead digital initiatives from initial concept through to successful implementation.
Problem-Solving: Strong analytical judgement with the ability to assess complex technology and operational challenges and develop practical, commercially sound solutions.

What's on Offer

Compensation: A competitive remuneration package aligned with skills and experience.
Working Hours: This is a full-time position operating within standard office-based working arrangements.
Other Benefits: Private health insurance, employee referral incentives, staff discounts and structured initiatives supporting professional progression.
Career Development: Continuous learning opportunities and scope for further professional advancement within a growing organisation operating in a dynamic international sector.

What Heroix Offers

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