2014十大热门管理职位

    全球猎头公司CTPartners最近进行的一项调查显示，与2013年一样，大公司“坐拥万亿美元，正在紧张观望。”今年，他们会将更多资金用于招聘一些关键战略岗位的高管人才。CTPartners的CEO布莱恩•萨利文说：“科技正表现出前所未有的巨大影响力，”受到影响的工作岗位也越来越多，包括人力资源和医疗岗位。

    十八年来，这家公司每年进行一次调查，研究各大公司的高管聘用情况。今年的调查显示：“大数据的规模将日益扩大，因为为了获得竞争优势，各家公司都竞相收集信息，把它们转化成利润。”报告称，近几年增长迅速的云计算和在线教育今年还将进一步加速，而公司对网络安全专家的需求也将随之扩大，以更好应对黑客的侵扰。今年节日购物季期间，塔吉特（Target）的安全灾难不仅给零售商，也给其他公司敲响了警钟。

    今年雇主的“新年愿望清单”上还有其他领域的专家，尤其是面对日益严格的美国联邦法规，负责合规问题的相关专业人士变得更受欢迎。下面是四个发展最快领域中的十大最热门高管职位：

    科技领域：

    1. 首席信息官。萨利文说：“虽然听起来有些老套，但首席技术官这个职位的演变使它对公司具有前所未有的重要性。”他补充道，数据、移动、数字和分析的重要性将CIO从“幕后推到了台前”。许多公司针对这个职务专门增设了高级副总裁或其他高管头衔，也反映了这种趋势。

    2. 首席营销官。CTPartners的报告称：“首席营销官职务正在迅速进化。”因为营销专家们“越来越有必要证明营销正在推动公司的收益与发展。”其中目前需求最大的是“精通数字领域的营销领导者，他们需要证明自己能够开发新的业务模式。”

    3. 首席风险官/网络安全官。报告称，保护公司的数字资产“从来没有像现在这样重要，也从来没有向今天这么困难。”报告补充道，保证客户数据安全的能力将是2014年及未来“各大公司的三大首要任务之一。”

    4. 移动商务总监。报告称，随着消费者对智能手机和平板设备的日益依赖，移动商务在零售业和其他领域 “已经成为新的电子商务形式”。随着日益成熟的新应用不断上线，“了解移动用户行为与需求的高管将拥有巨大的市场。”   

    Just as they were in 2013, companies now are "nervously sitting on over $1 trillion in cash," says a new report from global executive search firm CTPartners. One big difference: This year, they'll spend more of that pile to hire executive talent in some key strategic jobs. "Technology's impact is being felt more than ever," notes CTPartners CEO Brian Sullivan -- and in more kinds of jobs than ever, too, including human resources and health care.

    "Big data will only grow bigger, as organizations race to collect and monetize information to gain competitive advantage," according to his firm's 18th annual survey on which executives companies are trying to hire. The fast growth of cloud computing and online education in the past couple of years will accelerate this year, the report says, as will demand for cybersecurity experts who can oversee stronger defenses against hackers. Just ask Target (TGT), whose security debacle at the peak of the holiday shopping season gave plenty of other companies -- and not just retailers -- cause for concern.

    Expertise in other areas, especially compliance with stiffer federal regulations in the U.S., is on employers' wish list this year, too. Here are 10 of the hottest executive jobs now, in four fast-growing fields:

    Technology:

    1. Chief information officer. "It may sound old hat, but the role's evolution makes it more critical to companies than it's ever been," notes Sullivan. The importance of data, mobile, digital, and analytics has moved CIOs "from the back room to the boardroom," he adds -- a shift reflected in the fact that many companies now add senior vice president or another executive title to the job.

    2. Chief marketing officer. "The CMO job is rapidly evolving," the CTPartners report notes, as head marketing mavens "increasingly need the ability to show that marketing is actually driving revenue and growth." In big demand right now are "digitally savvy marketing leaders who can show they're capable of developing new business models."

    3. Chief risk officer/cybersecurity officer. Protecting any company's digital assets "has never been more important -- or more difficult," the report notes, adding that the ability to assure customers their data is secure will be "a top-three corporate priority" in 2014 and beyond.

    4. Head of M-commerce. In retail and elsewhere, mobile commerce "has become the new e-commerce," the report says, as consumers get ever more reliant on smartphones and tablets. With new and more sophisticated apps coming online all the time, "executives who understand mobile user behavior and needs will be in demand."