Head Of Technology - SIP / IT

Interface Recruitment; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus scheme

Matched contributory pension

Share scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Job summary

Interface Recruitment’s client, a highly successful international business, seeks a Head of IT to take overall responsibility for global IT and customer technology. The role is based in Nottingham with hybrid working and reports to the Chief Operating Officer.

The position covers core technology, information security, a major systems improvement programme and customer-facing digital platforms, leading senior managers across IT domains.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large, broad IT and digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure, networking, cloud, and service delivery.
• Able to communicate complex tech in plain English to senior leadership.
• Proven ability to build and develop senior management teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the global IT and digital capability.
• Build and deliver a global IT plan that delivers value for money.
• Advise the senior leadership on technology and information security.
• Lead and develop a team of senior managers across IT domains.
• Support and coach project teams to deliver a global systems improvement programme.
• Own the stability and support of customer facing websites and digital platforms.
• Maintain governance of the IT function and controls.
• Develop an information security strategy to improve security posture.
• Drive value from technology spend using lean budgeting.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Infrastructure

Networking

Cloud technologies

Service delivery

Information security

Communication

Decision making

People development

Job description

Job title: Head of IT

Location: Nottingham (hybrid)

Salary: c.£200,000 per annum plus bonus

Job type: Permanent, 2 year fixed term contract

Head of IT | Nottingham | c.£200,000 plus bonus

Our client is a highly successful international business with a loyal global customer base and a long term outlook. They make decisions for lasting success rather than short term gains.

They're looking for a Head of IT to take overall responsibility for their global IT and customer technology capability. It's a broad and genuinely senior remit covering the core technology estate, information security, a major systems improvement programme and the customer facing digital platforms. The role reports to the Chief Operating Officer.

The role

• Lead the development of the global IT and digital capability, meeting or exceeding what the business needs in a secure, compliant, efficient and scalable way
• Build and deliver a clear global IT plan that delivers value for money
• Act as advisor to the senior leadership team on all matters of technology and information security
• Lead and develop a team of senior managers across information security, IT operations, customer technology and IT procurement and vendor management
• Support and coach the Senior Programme Manager and their team of project managers and business analysts to deliver a global systems improvement programme on scope, time and budget
• Own the stability and support of the customer facing websites and digital platforms and lead the web technology team who build them
• Keep technology risks and mitigation under continual review, including disaster recovery
• Ensure effective governance of the IT function, including ways of working and controls
• Develop an information security strategy that continually improves security posture against industry best practice
• Drive value from technology spend using a lean, zero based approach

About you

• An experienced senior leader capable of leading a large change programme and bringing people with you
• Highly knowledgeable in infrastructure, networking, cloud technologies and service delivery
• A collaborative communicator who can explain complex scenarios in plain English to any audience
• An open minded, evidence based decision maker
• Astute and organised, with the ability to spot what matters and act on it
• Someone who develops outstanding people, sets clear goals and keeps score

How success is measured

• Core KPIs in line with agreed benchmarks, including P1 issues resolved within 8 hours and help desk issues closed by the next working day
• Systems improvement programme milestones met within the agreed spend
• Department spend managed as a percentage of sales

Culture

This is a values led business where people are expected to understand what the organisation needs, look for ways to do better and get on with doing the right thing.

Package

• c.£200,000 basic salary
• Company bonus scheme
• Matched contributory pension
• Share scheme
• Generous holiday allowance and wider staff benefits