Chief Technologist - Cyber
Softcat plc
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Benefits offered by this job
Job summary
Softcat plc is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Technology Leader to drive technology decisions for its Cyber Security proposition. This senior role demands high collaboration to ensure effective execution and long-term success.
The ideal candidate will have extensive cybersecurity knowledge and demonstrate outstanding organizational and public speaking skills. Softcat is committed to providing flexible working arrangements, ensuring a supportive environment for all employees.
Qualifications
- Extensive cybersecurity knowledge and experience.
- Outstanding track record of proposition development.
- Strong ability to co-ordinate and prioritize effectively.
- Confidence and credibility with business audiences.
Responsibilities
- Provide technology market insights and guidance.
- Identify common customer problems and opportunities.
- Select products and services that address customer needs.
- Engage technical and business audiences alongside teams.
Skills
Job description
The OCTO is responsible for delivering world-class technology market insights and guidance to our customers and internal stakeholders. We work with sales, services, vendors, customers, partners, analysts and Softcat's leadership teams to ensure that our propositions and capabilities remain relevant now and into the future.
Success. The Softcat Way.
As the UK's largest technology solutions provider and a FTSE 250 listed company, we have built areputation for excellence. Our strategy is simple – we believe that highly engaged employees are the key to building customer trust and loyalty over the years. This trust and loyalty, combined with our market leading growth and performance, enables us to invest in our technology and services capabilities.
In this senior role, w e are looking for a high impact , highly collaborative and highly experienced technology leader and Cyber expert to o wn the technology decisions for our Cyber Security proposition .
The ideal candidate will be a determined positive energising collaborator, who will set a clear and simple vision, will initiate and build trust amongst co lleagues , customers and partners , is comfortable with passionate debate and making decisions, is confident presenting to business and technical audiences, and who has a get it done , get it done together, and get it done well attitude. Above all, you will obsess over customer and colleague engagement, to ensure every interaction proves that we care.
As a member of the Cyber Security Technology Tower Council (TTC) , Product Council and Services Council , you will collaborate with colleagues to ensure that our proposition and execution is effective in the short-term, built for l ong -term success , and is change-ready .
In addition, you will be working with th e Office of the CTO (OCTO) to identify cross sell opportunities across all Softcat business lines , including workspace, hybrid platforms, networking and connectivity , and data, automation and AI .
- Acting as anambassador for Softcat's values(passion,fun,intelligence,responsibility,andcommunity)
- Providingtechnology market insights and guidancefortheCyber SecurityTTC, andthe Softcatleadershipteams
- Identifyingcommoncustomer problems and opportunitiesthat will gain mainstreamtechnology and servicesadoption
- Selecting theproductsand services that address those problems
- Engagingtechnicaland businessaudiences alongside salesand services colleagues
- Uncovering opportunitiesand identifyingclear outcomes and success criteria
We'd love you to have
- Extensivecybersecurityknowledge and experience, andanoutstanding track record ofpropositiondevelopment andleadership
- Creativity,curiosity,critical thinking, advanced problem solving,humilityand drive
- Energisingcollaborative team playerand relationship builder
- Outstandingorganisational skills, with theability toco-ordinate andprioritise effectively
- Outstanding public speaker, with confidence and credibility in front of external and internal business and technical audiences
- Commercially aware approach tocustomer engagement andpropositiondevelopment
We also acknowledgethattheconfidencegap and imposter syndrome are a real thing andcanget in thewayof us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!
Work in a way that works for you
We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
- Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
- Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives,and embraces every background.
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Anyinformation you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/
Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authenticallyyouas possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.
Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, London, Manchester, Marlow, Newcastle, South Coast
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefits include:
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