Chief Digital Officer

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.