Director of Technology - Platform Foundations

ON RUNNING; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a visionary leader to manage the evolution of its technology platform. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience nurturing engineering cultures and deep expertise in public cloud architecture, particularly with GCP. Responsibilities include fostering internal capability, ensuring the platform serves as a foundation for secure and innovative solutions. This role is crucial for driving success through modern tools and practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience evolving engineering cultures.
• Experience in leading AWS to GCP migrations.
• Ability to implement modern tooling for efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of technology platform foundations.
• Build internal capability to drive evolution.
• Ensure platform supports rapid, secure innovation.

Skills

GCP & Cloud Strategy

Public Cloud Architecture

Platform Product Mindset

Adaptive Resilience

Chaos Engineering

AI/ML Tooling

Internal Ownership

Job description

In short Everything we build in Technology at On fuels our mission to ignite the human spirit through movement. We craft technology that improves with every interaction. Delivering “Wow” through our platforms, apps, and services is a core value. We are looking for a visionary leader to own and lead the evolution of our technology platform foundations, ensuring it serves as the bedrock for rapid, secure, and cost-aware innovation. We believe in ownership and internal accountability, not outsourcing change. We are looking for a leader who builds internal capability to drive our evolution from within.

Your story

• Evolutionary Leader: You have a proven track record (10+ years) of evolving engineering cultures. You don't believe in “transformation” projects; you believe in building systems that continuously adapt and improve through internal ownership.
• GCP & Cloud Strategy: You have deep experience with public cloud architecture. Experience leading AWS to GCP migrations or managing complex GCP environments is a critical differentiator.
• Platform Product Mindset: You treat your platform as a product. You have experience creating intuitive developer portals and ensuring your tools reduce friction, empowering teams to “Dream On.”
• Pragmatic Innovator: You see value in modern tooling (including AI/ML) not as a hype cycle, but as a lever for efficiency. You have experience implementing GenAI code assistants or similar productivity tools in a way that creates tangible impact.
• Resilience & Security Authority: You understand Adaptive Resilience. You are comfortable driving Chaos Engineering adoption and embedding “Security by Design” into the platform DNA.