IT Director - Fire & Security (m/f/d)

IT Business Partner/ Director for EMEA Fire and Security (m/f/d)

What you will do

Join Johnson Controls’ transformative journey as we accelerate our technology modernisation and integration agenda across the EMEA Fire and Security (F&S) Domain.

As IT Business Partner, Director you will provide strategic IT leadership and partnership, ensuring technology initiatives are aligned with business objectives and deliver measurable value.

You will lead a team of permanent and contract professionals to drive digital transformation, strengthen operational excellence, and enhance customer and employee experiences through technology.

How you will do it:

Strategic Leadership

• Align EMEA F&S IT strategy with enterprise priorities and regional business goals.

• Formulate long-term technology roadmaps (eg ERP consolidation) and capability advancement plans.

• Act as the primary interface between business leadership and global IT, ensuring demand is prioritised and managed effectively.

• Provide insight and thought leadership on emerging technologies that can accelerate business growth and efficiency. Drive AI adoption in IT and the business teams, finding opportunities to bring value and growth.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee the delivery of IT portfolios and initiatives, ensuring timely execution and measurable outcomes.

• Drive standardisation, simplification, and automation across systems and platforms.

• Lead regional application rationalisation, cloud migration, and cybersecurity compliance, EOL and vulnerability management to deliver global programmes.

• Champion process optimisation, data quality, and reporting improvements.

Transformation & Innovation

• Champion digital initiatives including AI, analytics, RPA, and low-code automation to improve productivity and user experience.

• Lead efforts to reduce technical debt and modernise legacy systems.

• Support sustainability and employee engagement objectives within IT.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build trust through transparent communication and consistent delivery.

• Partner with Domain GMs, and Functional Directors to shape demand and set expectations.

• Represent IT in regional leadership forums, strategic planning sessions, and transformation steering groups.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a team of permanent FTE and contract/support staff across the F&S domain.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Build future capability through structured career development, mentoring, and upskilling programmes.

What we look for:

Required

• Proven experience in senior IT leadership, business partnering, or transformation roles within a complex, multi-country organisation.

• Demonstrable success in managing large teams and outsourced partners to deliver technology-enabled change.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to influence at executive level.

• Strategic thinking and business acumen, with a focus on measurable business outcomes.

• Strong understanding of IT governance, cybersecurity, and enterprise architecture principles.

• Fluent in English.

• Willingness to travel across the EMEA region as required.

Preferred

• Experience in industrial, building technologies, or service-based industries.

• Strong knowledge of project management, AI and agile delivery methods

• Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between IT and business teams, fostering collaboration and joint ownership of results.