Head of Wholesale Platforms — Transformation Lead

Vbeyond; England; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vbeyond seeks an experienced Head of Wholesale Platforms to lead a critical portfolio of wholesale technology platforms supporting a major telecom transformation programme in the UK. The role focuses on strategy, governance, performance, and delivery across complex platforms.

You will oversee platforms operations and evolution, working with engineering, architecture, product, delivery and supplier teams, and you will influence strategic transformation initiatives and drive operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading telecom technology or platform organisations.
• Proven experience managing large-scale technology transformation programmes.
• Strong release, delivery and operational governance expertise.
• Experience leading distributed teams and managing third-party suppliers.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage at Executive and Director level.
• Commercial awareness and a strong focus on business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end Wholesale Platforms portfolio and technology roadmap.
• Lead delivery, release governance and operational readiness across multiple platform domains.
• Drive platform reliability, performance, scalability and cost optimisation.
• Govern demand management, prioritisation and investment decisions.
• Build strong relationships with business, product, engineering and supplier stakeholders.
• Lead multidisciplinary platform, architecture, release and delivery teams.
• Ensure successful delivery of strategic transformation programmes and platform enhancements.
• Drive continuous improvement, automation and operational excellence.

Skills

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Delivery governance

Platform strategy

OSS/BSS knowledge

Cost optimisation

Transformation programmes

Distributed team leadership

Supplier management

Business outcome focus

Job description

Vbeyond seeks an experienced Head of Wholesale Platforms to lead a critical portfolio of wholesale technology platforms supporting a major telecom transformation programme in the UK. The role focuses on strategy, governance, performance, and delivery across complex platforms.

You will oversee platforms operations and evolution, working with engineering, architecture, product, delivery and supplier teams, and you will influence strategic transformation initiatives and drive operational excellence.