Chief information officer
Also searched as: Director de sistemas de información · CIO · Gerente de sistemas · Director de informática
Code 1330.2
What does a Chief information officer do?
The information systems director / CIO (CIO o gerente de sistemas) ensures internal IT supports operations: systems, data, security and vendors. Use this Job Dictionary profile to CIO leadership as distinct from a product CTO.
How critical is this role
Its vacancy stalls revenue or decisions immediately.
Concentrates architecture, IT budget and vendor decisions. The vacancy breaks nothing on day one, but freezes the entire technology roadmap.
A reference range based on our own search work in Chile, not a figure from a published study. It shifts with the salary offered, the location and any exclusivity requirement.
How we classify critical rolesWorking on a Chief information officer role?
Use this profile as a starting point. Align responsibilities and assessment criteria with your team's actual needs.
The app link opens registration. You can create your role after signing in.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- market analysis
- information architecture
- systems development life-cycle
- information structure
- software design methodologies
- ICT project management methodologies
- software architecture models
- decision support systems
- attack vectors
Skills and competences
- Explicar el diseño y la operación de los Sistemas de Información Hospitalaria
- implement ICT risk management
- implement corporate governance
- monitor technology trends
- define technology strategy
- manage software releases
- optimise choice of ICT solution
- forecast future ICT network needs
- carry out strategic research
- use different communication channels
- utilise decision support system
Transversal competences
- coordinate technological activities
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
- maintain plan for continuity of operations
- review development process of an organisation
Download the role profile
We'll send you a profile ready to paste into your job ad: purpose, essential and optional skills, and what to assess. One email, no signup.
What to assess for this role
Assess systems governance, continuity and relationship with business areas.
See psychometric assessmentLo que más nos preguntan
Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does a CIO do?
- Prioritises the systems portfolio, owns availability/security and aligns IT to the company plan.
- Same as technology director?
- Sometimes yes in Chilean org charts; strictly CIO stresses internal systems and CTO the digital product.
- What to measure when hiring?
- Transformation or stabilisation cases and handling of critical vendors.
Similar roles
Other roles in the same group, useful when the one you need is not an exact fit.
Need to find this profile?
We source, screen and assess candidates for this kind of role, with a replacement guarantee. Fast process and a flat fee per role, no percentage of the salary.
In Obrii App the profile becomes a job descriptor, a CV screener and an interview scorecard.
Sources
This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences