Regional IT Director

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Regional IT Director – EMEA is a senior enterprise technology leader accountable for regional IT strategy, business enablement, portfolio governance, risk, and predictable value delivery across a complex, regulated, multi-country environment. The role operates as a peer to senior business leaders and Global BTS executives.
In addition, this role serves as IT Hub Lead for Cherrywood, Ireland, a strategic Abbott technology hub, with accountability for hub maturity, talent, leadership capability, culture, and enterprise alignment.

Enterprise & Business Leadership

- Serves as the senior IT executive for the EMEA region with end-to-end accountability for IT outcomes.

- Acts as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to regional and functional leadership.

- Represents EMEA IT in enterprise governance, investment, and prioritization forums.

- Provides decisive leadership during transformation, integration, and change initiatives.

IT Strategy, Portfolio & Investment Governance

- Defines and executes the EMEA IT strategy aligned with enterprise architecture and Global BTS roadmaps.

- Owns regional demand, portfolio prioritization, and investment governance.

- Drives application rationalization, landscape simplification, and technical debt reduction.

- Ensures transparency, value realization, and disciplined execution of IT investments.

Business Relationship Management & Value Delivery

- Owns the IT business portfolio for Finance Shared Services and supported divisions.

- Challenges and shapes demand using financial, operational, and risk-based insight.

- Ensures business cases, roadmaps, and outcomes deliver measurable value.

- Maintains senior executive relationships and technology credibility.

Transformation & Delivery Oversight

- Accountable for end-to-end outcomes across Plan, Build, and Run.

- Sponsors complex, cross-functional transformation programs.

- Ensures effective change management, adoption, and business readiness.

- Enables Finance Shared Services process excellence (R2R, O2C, S2P, MDM).

Quality, Compliance, Security & Risk

- Executive owner of IT quality, compliance, audit, and risk posture for EMEA.

- Ensures adherence to Abbott policies, global quality systems, and regulatory requirements.

- Owns cyber risk governance, privacy, and data protection obligations (e.g., GDPR).

- Leads audit engagement, remediation commitments, and continuous risk mitigation.

Financial & Operational Accountability

- Owns regional IT financial planning, budget, and cost discipline.

- Ensures operational stability, service resilience, and continuity.

- Oversees internal audits, performance reviews, and operational maturity.

People & Organization Leadership

- Leads a high-performing regional IT leadership team.

- Builds succession, leadership capability, and executive readiness.

- Embeds a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

- Acts as people leader for regional and affiliate IT talent.

IT Hub Leadership – Cherrywood, Ireland

- Provides executive site leadership for the Cherrywood IT Hub.

- Owns hub talent strategy, leadership development, and capability growth.

- Champions Abbott culture, engagement, and modern ways of working.

- Represents IT in site leadership and external ecosystem engagements.

- Ensures hub scalability, operational excellence, and onboarding of new enterprise capabilities.

Governance & Decision Rights

- Chair, EMEA Regional IT Council.

- Executive member, Business Advisory Committees (BAC).

- Primary regional interface to Global BTS, IT Quality, Security, Finance, and Legal.

Success Indicators

- Successor to the Senior Director, International Operations role.

- IT recognized as a strategic, trusted business partner.

- Predictable delivery and value realization from IT investments.

- Strong quality, compliance, and audit outcomes.

- Mature demand and portfolio governance.

- Engaged, high-performing IT organization.

Education & Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, or Business; MBA preferred.

- 20+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, including regional or global scope.

- Experience in regulated industries; healthcare or life sciences preferred.

- Fluent English; additional European languages beneficial.

The base pay for this position is
N/A In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
IT Business Relationship Management
DIVISION:
BTS Business Technology Services
LOCATION:
Ireland > Dublin : Block G, Cherrywood, Cherrywood Business Park
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Ie - Cw 37.5A (Ireland)
TRAVEL:
Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Not Applicable