Introducing the CIO career path
The CIO career path often follows the route of being promoted for strong delivery, particularly of evident transformation efforts acknowledged by the business executives. As such, there is a stronger weighting of CIOs who have a program and project delivery background than operational experience. As cyber-attacks spread across all sectors, we see that the CIO must pay more attention to cybersecurity. The CIO can only ignore cybersecurity at their own peril, as the stakes are high, and reputations can be severely impacted.
With that said, there are many paths to becoming a CIO. Here is an example of a typical CIO career path:
- Commence your career as an IT analyst or Support analyst. This will provide you with a foundation in IT skills, knowledge, and experience of working across the IT portfolio and with different aspects of the business.
- Take opportunities to build your skills, knowledge, and experience in development, network admin, or...
