Group Head of Cloud & Platforms - London

TieTalent; London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Group Head of Cloud & Platforms in London. This role involves providing technical leadership for cloud transformation, managing banking platforms, and ensuring compliance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud architecture and banking technology, with responsibilities including team management and strategic direction. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, including a car allowance and annual bonus.

Benefits

Car allowance of £7,500

Enhanced family-focused benefits

Annual bonus opportunity up to 40%

30 days annual leave + bank holidays

Qualifications

• Track record of leading banking technology transformations.
• Strong understanding of Cloud Security and Controls.
• Hands-on experience with core banking platforms and payment systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction to a team of Engineers.
• Drive the cloud transformation strategy with an Azure-first approach.
• Lead the modernisation strategy for core banking services.

Skills

Cloud Security

Azure

DevOps

Agile methodology

Communication

Job description

Group Head of Cloud & Platforms - London

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About the team:

As

About

About the team:

As Group Head of Cloud & Platforms , you will provide technical leadership and direction to a team of Engineers across the UK and India to drive the cloud transformation strategy with an Azure-first approach whilst modernising our core banking and payment platforms.

The role will report into the Technology Transformation Director and you will have the autonomy and ownership to drive cloud adoption withing OSB Group\\\'s technology transformation.

Please note, this role can be based from our London, Chatham or Wolverhampton office and has the benefit of operating within our hybrid-working policy. This role will require interaction across all relevant sites and some travel between UK and India offices will be required.

What You Will Be Doing

As Group Head of Cloud & Platforms , you will have a solid engineering and Azure cloud architecture background to drive the cloud transformation strategy, evolving cloud governance frameworks, optimising costs and ensuring regulatory compliance through agile deliver. As a dual function role, modernisation of core banking platforms, payment systems (UK focus), and customer-facing applications for Savings and Mortgages whilst maximising business value through cloud adoption is key.

Your Responsibilities Will Also Include

• Build and maintain key relationships, synthesize information from multiple sources, maintain business alignment in the Team Backlog and communicate effectively with a variety of audiences
• Evolve and refine the existing Azure cloud target state using industry, customer and business insights to track the desired cloud transformation
• Lead the modernisation strategy for core banking services, enabling phased migration between on-premises systems and Azure cloud environments
• Provide technical direction and architectural oversight for core banking platform and payment systems including the design of resilient architectures for domestic UK payment journeys with appropriate redundancy
• Ensure all cloud deployments meet security and compliance requirements for payment card processing and core banking functions
• Establish engineering standards and practices that ensure security, scalability and reliability for mission-critical banking workloads across hybrid environments
• Drive the adoption of DevOps practices and Site Reliability Engineering models for payment processing systems
  
  

What\\\'s in it for you?

• Base salary up to c£140,000
• Car allowance of £7,500
• Enhanced family-focused benefits
• Annual bonus opportunity up to 40% + LTIPs
• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays
  
  

Please use this link to see the fantastic benefits available at OSB:

Do you have the skills?

We are looking for talented individuals who have the skills set out below:

• Track record of leading banking technology transformations in retail banking systems such as savings and mortgages
• Strong understanding of Cloud Security and Controls and the application of internationally recognised standards such as NIST SP-800-53, CSA CCM, ISO27001 is essential
• Hands-on experience with core banking platforms, payment systems, and customer-facing applications
• Strong knowledge of Azure functionality and working within Agile methodology
• Excellent platform development and integration (bespoke and package) skills to enhance the customer journey
• Strong capability in building and scaling distributed engineering teams and establishing engineering excellence practices
• Strong communication and facilitation skills to lead workshops and align cross-functional teams
  
  

Next Steps

If this sounds like you, apply now! Still on the fence? Hear from our team or explore our process: OSB Careers

Shortlisted candidates will go through a personalised recruitment process, that is relevant and conversational - inclusive any individual reasonable support required. We want to bring out the best in you!

Diversity & Inclusion

We champion diversity at all levels, with Board-level Diversity Champions tracking our progress. We are proud to be signed up to the Women in Finance Charter to actively support the growth and development of senior women in our sector and are dedicated to treating all our employees and job applicants equally, opposed to discrimination on any grounds.

Nice-to-have skills

• Azure
• Cloud Security
• DevOps
• London, England
  
  

Work experience

• Agile Coach / Scrum Master
• Site Reliability (SRE)
• Cloud Architect
  
  

Languages

• English

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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