The Company is seeking a Head of IT Development to take on a strategic leadership role within its Group IT. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and developing the majority of the company's IT development, including owning proprietary IT solutions and driving development within business applications, integrations, and customer-facing digital solutions. A key focus of the role is to contribute to the company's transformation towards more harmonized, simplified, and automated core processes, with an emphasis on the consolidation of business applications. The Head of IT Development will also be tasked with building and leading a unified development organization, ensuring high delivery capability, and driving the adoption of modern development methods, including AI-assisted software development. Applicants for the Head of IT Development position at the company should have an academic degree in a relevant field and a strong background in software development, technical leadership, and leading development organizations. Experience with modern and secure development methods, cloud platforms, DevOps, DevSecOps, and agile working methods is essential. The role requires a leader who can establish clear governance, standards, and architectural principles, and who is adept at translating technology into business benefits. The ideal candidate will be a strategic and technically credible leader, with the ability to create clarity, direction, and prioritization in a complex development environment, and who is also a strong communicator and collaborator.