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Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Define and implement the OCBA and MSF Spain IT strategy and the digital transformation agenda, aligned with the organization’s vision and strategic priorities.
• Design and oversee the annual IT planning and budgeting processes, ensuring cost efficiency and maximising the return on technology investments in alignment with OCBA’s strategic ambitions.
• Lead the development of the Projects & IT Office’s organizational structure, ensuring efficient use of resources and consistency with MSF’s operational model.

Project & Portfolio Management

• Lead the definition and management of the IT project portfolio, including governance, change management, and service integration strategies.
• Guide and support Heads of Units and Project Managers in the execution of strategic initiatives and project delivery.
• Champion and drive the adoption of best practices and methodologies in IT service and project management to enhance efficiency and transparency.

Technology, Data & Innovation

• Ensure the organisation’s technology architecture and infrastructure strategies support long-term scalability, reliability, interoperability, and alignment with the organization’s strategic ambitions.
• Ensure the development and implementation of innovative solutions and technology platforms, notably artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, that support MSF OCBA’s mission.
• Oversee the OCBA data strategy, ensuring staff have effective access to quality data and information, and fostering alignment with global MSF frameworks to enable interoperability and mutualization.
• Ensure the organisation’s IT risk management and cybersecurity governance frameworks are fit for purpose, overseeing incident response capabilities and ensuring organisational resilience against technology-related threats.
• Promote a culture of knowledge management and organizational learning within the Projects & IT teams, ensuring institutional memory is retained and continuously built upon.

Stakeholder Engagement, Change Management & International Representation

• Facilitate change management processes to support the adoption of new tools, systems, and quality approaches across the organization.
• Represent the IT area in international forums, specially as a core member of the international Information Systems Management (ISM) governance platform, and ensure alignment with global MSF initiatives and standards.
• Build and nurture strategic relationships with internal OCBA & MSF Spain departments, external partners and other MSF ODs, sections and entities (specially SITS and TEMBO) to foster collaboration, drive innovation and ensure value delivery.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering (Industrial, IT/Computer Science, Electrical, Telecommunications), Business Administration, Economics or a related field is required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT, including at least 7 years in senior leadership roles, preferably within complex international or multi-stakeholder environments.
• Proven experience leading large IT teams, defining and implementing IT strategies, and driving digital transformation or organizational change initiatives.
• Experience working in international organisations, NGOs or multi-stakeholder environments. Previous experience with Médecins Sans Frontières and/or field experience will be considered a strong asset.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is required. French will be considered an asset.
• Strong experience in enterprise architecture, IT project and service management, budget oversight and governance frameworks.
• Solid understanding of information security, risk management, data management, analytics and emerging AI trends.
• Professional certifications such as ITIL, PMP, PRINCE2, CISM/CISSP, TOGAF or COBIT will be highly valued.

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