Dedicated offering

Outsourced CIO: IT governance without the full-time hire

You have no IT leadership, or a newly appointed IT manager facing decisions that will bind the company for years. LENS SI takes on that role on a part-time basis, for as long as it takes.

Situations we handle

No IT leadership

IT is handled by the founder, the CFO or a vendor. Nobody arbitrates, nobody plans, and decisions are made under pressure.

Junior IT manager

A technically capable manager, alone with architecture, budget and contract decisions that carry multi-year consequences.

Transition

A departure, an open role, a merger. Someone has to hold the wheel and prepare a clean handover.

What we take on

Strategy and budget

  • Three-year IT master plan
  • Building and defending the IT budget
  • Investment arbitration
  • Reporting to the executive committee

Vendor management

  • Requirements and tenders
  • Contract negotiation and review
  • Service level follow-up
  • Reducing vendor lock-in

Security and compliance

  • Risk mapping
  • Disaster recovery plan
  • GDPR compliance
  • Team awareness training

Building capability

  • Coaching the IT manager in post
  • Structuring processes
  • Method transfer
  • Preparing an internal CIO hire