Group IT Director

Lorien; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy located in Central Belt, Scotland is seeking a Group IT Director to drive strategic decisions and oversee a talented team in a modern, flexible tech environment. The ideal candidate should possess strong leadership, technical depth, and governance abilities across multi‑site, operationally complex organizations. Key responsibilities include shaping the technology roadmap, elevating maturity through ITIL frameworks, and enabling the organization to leverage emerging AI capabilities. It’s a pivotal role for those looking to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Proven IT leader in operationally complex environments.
• Experience in managing technology that drives transformation.
• Ability to influence at the highest levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Shape strategy and influence decisions at the highest level.
• Guide a talented team through meaningful transformations.
• Modernize governance and security as the organization grows.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Operational discipline

Leadership

Technical depth

Governance

Innovation instinct

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft 365

Dynamics 365 / Business Central

Power BI

Job description

Group IT Director Location: Central Belt, Scotland Onsite role: 5 days per week (flexibility where business allows) Salary: Highly competitive - disclosed on application

The Role - Your Opportunity to Shape Something Bigger

Imagine stepping into a business at the perfect time, the foundations are strong, the technology stack is modern, the roadmap is already in motion, and the organisation is ready for someone who can turn capability into excellence.

As Group IT Director, you won't be fighting fires or rebuilding from scratch. You'll be taking an already solid environment and elevating it, driving structure, maturity, innovation and a leadership culture that brings people with you.

You’ll shape strategy, influence decisions at the highest level, and guide a talented team through a period of meaningful transformation, spanning ERP uplift, service quality, security, data, automation and AI. This is a role where technology genuinely powers the next stage of growth, and you'll be the leader bringing all the pieces together.

About You:

You're a proven IT leader who understands how to run and evolve technology in multi‑site, structured, operationally complex environments. You thrive where expectations are high and outcomes matter. You bring a balance of:

• strategic thinking and practical delivery
• strong governance and a growth mindset
• people, leadership and technical depth
• operational discipline and innovation instinct

You’re "firm and fair", trusted at a senior level, and known for developing people while raising standards. You communicate clearly, influence easily, and make technology understandable at the board level.

Experience in manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, logistics, life sciences, distribution or other process‑driven environments would be highly beneficial, but what really matters is your ability to bring structure, foresight and leadership to a complex, fast‑moving organisation.

The Tech Stack You’ll Lead (Modern, Scalable & Ready to Evolve)

You’ll inherit a technology environment that’s already in good shape, cloud‑first, secure and designed for scale, but with real opportunity to scale, standardise and innovate.

Core Platforms & Systems

• Cloud‑first environment built around Microsoft Azure & Microsoft 365
• Multi‑site networks
• ERP estate based around Dynamics 365 / Business Central (with scope for optimisation, process improvement and stronger data governance)
• A blend of COTS platforms and proprietary systems, requiring a structured API strategy, integration governance and repeatable playbooks
• Modern endpoint management, identity and security aligned to enterprise standards

Data, BI & Analytics

Significant appetite to shift from manual reporting to data warehousing, dashboards and analytics. Strong opportunity to build a data platform that supports predictive, real‑time and strategic decision‑making. Power BI / Fabric‑aligned direction (though flexible depending on your expertise).

AI & Automation

Early initiatives already underway. Appetite for applied AI, intelligent automation and low‑friction digital improvements across the organisation.

Security & Governance

• Cyber Essentials Plus is in place
• ISO‑aligned frameworks ready to be strengthened
• Need for someone who can elevate maturity, risk management, audit readiness and documentation for key tenders

This is a modern, flexible environment where you can truly shape best practice and long‑term capability.

Why This Role Will Excite You

• You’ll walk into a structured roadmap, a strong team, and a solid stack, but you’ll have real influence over the shape of what comes next.
• You’ll build maturity through ITIL, SLAs and service catalogue uplift.
• You’ll improve stability and integration across ERP and systems.
• You’ll unlock visibility through BI and data engineering.
• You’ll take emerging AI use cases and turn them into genuine value.
• You’ll modernise governance and security as the organisation grows.
• And you’ll develop a team that wants leadership, coaching and confidence.
• It’s a chance to build, shape, refine and elevate a technology function during a pivotal growth phase.

If you want to be the person who sets the tone, raises the bar, and leaves a lasting impact on the business, then please get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.