Manager CTO Office

We are Athora Netherlands, an insurance company with the well-known brands Zwitserleven and Reaal. We primarily focus on pensions and life insurance in the Dutch market. We do this as part of a European group with offices in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, and Italy. We are a strong company with over one million customers and we want to grow into one of the most important players in the rapidly changing pension market in the coming years. Therefore, we are looking for people who do not shy away from change, who know how to take action, who have the ambition to deliver results, and who therefore know how to get the best out of themselves and their team. Smarter together, we call that.

As Manager CTO Office, you report directly to the CTO and lead approximately 16 IT professionals. The CTO Office is the central steering and support body within the CTO domain.

From within the team, you ensure that the Technology domain is demonstrably in control, with integrated steering on, among other things, governance, risk, performance, change portfolio, and Third Parties.

Together with your team, you ensure reliable, secure, and customer- and business-oriented Technology services. You build a professional, result-oriented working environment in which continuous learning, talent development, craftsmanship, ownership, and continuous improvement are central.

As Manager CTO Office, you hold a key role within the MT Technology and report directly to the CTO. You connect leadership and strategic insight with a pragmatic approach. In this way, you ensure coherent steering and control of the Technology domain, where governance and control contribute to better decision-making and an effective IT organization.

Steering and control
You develop and implement an integrated vision on governance and control, through which Athora effectively meets internal and external obligations while simultaneously creating space for innovation and growth. You provide direction to governance, quality & risk management, process management, compliance, performance management, service management, and demand & delivery management. In doing so, you actively steer towards quality, predictability, and continuous improvement, so that management decisions are based on clear insights and measurable results.

Change and improvement
You develop and manage the change portfolio for the CTO domain. In doing so, you continuously seek ways to make the organization work smarter, simpler, and more effectively and ensure that changes contribute to the strategic goals of Athora.

Your main responsibilities:

• You lead the CTO Office, develop talent, and strengthen craftsmanship, ownership, and a professional, result-oriented culture;

• You steer the Technology change portfolio and actively seek connection with the involved Change & Agility managers and the central portfolio function;

• You develop and improve IT governance: you clarify responsibilities, strengthen decision-making, and provide direction and ensure alignment between Technology Governance and Data & AI Governance held at the Data & AI Office;

• Together with the relevant stakeholders, you safeguard quality, risk management, and compliance within Technology;

• On behalf of Technology, you prepare the meetings with regulators such as DNB, the external auditor, Internal Audit, and second-line control functions;

• You take charge of Third Party Risk Management and ensure that risks, performance, and compliance of strategic IT sourcing partners are effectively managed;

• You develop and monitor the sourcing strategy and the outsourcing policy. You also organize and monitor the governance and monitoring of critical outsourced activities;

• You provide clear operational, tactical, and strategic steering information, thereby strengthening transparent decision-making and a strong performance culture.

• You monitor budgets, control costs, and make the finances within Technology and the underlying services transparent;

• You coach and provide functional leadership to Product Owners, Release Train Engineers, and Scrum Masters within Technology.

For this role, we are looking for an experienced manager who knows how to maintain an overview in a complex Technology landscape while simultaneously being close enough to execution to actually realize change.

This is what you minimum bring with you:

• University-level working and thinking ability and a relevant education, preferably in information management, IT, business administration, or a similar field;

You will join approximately 900 colleagues who all believe they work for a special company. You will get the opportunity to make an important contribution to the socially relevant theme of pensions. We ensure that your pension is well-arranged, so that you can enjoy your old age without worry.

You will get the chance to truly make a difference when it comes to sustainability, because we have been setting the tone in our business operations and our investments for years. Naturally, you will get a (flexible) workplace at our office in Amsterdam that belongs to the top 7% in the world, truly. And because you will also work from home regularly, you will receive a budget to properly equip your home workspace.

In exchange for your commitment, talent, and skills, you will receive, in addition to your salary plus a holiday allowance and a thirteenth month, 27 vacation days (based on a 36-hour contract) and a public transport card or travel expense allowance for the days you come to the office. And, not unimportantly, you will receive a good training budget so that you can continue to develop yourself. This gives you the chance to grow, within our company or beyond.

Salary per month:
Based on collective labor agreement (cao) scale 19 HAY, the range is € 7,872.85 to € 10,497.13 based on 36 hours.

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