IT Lead

What will you do?

• Lead the development and growth of the IT organization in Porto, building a scalable structure that supports the company's ambitions.

• Develop teams, define clear roles and responsibilities, and establish effective ways of working across the organization.

• Build and strengthen a local leadership structure, gradually delegating responsibilities to team and delivery leads as the organization grows.

• Lead, coach, and develop employees, fostering ownership, accountability, collaboration, and professional growth.

• Attract, develop, and retain talent while creating an engaging, professional, and results-driven working environment.

• Ensure that IT teams deliver on agreed priorities, maintaining oversight of capacity, progress, dependencies, and quality.

• Translate strategic priorities into clear objectives for the teams in Porto and ensure effective execution.

• Identify organizational challenges and delivery barriers, taking appropriate action to resolve or escalate them.

• Act as a key link between the IT organization in Porto and stakeholders in Capelle, ensuring alignment and effective collaboration across locations.

• Promote an integrated IT organization, encouraging knowledge sharing, mutual trust, and consistent ways of working.

• Drive operational excellence by improving processes, governance, decision-making, and organizational effectiveness.

• Support the organization's continued growth, helping develop an IT organization capable of scaling to approximately 80 employees.

What do you need for this position?

• Higher professional or university-level education, or an equivalent level of working and thinking.

• Extensive leadership experience within a changing and growing organization.

• Proven experience in building or significantly scaling teams is strongly preferred.

• Experience within IT, technology, digital transformation, or a comparable change and/or delivery environment.

• Experience in recruitment, team development, and organizational design.

• Experience working with international or geographically distributed teams is a strong advantage.

• Excellent command of English is essential, proficiency in Dutch is an advantage.

What do you need for this position?

• Higher professional or university-level education, or an equivalent level of working and thinking.

• Extensive leadership experience within a changing and growing organization.

• Proven experience in building or significantly scaling teams is strongly preferred.

• Experience within IT, technology, digital transformation, or a comparable change and/or delivery environment.

• Experience in recruitment, team development, and organizational design.

• Experience working with international or geographically distributed teams is a strong advantage.

• Excellent command of English is essential, proficiency in Dutch is an advantage.

This is you

You are an experienced and inspiring leader who knows how to build, develop, and scale teams in a changing environment. You combine strong people leadership with an organizational mindset and the ability to translate strategic priorities into concrete results.

You know how to create clarity, establish accountability, and empower people to take ownership. You communicate effectively, build strong relationships with stakeholders, and are comfortable navigating organizational challenges. You are collaborative, decisive, and focused on continuous improvement, with a strong commitment to developing both people and the organization.

Who are we?

Quion is one of the largest mortgage servicing providers in the Netherlands. We manage mortgage and consumer credit portfolios on behalf of leading national and international financial institutions.

Through technology, innovation, and operational excellence, we help our clients deliver outstanding services to their customers.

To support our continued growth and strengthen our IT organization in Porto, we are looking for an IT Lead to play a key role in building, developing, and leading our growing IT organization.

What do we offer you?

Working at Quion means joining a young, ambitious, and dynamic organization with open communication and a strong team spirit. We believe in sharing knowledge, taking initiative, and constantly improving how we serve our clients.

What you can expect:

• A key leadership role in a successful company contributing to the future of the Dutch mortgage market.

• The opportunity to build and develop a growing IT organization in Porto.

• The opportunity to shape teams, leadership structures, and ways of working as the organization expands.

• Flexibility is an important part of our culture. Our hybrid approach is primarily shaped by the needs of the role and team collaboration.

• A competitive salary, including a meal allowance.

• A positive, team-driven culture that encourages initiative and personal development.

• In-depth onboarding and training tailored to your role.

• Room to grow, professionally and personally within a dynamic financial services environment.

• Our office in Matosinhos, Porto is located in an easily accessible area, with nearby public parking and convenient public transport connections (metro and bus).

Interested?

Would you like to join our team in Porto and play a key role in shaping the future of our IT organization? Apply via the application button!

Do you have any questions or would you like more information about the content of the position?

Please contact our Recruiter Diogo Teixeira via Diogo.Teixeira@quion.com.

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