Gartner HR Symposium - CIO RIP? Not that simple...

While all C-suite roles will change significantly over the next four years, the CIO position is expected to be the one that will transform most. In fact, a significant 22% of CEOs believe the CIO role will be eliminated entirely by 2030, according to Jessie Knight, a Vice President and Analyst in Gartner's HR practice:

This isn't because the need for tech leadership disappears but because the role could change so much it looks like a completely different job, potentially with different people doing it. They envision something bigger and broader for this role - 67% expect multiple tech leadership roles to consolidate into a single super tech leader type of job.

To illustrate her point, Knight refers to financial services firm Charles Schwab, where CIO Dennis Howard moved into a new positionat the start of the year. This new role not only consisted of traditional IT leadership. It...

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