Business Technology and Innovation Manager - Border to Coast PP

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership seeks a Senior Technology Innovation Lead to head a four-person team, driving strategic tech initiatives and adoption of emerging technologies across the business.

You will translate technology strategy into actionable roadmaps, collaborate with risk and IT teams to ensure resilience, and govern innovation with a focus on security, compliance and value delivery.

Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent experience in technology or related field.
• Experience leading technology innovation initiatives in regulated environments is advantageous.
• Ability to translate strategy into roadmaps and initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of four with 121s and performance reviews.
• Deliver innovation initiatives to improve efficiency and resilience.
• Assess, pilot and adopt emerging technologies (AI/ML, Gen AI, automation).
• Translate business technology strategy into actionable roadmaps with senior leadership.
• Partner with risk, business and technology teams on resilient solutions.
• Oversee governance, value realisation and risk management for new tech.
• Report on the innovation pipeline with benefits, risks and delivery progress.
• Drive a culture of efficient, technology-enabled ways of working.
• Shape redesign and growth through technology aligned to objectives.
• Ensure governance and operating model alignment for innovation activities.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud tooling

AI/GenAI adoption

Cyber security awareness

Governance & risk

Enterprise architecture

Agile & Waterfall

Performance management

Strategic thinking

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

AI/ML platforms

Gen AI

Intelligent automation

Job description

• Lead, coach and develop a team of four, from 121s and coaching through to performance reviews
• Deliver technology innovation initiatives that improve efficiency, advance business capability and strengthen resilience
• Assess, pilot and adopt emerging technologies, spanning artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, intelligent automation and modern cloud tooling, aligned to architecture, security and resilience requirements
• Translate business technology strategy into actionable roadmaps and initiatives alongside senior technology leadership
• Partner with business, risk and technology teams on solutions that strengthen operational resilience within risk appetite
• Oversee innovation governance, value realisation and risk management for emerging technology and change
• Report clearly on the innovation pipeline: benefits, risks and delivery progress
• Work across the business to spot where technology enables better ways of working and an efficiency driven culture
• Shape functional redesign and future growth through technology capabilities tied to strategic objectives
• Keep innovation activity controlled, documented and aligned to corporate standards, ICT strategy and operating model principles
• Deliver within agreed governance and assurance processes, in line with cyber security, information security and operational resilience requirements
• Bring risk, compliance, procurement and contract management colleagues in early so new technologies and suppliers are properly assessed
• Provide the management information and insight that drives prioritisation and review of innovation activity
• Identify and escalation risk across your area of responsibility, Enterprise architecture, business architecture or operating model design
• Cyber security, information security and operational resilience frameworks Innovation governance, value tracking and benefits realisation Artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI and intelligent automation, applied within financial services Previous technology innovation within a financially regulated company Day to day contact with outsourced technology providers or third party suppliers Awareness of cyber security, operational resilience and information security considerations in technology change Agile and Waterfall delivery environments A qualification in project management, business analysis, enterprise architecture, cyber security or a related technology field Broader corporate awareness spanning health and safety, ICT systems, procurement, outsourcing, information management and data protection
• A strong understanding of enterprise technology landscapes, spanning architecture, cyber security and resilience
• The ability to lead, manage and develop a team
• Proven success assessing, trialling and implementing emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and intelligent automation, balancing innovation against risk and regulation
• An analytical, commercially minded eye for the business value, feasibility and resilience impact of new ideas
• The presence to influence across business, technology, risk and senior leadership
• Clear, engaging communication that turns complex technology into practical business language
• Demonstrable delivery of technology change or innovation within demanding, complex business environments
• A track record of working with stakeholders to turn requirements and ideas into practical delivery plans
• Practice producing clear reporting, options papers and recommendations for decision makers
• Comfort operating within controlled governance, risk and assurance processes
• Strong planning and organisation under conflicting priorities, a habit of hitting deadlines without losing quality, and high levels of integrity
• A degree or equivalent experience, with continued development in technology, innovation, ICT, business analysis or project delivery methodologies
• Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is one of the UK's largest pension pools and the largest asset manager outside London and Edinburgh. Owned by 18 Local Government Pension Scheme partner funds, we manage approximately £120 billion of assets on behalf of more than two million members.
• As a customer-owned and customer-focused organisation, our purpose is to make a difference for the Local Government Pension Scheme. Integrity, collaboration and sustainability are at the heart of how we work, and we are continuing to invest in our technology, data and innovation capabilities to support our long‑term strategic ambitions. Our client is an FCA regulated asset manager with a clear conviction that artificial intelligence and emerging technology will define its next decade. Innovation is treated here with the same discipline as investment: carefully assessed, properly governed, and delivered in line with enterprise architecture, security, resilience and regulatory expectations. Leading and developing a team of four, you will own the innovation agenda, translating technology strategy into actionable roadmaps, championing artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, and delivering initiatives that raise efficiency, advance capability and strengthen resilience across the business.