VP Global ITD Head of Strategy & Integration

Function: IT Digital

Location: Europe (Zurich, Milan, Lyon or Prague). Hybrid

Mission:

• The ITD Strategy Integration lead is part of the ITD Strategy and Transformation Lead team and ensures that all markets, functions, and technology domains move cohesively toward the ITD ambition by integrating plans, priorities, and decision-making into one coherent, enterprise-wide direction.
• Together with the Head of Strategy and Transformation of each GBU / Country and Function, will drive the design, definition and communication of a common Vision and Strategy, ensuring full integration and coherence.
• Orchestrates the ITD planning cycle, synchronizes priorities, and provides transparency on progress and interdependencies, ensuring the ITD ambition is executed consistently across the Group.
• Will drive a culture of delivery and operational excellence and strive for efficiency, effectiveness & transparent communication across ITD and the Group.

Accountabilities:

• Ensure a common Vision, Mission and an integrated, convergent and consistent ITD Strategy is defined and regularly updated to support the Business Strategy.
• Lead the annual and multi-year ITD planning cycle, ensuring coherence across all markets and functions.
• Provide transparency on progress, interdependencies, and risks to support informed decision-making.
• Engage with business leaders and stakeholders to maintain strategic alignment and a “one ITD plan” narrative.
• Strengthen the ITD operating model and governance across the enterprise.

Main tasks & responsibilities

• Strategic Integration & Direction Setting
• Synthesize priorities from GBU’s, markets, functions, and technology domains into a cohesive long-term ITD roadmap.
• Ensure that strategic decisions are consistent and aligned across the ITD ecosystem.
• Identify overlaps, gaps, and conflicts in plans, and facilitate their resolution with ITD Leadership Team members.

• Enterprise Planning & Roadmap Coherence
• Lead and orchestrate the ITD planning cycle, both annually and for multi-year horizons, across all markets and functions.
• Consolidate all ITD roadmaps, capabilities, and dependencies into a single, unified operating picture.
• Support prioritization and investment decisions by providing consolidated insights and scenario analyses.

• Cross-Market, Cross-Functional Cross-GBU’s Integration
• Actively engage with markets, functions, GBU’s teams and in particular with ITD head of Strategy and Transformation to ensure strategic coherence and alignment.
• Shape and maintain the “one ITD plan” narrative, enabling alignment across geographies and domains.
• Proactively anticipate where integration is needed and orchestrate cross-functional and cross-market collaboration.

• Ambition Progress & Decision Support
• Deliver forward-looking insights on progress versus ambition, highlighting structural risks and systemic blockers.
• Define KPI’s and create integrated progress views for the CDIO and Leadership Team to enable informed, timely decision-making.
• Partner with Performance and Transformation, Change management, Vendor management, Finance, and Architecture to ensure consistent interpretation and use of data.

• Governance & Operating Model Integration
• Strengthen the effectiveness of ITD’s operating model across markets and functions.
• Ensure that cross-functional governance forums are well-prepared, coherent, and that decisions are executed effectively.
• Serve as the connective tissue between strategy articulation, planning, and execution, ensuring seamless integration.

Work Experience:

• At least 10 cumulative years of experience within IT Strategy, Business services, Change management and Business & IT transformation.
• Master best practices in Strategy and Transformation.
• Experience as Business leader and able to grasp business priorities and strategies.
• Experience as advisor for leaders and executives and/or as a team leader for specialists.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and inter-personal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization, including executive management.
• Proven capability of managing multiple priorities effectively and performing under tight deadlines.
• Experience successfully working with distributed teams.

Education:

• Master’s degree with focus on Engineering, Business Management and or IT.

It’s an exciting time to be part of our team. At the Adecco Group, our purpose – making the future work for everyone – inspires and connects us all. Through our three global business units (GBU) – Adecco, Akkodis and LHH - we deliver expertise in talent and technology, enabling organizations to succeed and people to thrive.

We’re proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally. We embody our core values: Courage, Collaboration, Customer at the Heart,  Inclusion, and Passion in everything we do.

Growth and Development

You will have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways, achieving total balance between their jobs and their lives. We offer world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while sharing skills, knowledge, and expertise to grow together. Here, you can be yourself, and we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you.

We believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organization with multiple different roles, our application process can vary.

On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way.

Inclusion

We believe in talent, not labels. We focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. Our culture of belonging and purpose ensures everyone can thrive and feel engaged. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity.

Interview Process

Our interview process includes an initial phone screening, followed by a virtual round of interviews with Hiring Manager, HR team and senior leaders. This process helps us understand your fit within our team and allows you to ask questions about the role and our company. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for learning and development, we invite you to join us in making the future work for everyone.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any additional accommodations or support due to a disability or other special circumstances, please let us know by contacting us. We will work with you to ensure your needs are met throughout the hiring process.

Posting date: 02-02-2026