The CIO Practice completes the recruitment ecosystem for Gillamor Stephens, complementing our in-depth knowledge of the Technology industry with the recruitment of outstanding Technology and IT leaders into blue chips and SMBs across Europe. The CIO Practice specialises in the recruitment of executive level leaders of technology functions, from CIO and IT Director to CTO and VP Engineering for online and software businesses.

We see the divide blurring between the above disciplines. In both cases our clients look for exceptional leadership and strategic business thinking alongside the delivery of operational excellence and programmes.

Each client applies a different weighting to each discipline, and our success in hiring at this level extends across clients including: Apple, AstraZeneca, Symbian, Universal Pictures Wyeth and Yahoo!.

Our recruitment services span the following disciplines:

• CIO and IT Director – commercially aligned and able to influence at board level
• Next level down hiring, i.e. aspiring CIOs to complement the existing CIO leadership team
• CIO direct reports  – functional IT leaders covering Applications, Infrastructure, Solutions and Service Delivery
• CTO & VP Engineering – Specific expertise in building and shaping large multi-site teams
• Software Development Director – high value leadership role likely to include extensive offshore resource management
• IT Transformation – niche skills in people and process change plus programme delivery