Head of Operations

Oliver Bernard; London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm in London is seeking a Head of Operations to join their Senior Leadership team. This role involves improving operational processes and collaborating with various departments to optimize business functions. Candidates should have robust technical knowledge and experience in managing cross-functional teams, particularly in Delivery, Product, and Engineering sectors.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-5 years in a Head of Operations role.
• Strong knowledge of Delivery, Product, and Engineering.
• Experience managing Infrastructure and Security teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with C-Level and Heads of Department to build roadmaps.
• Improve technical functions and efficiencies across teams.
• Lead Infrastructure and Security teams to scale operations.

Skills

Technical knowledge of Delivery

Technical knowledge of Product

Technical knowledge of Engineering

Agile processes

Line management

Job description

Head of Operations – FinTech / Trading

Oliver Bernard are currently working with a well-established FinTech / Trading firm, based in London, who are seeking an experienced Head of Operations to join their Senior Leadership team as part of plans to improve processes, technical efficiencies, and roadmaps across their tech teams.

This role presents a great opportunity for someone currently operating at the ‘Head of’ level, looking to have great impact on business operations across Development, Infrastructure, Build, Delivery and Product teams – with scope to have influence across the whole company.

You’ll partner with C-Level and Heads of Department to build roadmaps, improve their technical functions, and be the glue between different teams in an embedded / cross-functional way.

To be considered for this position, the following experience is required:

• Previous experience in a Head of Operations capacity (minimum 4-5 years)
• Strong technical knowledge of Delivery, Product and Engineering
• Capable line managing an Infrastructure and Security team directly (providing direction and roadmaps which will allow this function to scale from an operational perspective)
• Strong knowledge of Agile processes, capable building metrics and processes to improve business wide efficiency

This position is able to offer £90-100K, plus benefits, and operates a hybrid working model in London (2 office days p/week).

Head of Operations – FinTech / Trading