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Global Director Digital & Business Foundation

Job in 2130, Hoofddorp, North Holland, Netherlands
Listing for: SHV Energy
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-04-13
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    IT Project Manager, IT Consultant, IT Business Analyst, Digital Marketing
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 100000 - 125000 EUR Yearly EUR 100000.00 125000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Global Director Digital & Business Foundation

As the world around us is becoming more digital, the gas distribution business is no exception. We are aggressively professionalizing our efforts to meet customer expectations, and at the same time achieve our growth ambitions. To support this SHV Energy is accelerating its digital ambition through the implementation of its Digital Strategy by enabling Digital, AI & Continuous Improvement as core capabilities for our Business Units.

Robust, scalable, and effectively managed and operated business applications, digital platforms, solutions & services are key, critical enablers for this strategy.

The Director – Digital & Business Foundation is a key, visible leader within the Global Digital & Transformation Leadership team and works both with SHV Energy’s Business Units (BUs) as well as with the broader Global Functions & IT organisation in partnering, planning, architecture, delivery, and operations of Business/Digital solutions powered by Digital Platforms, strong Data Foundation and scalable cloud & workplace infrastructure.

The Director – Digital & Business Foundation reports to the SHV Energy Group CDTO.

The Director – Digital & Business Foundation brings current knowledge & future vision for leading the team including its strategy, solution & service offerings, vendor management, outsourcing and financial acumen. The role holder is a senior stakeholder in all relationships with internal & external partners to understand how to best align Digital, Data & IT capabilities to enable Business Units. The role will provide strong situational leadership & support to the Digital & Transformation team and will leverage the team’s capacity and expertise to ensure SHV Energy BU’s achieve maximum impact & value add towards business ambitions.

As a member of the Global Digital & Transformation leadership team this role contributes to the development and execution of the enterprise-wide business & strategic ambitions and is responsible for ensuring SHV Energy’s global digital platforms, data foundations & business solutions offerings are fully aligned, supporting the Global Digital & IT team in delivering compelling business value.

The challenge at SHVE is particularly attractive because we are transforming from a proud decentralized organization to a network organization. So, the global digital/data foundations & solutions that are being developed and implemented must fit into a local ecosystem in a hybrid architecture (local systems and global systems working in harmony) which is an interesting challenge to navigate and solve together with our strategic partners.

For the right candidate that fulfils all requirements, this position is offered in Hay Grade 20.

The key activities of this role are:
  • Define and lead the mission, vision, and long‑term strategy for the Global Digital & Business Foundation, ensuring strong alignment with enterprise business priorities and technology‑enabled growth objectives for Business units.
  • Partner closely with Business Unit senior leadership & IT to shape and enable strategic ambitions, advising on the optimal use of digital platforms, applications, and services to maximize business impact, efficiency, and scalability.
  • Establish and sustain trusted, value‑based relationships with senior business and IT stakeholders by deeply understanding business needs and ensuring the cost‑effective delivery of high‑quality digital and IT solutions that are fit for purpose
  • Develop and maintain a clear Digital & Business Foundation value framework
    , linking strategic business outcomes to future‑state capabilities, platforms, and enabling technologies.
  • Own and govern the Digital & Business Foundation budget
    , ensuring disciplined financial management, transparency, and alignment with enterprise IT and Business Unit strategic objectives.
  • Design, build, and manage a cohesive and future‑ready digital ecosystem
    , leveraging best‑practice processes, architecture, standards, and toolsets across platforms and services.
  • Collaborate closely with Group Information Security and Audit & Risk leadership to ensure that all digital platforms and business solutions are…
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