Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Chief Information Officer (CIO) About the Company Leading events organizer for retail & ecommerce executives IndustryEvents Services TypePrivately Held Founded1999 Employees51-200 Specialties ecommerceretailomni-channelweb optimisationonline retailmarketinginnovationeventsdigital marketingconferencesnetworkingsocial media marketingretail media networkomnichannelretail conferenceretail eventecommerce marketingtechnology innovationaiand ai innovation About the Role The Company is seeking a Chief Information Officer to define and lead its enterprise technology and information strategy, aligning investment with commercial priorities, customer experience, operational efficiency, and risk management. The role will oversee digital commerce, store and customer platforms, enterprise applications, data services, infrastructure, and security, while setting a sequenced modernization roadmap and strengthening portfolio governance. The CIO will improve platform reliability and information quality, advance cybersecurity, privacy, and resilience, and partner with business leaders on automation, analytics, and emerging technology. The position also includes shaping the technology operating model, developing senior talent, and ensuring transformation delivers measurable outcomes without disrupting critical services. Candidates should have significant executive-level experience leading technology, information, or digital functions, with a record of setting and executing strategy in retail or another customer-facing, multi-site environment. They should understand retail technology, including commerce, store systems, customer data, merchandising, supply chain, and enterprise applications, and bring practical expertise in cybersecurity, privacy, risk, resilience, architecture, infrastructure, and service operations. The role requires experience delivering complex transformation while maintaining business-critical services, along with commercial judgment in evaluating investment, customer value, efficiency, risk, and total cost of ownership. Strong governance and talent-development experience, as well as the ability to communicate and influence effectively with executive leaders and varied audiences, are essential. Hiring Manager TitleChief Executive Officer (CEO) Functions Information Technology