Want C-level expertise on your team without having to pay heavily for it? With outsourced IT leadership, you’ll be able to call on the skillset of your Associate – and our wider 60-strong team – whenever and however you need to, without bearing the financial burden of a full-time salary, benefits, and other costs.
Making sure your IT systems and processes are fit for purpose and properly maintained has never been more important. However, employing C-level IT leaders on a full-time basis as part of your in-house staff can be an expensive undertaking. Outsourced IT leadership means you get all the benefit of an experienced professional overseeing your systems, without having to shoulder the financial burden of salary, benefits and other costs.
Put simply, if you want to have experience and expertise on your team without having to pay heavily for it, outsourced IT leadership is for you. With Bailey & Associates, you’ll be able to call on the skillset of your Associate – and our wider 60-strong team – whenever and however you need to. Whether you’re undertaking a specific project – like data migration or company mergers – or whether you’d like a steady, ongoing hand to steer your company’s wider IT direction, our Associates can help. You’ll get tailored, custom-built solutions delivered and implemented directly. You’ll have the experience of an IT Director, Chief Information Officer or Chief Technology Officer, without having to bear the full-time salary that usually comes part and parcel.
Typical Time Frame: 2+ days per month
Work Conducted: Combination of o ff and onsiteOur Outsourced IT Leader service is our most comprehensive and most popular offering. With this service, our Associate will typically become your business’ most senior IT team member, fulfilling the role of IT Director, CTO or CIO depending on your internal hierarchical structure.
Due to the on-demand nature of our work, outsourcing your IT Leadership to one of our Associates is significantly cheaper than hiring a permanent C-level IT Leader on a full-time basis. You won’t need to factor in salary, holidays, recruitment fees or any other employment costs – just choose how often you want to outsource to us and go from there.
The Bailey & Associates service really is on-demand. You’re in complete control of when the Associate starts and how often they work for you; you don’t need to factor in notice periods or gardening leave. Our rolling contracts mean you can use our services as and when you need.
We can guarantee the experience and quality of every member of our team; when Associates join us they are thoroughly assessed. Further, we are happy to offer a free consultation so you can discuss your needs with us directly. Plus, no fixed contracts mean you’re not tied in to any long-term agreements.
If your business is in need of multiple functions – for example both a CIO and a CTO – you could work with multiple Associates at the same time, still at a lower cost than hiring just one of these roles on a permanent, full-time basis.
Our team is made up of a global network of over 60 C-level IT experts. So, when you outsource to us, you don’t just benefit from the Associate(s) working directly with your business. Your delegate will have the support and assistance of our full network, which has more than 600 collective years of experience in senior roles.
The terms CTO (Chief Technology Officer), CIO (Chief Information Officer) and IT Director are often used interchangeably across the industry, which is incorrect.
Here is how we define the di fference between key IT leadership roles.
CTO | Chief Technology Officer
Role Summary: Increasing the companies turnover through using and reviewing technology to enhance the company’s products or services
CIO | Chief Information Officer
Role Summary: Increasing the company’s profit through efficient business technology processes.
IT Director
Role Summary: Contributes to the company’s strategic and business plans, especially in relation to IT and communications systems.
Case Study
This multi-million convertible arbitrage hedge fund was formed in the early 2000s by a group of former portfolio managers. Their current system processes were not secure nor suited to further enterprise expansion and needed modernising.
The new systems that were designed and built by the Associate helped the company grow from $300m under management at the outset to over $3bn at its peak. Efficiency wise, the company’s total head count never exceeded 24 members of sta ff across four offices.
Please note that we are not able to publish every case study, so if you would like to ask about our experience in a specific sector or industry, please contact us directly.
We have a track record of leading highly successful, responsive, and adaptable IT organisations in everything from global blue-chip brands to innovative, high-growth small enterprises.
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