Analysts of the Rabota.ua portal have compiled a portrait of the ideal IT director based on the vacancies posted on the site.
The main tasks facing the IT director are the implementation of IT technologies, innovations, their optimization for business tasks, and information resource management.
So, what should an IT director be like?
There is nothing unexpected among the main requirements for a candidate. Rabota.ua experts highlight the following:
Higher education (Information Technology/Economics);
Experience in this area of business for at least five years;
Experience in a managerial position for at least three years;
Practical experience in managing IT projects;
Experience in building an IT service using ITIL/ITSM;
Having an ITIL certificate (sometimes this is mandatory);
Knowledge of accounting programs, for example, 1C;
Confident knowledge of English (Upper Intermediate, Fluent).
Subordination, subordinates, cross-functions
The IT director reports to the top person of the company, often he is a member of the board. He has employees of the relevant department under his command. These can be programmers, system administrators, service engineers, SCS installers, etc. Depending on the size of the company, the number of subordinates can vary - from several employees to a hundred or more.
Career growth stages and timeframes for achieving them
It is believed that any IT specialist can apply for this position. Everything depends on his ambitions, leadership qualities and determination. Sometimes a specialist from the financial sector (for example, an economist) can be hired for this position. This is explained by the fact that such candidates better understand the needs of the business, accounting and will be able to clearly set and explain the necessary task.
But once in the position of IT director, the specialist has nowhere to grow. Only the position of the first person of the company is higher. Moving to another organization is also not an easy task. This is due to the fact that companies are very reluctant to hire specialists of this level from the outside, since it is not always possible to transfer the experience of the IT department of one company to another.
Analysts of the Rabota.ua portal have compiled a portrait of the ideal IT director based on the vacancies posted on the site.
The main tasks facing the IT director are the implementation of IT technologies, innovations, their optimization for business tasks, and information resource management.
So, what should an IT director be like?
There is nothing unexpected among the main requirements for a candidate. Rabota.ua experts highlight the following:
Higher education (Information Technology/Economics);
Experience in this area of business for at least five years;
Experience in a managerial position for at least three years;
Practical experience in managing IT projects;
Experience in building an IT service using ITIL/ITSM;
Having an ITIL certificate (sometimes this is mandatory);
Knowledge of accounting programs, for example, 1C;
Confident knowledge of English (Upper Intermediate, Fluent).
Subordination, subordinates, cross-functions
The IT director reports to the top person of the company, often he is a member of the board. He has employees of the relevant department under his command. These can be programmers, system administrators, service engineers, SCS installers, etc. Depending on the size of the company, the number of subordinates can vary - from several employees to a hundred or more.
Career growth stages and timeframes for achieving them
It is believed that any IT specialist can apply for this position. Everything depends on his ambitions, leadership qualities and determination. Sometimes a specialist from the financial sector (for example, an economist) can be hired for this position. This is explained by the fact that such candidates better understand the needs of the business, accounting and will be able to clearly set and explain the necessary task.
But once in the position of IT director, the specialist has nowhere to grow. Only the position of the first person of the company is higher. Moving to another organization is also not an easy task. This is due to the fact that companies are very reluctant to hire specialists of this level from the outside, since it is not always possible to transfer the experience of the IT department of one company to another.
