Revenue's Chief Information Officer (CIO) is a key member of the senior strategic leadership team reporting to the three Commissioners. The CIO is responsible for the leading and directing provision of secure, reliable and quality information and communications technology and digital services to the Organisation and its customers.
Main Duties of the job
The Revenue CIO is focussed on improving Revenue processes through the strategic, innovation and effective use of technology. The CIO also actively ensures the impact of system issues are addressed and understands the associated risk of reputational damage arising from ICT issues. It is important that the CIO can build relationships with suppliers and vendors and use these relationships to benefit from their global knowledge bases and maximise Revenue's return on investments while minimising costs. The CIO also has an important role to play in supporting ICT initiatives and strategies across the wider public service, and, in particular, Connecting Government 2030, the Digitalisation of Public Services dimension of the national digital strategy, Harnessing Digital – The Digital Ireland Framework.
The Revenue CIO is also responsible for Logistics Branch which has a broad set of functions including managing Revenue's accommodation requirements, sustainability and the operation of the State Warehouse with natural ICT overlaps such as procurement, printing & mailing and business continuity. The Revenue CIO is also a key member of Revenue's Risk Management Committee.
The successful candidate will:
· Have significant recent senior management experience, including leading and managing teams in a large and complex organisation.
· Have excellent ICT and digital skills and experience in strategic management of large, complex ICT and digital environments and a proven track record in delivering large scale ICT projects and systems underpinned by robust governance driving strong portfolio, programme and project management.
· Have a working knowledge of relevant national and EU legislation such as GDPR, EU AI Act, etc.
· Be active and innovative, with a record of proven career achievement to date, particularly regarding modernisation, implementing technological and other solutions to simplify processes, sustainable change and performance improvement.
Information about the Organisation
The Office of the Revenue Commissioners is the Irish Tax and Customs administration. It plays a critical role in securing Ireland's fiscal, social and economic foundations. Its mission is "to serve the community by fairly and efficiently collecting taxes and duties and implementing import and export controls."
Revenue is a highly decentralised organisation with a staff of just over 7,000 based in over 90 offices across the country and deals with over 4 million personal and business customers
Selection Process Details
This is a Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC) position.
Further information on this significant opportunity including details on how to apply, is available on www.publicjobs.ie
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 3pm on Thursday 29th May 2025.
If you feel you would benefit from a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact Julie McCafferty at julie.mccafferty@publicjobs.ie
We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act.
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