IT Implementation Lead, BIM

APM Terminals BIM RAPID DEPLOYMENT TEAM – IT IMPLEMENTATION LEAD

Business Unit: BIM

Reports to:

Head of IT Dotted line reporting to:
Head of Business Integration – BIM

Location:

Various APM Terminals locations across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East Home terminal location:
To be determined based on business needs, candidate suitability, and mobility preferences. This role requires a high degree of global mobility and the ability to support deployments across multiple terminals and Shared Planning Centers. Candidate location preferences will be taken into consideration where possible.

At APM Terminals, we enable global trade and drive sustainable growth through safe, efficient, and continuously improving terminal operations. We are committed to delivering operational excellence by standardising the way we work, developing our people, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement across our global network.

The Business Implementation Management (BIM) team is responsible for delivering APM Terminals’ strategic growth agenda, including greenfield developments, expansions, upgrades, and integrations. BIM ensures that new and transforming terminals are delivered and integrated in a consistent way, applying APMT standards and enabling safe, efficient, and scalable operations from day one.

The BIM Rapid Deployment Team is an internal initiative designed to create a deployable pool of experienced operational leaders and future talent who can support critical phases of project execution, especially during pre- and post- go-live. As part of this programme, you will operate from a home terminal in a real operational role while being deployable to BIM projects globally. Over the span of this assignment, you will contribute both to daily operations and to project execution, ensuring continuity, operational discipline, and capability build in new and transforming terminals.

• This role offers a unique combination of operational leadership in a terminal environment and exposure to global project execution, providing a breadth of experience that is not typically available within a single role.
• Opportunity to work in a home terminal while participating in global deployments across multiple projects and locations.
• Direct involvement in ramp-ups, go-lives, and stabilisation of new or transforming terminals, gaining hands-on project execution experience.
• Accelerated development through exposure to different operating models, geographies, challenges, and leadership contexts.
• Opportunity to apply and deepen expertise in APMT Business System, operational excellence, and continuous improvement practices in high-impact environments.

• Lead on-site IT readiness and implementation for ramp-up, go-live, and stabilisation phases, ensuring systems support operational execution from day one.
• Assess and communicate IT prerequisites and gaps, aligning local and global teams to close gaps effectively.
• Support implementation of FLOW IT tools, TOS integrations, and system configurations in new or transforming terminals.
• Provide hands-on technical coordination in high-pressure environments, ensuring continuity of IT services and rapid issue resolution.
• Adjust and track IT implementation plans, timelines, and dependencies, ensuring alignment with project delivery milestones.
• Support setup of IT processes and governance, including incident management, escalation paths, and system support structures.
• Enable capability transfer to local teams, providing training, guidance, and support on systems and tools.
• Fill critical short-term capability gaps in IT, system integration, and operational technology environments.
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