Director – Middleware & Technology Platforms – Investment Banking

Hunter Bond; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunter Bond is seeking a Director to own middleware and technology platforms within a leading international investment bank in London, with good work-from-home options. You will shape platform strategy, build specialist teams and drive resilience, automation and performance across messaging and workload automation services.

The role requires senior leadership experience in financial services technology, a proven track record with middleware platforms, and the ability to influence senior

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience within financial services technology.
• Experience owning middleware platforms and platform services.
• Strong incident management, governance and operational risk knowledge.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate priorities into business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop specialist middleware and platform teams.
• Own the strategy, performance, resilience and lifecycle management of critical middleware services.
• Drive improvements across IBM MQ, AutoSys and associated messaging and integration platforms.
• Lead major incident management, root cause analysis and service recovery.
• Develop platform roadmaps focused on modernisation, automation and operational efficiency.
• Oversee production readiness for major releases, upgrades, migrations and service transitions.
• Work closely with senior technology stakeholders, global teams and third-party providers.

Skills

Senior leadership

IBM MQ

AutoSys

Stakeholder influence

Incidents management

Job description

Director – Middleware & Technology Platforms – Investment Banking

Our leading Investment Banking client are currently looking for a senior technology leader to take ownership of a business-critical Middleware and Platforms Support function within a leading international investment bank.

This is a senior leadership position, combining strategic platform ownership with operational responsibility across messaging, integration and workload automation services.

You'll be responsible for shaping the platform strategy, developing specialist teams and driving improvements in resilience, automation, monitoring and service performance across a complex global technology environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and develop specialist middleware and platform support teams, including managers and technical specialists.
• Own the strategy, performance, resilience and lifecycle management of critical middleware services.
• Drive improvements across IBM MQ, AutoSys and associated messaging and integration platforms.
• Lead major incident management, root cause analysis and service recovery.
• Develop platform roadmaps focused on modernisation, automation and operational efficiency.
• Oversee production readiness for major releases, upgrades, migrations and service transitions.
• Work closely with senior technology stakeholders, global teams and third-party providers.

The following skills / experience is essential:

• Senior leadership experience within financial services technology, ideally across middleware, production management or technology support.
• Strong experience with IBM MQ and AutoSys, or comparable messaging and workload automation technologies.
• Experience owning business-critical platforms, including resilience, performance, availability and lifecycle management.
• Proven people leadership experience, developing and managing specialist technical teams.
• Strong understanding of major incident management, service governance and operational risk.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate technical priorities into business outcomes.

The opportunity:

A chance to take ownership of a specialist technology function, influence its future direction and drive meaningful improvements across platforms that underpin critical banking operations.

Salary: Up to £160,000 + bonus + package

Level: Director

Location: London (good work from home options available)