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**IT VP, Interface Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia (EAAA)**

The IT VP, Interface EAAA is a key leadership role for the region. The primary mission of the position is to drive regional business objectives with information technology, digital, data, analytics, strategy, solutions and services, provoke strategic directions through internal/external perspective and proactively seek out and manage value opportunities for IT solutions and services.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Function as a partner and trusted advisor to the Interface EAAA regional leadership team and serve as a contributor to the deployment and realization of the overall Interface EAAA regional strategic business plan
- Assure secure, compliant, stable operations in technologies enabling the EAAA business
- In partnership with EAAA regional leadership, define strategy, roadmap for EAAA technology, information, data, and digital technologies
- Drive innovative solutions to support the growth, efficiency, agility of the EAAA business and the productivity and collaboration of the EAAA team

**Context and Scope**:
**Information and Digital Technologies Strategic Leadership**

The IT VP, Interface EAAA is responsible for establishing trusted relationships with key stakeholders and leaders in the region, being a connected, influential player in the EAAA region and within Global IT. They will understand and contribute to business strategic directions and goals, define an IT strategic plan aligned/embedded with business strategy. They will ensure governance and alignment of business demand with supply, leveraging the Interface IT portfolio of services. They will communicate and plan effectively and gain support from key stakeholders, including EAAA regional business leaders and global IT leaders.

**Service Delivery**

The IT VP, Interface EAAA develops a depth of understanding in EAAA regional operational capabilities, IT service delivery, committed / delivered service levels, and accountable for assuring stable operations. They will have depth of knowledge and understanding of cyber risks, Interface security posture, processes and procedures. They will be an active leader in the global IT leadership in providing the right security / privacy posture and ensuring operational discipline in securing Interface consumers, customers and employees. They will provide visibility to stakeholders with ongoing communication and reporting and will ensure compliance to Interface IT security and controls framework.

**Business Change Initiatives**

The IT VP, Interface EAAA will develop and collaborate an on-going project portfolio to achieve the EAAA regional IT strategy, taking into account segment goals, corporate priorities, technology /data opportunities, and cost pressures. They will lead, jointly with peers in business functions, the delivery of business change initiative, ensuring the timely and on budget delivery of IT components. They will provide prioritization guidelines and lead a focused agenda. With adept understanding of business value, they will drive clear prioritization of value driving initiatives of business impact.

**People Management and Operating Model**

The IT VP, Interface EAAA develops an understanding of the Interface IT operating model with internal employees and external third-party resources and processes. They should suggest operating model improvements, and process improvements. They will play an active leadership role in enabling Interface Global IT to realize its potential as a high performing, agile, focused team. They will engage and motivate employees/resources with effective communication. They are expected to contribute thought leadership with the development of methodologies and tools to enhance performance.

**Finance and Value Management**

The IT VP, Interface EAAA will define a portfolio of investment initiatives inclusive of value proposition, and a prioritized investment portfolio for the EAAA region; Partner in prioritizing across Interface IT; Enforce a value-centric conversation; Build metrics that focus on business outcomes rather than a list and number of projects delivered; With understanding of IT Business Management and financial allocation approaches, provide transparency of IT costs to regional leadership; Bring in relentless leadership in cost reduction and total cost management - generate head room towards fueling investments to drive Interface growth enablement.

**Capabilities and Digital leader**

With a strong focus on consumer obsession and digital technologies, establish presence as a key change partner to the regional businesses.
- Contribute, enable digital - physical channel shifts
- Bring superior Consumer and Customer engagement
- Enable data-driven / algorithm-enabled organization
- Frictionless journeys and automation
- Digital metrics that focus on outcomes of initiatives rather than checking the box on projects delivered

Enable accurate focus thru a value-centric approach instead of ch