Director of Technology

Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) is a leading global investor, developer, and operator of container terminals, with a strong track record of forming strategic joint ventures with other major terminal operators. Since its founding in 2000, TIL has rapidly grown into one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse terminal operators, with a presence in 26 major trade ports across 21 countries.

Our terminals are strategically situated in key locations around the globe, including major origin and destination (O&D) and transshipment hubs in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and West Africa. Positioned at the crossroads of global trade, five of our terminals rank among the world’s top 20 container ports by throughput. These prime locations enable us to serve major trade routes and provide access to both established and emerging markets, reinforcing our role as a critical player in global supply chains.

• Our terminals have been selected for their important and strategic locations around the world, including major origin and destination (O&D) and transshipment trade hubs and gateways in Europe, Asia, North America, South America and West Africa.
• Our terminals are positioned at the heart of world trade, with five of the terminals located in the world’s top 20 container ports in terms of throughput (source: Drewry)
• Our terminals are well placed to serve major trade routes and provide access into key mature and developing markets.

TiL’s network of container terminals operates as independent terminal companies, with board level management, technical planning and investment decisions at TiL’s headquarters in Geneva. The existing terminals, and those that will be added to the portfolio in the coming years, have a wide variety of technologies and systems. While some systems are necessarily and appropriately unique to each terminal, TiL intends to standardise systems and technologies, and centralise those terminal functions where it is reasonable and sensible to do so.

Our objective in making this transition is to improve efficiency in the supply chain, within the terminals as well as at the interfaces between the terminals, the shipping lines, and land transportation network. We envision centralising some of the terminal operating systems functionality and significantly improving (intensifying) the interface with our major shareholder, MSC.

About the job

We are currently seeking a Director of Technology to join our growing team based in Geneva, Switzerland. You will be responsible to contribute to the successful development and implementation of Technology related projects that support TiL’s portfolio of terminals and projects; this includes Information Technology (IT), Operational Technology (OT) and Communications Technology (Comms) in support of business development activities, terminal projects under (re) development and single-disciplinary projects in existing terminals.

Your responsibilities will include

• Develop and execute an effective Technology strategy that supports TiL’s global network of terminals,
• Definition of a Technology blueprint for (greenfield) projects,
• Implement system architectures that can accommodate disparate systems and interfaces, and allow for future growth and change, while ensuring systems’ security and reliability,
• Coordinate and negotiate with TiL’s partners to ensure Technology best practices are implemented consistently across the terminal portfolio,
• Contribute to the annual Technology budget cycle for Headquarter and Terminals, including selection of strategic Technology investments, and their procurement,
• Contribute and follow-up on the implementation of major Technology projects in Projects and Terminals,
• Support…