Innovation & Technology Lead

Foxley Talent; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £50,000 - £75,000

Clear ownership in a small team

Supportive working environment

Job summary

A specialist insurance broker in London is looking for a Technology & Innovation Lead to streamline operations using Python and Django. This hands-on role involves understanding existing processes, building automation, and promoting tool adoption within a small team. Ideal candidates will have experience in production-ready tool development and a strong collaborative mindset. The position offers a salary range of £50,000 - £75,000, with the potential for contract work outside IR35.

Qualifications

• Comfortable building production-ready tools with Python and Django.
• Enjoy embedding in a business and working with non-technical teams.
• Confident in influencing new tools' adoption.
• Pragmatic, curious, and outcome-focused mentality.

Responsibilities

• Design and build internal tools and workflows using Python and Django.
• Create automation processes to enhance efficiency.
• Work closely with colleagues to understand and resolve issues.
• Introduce and facilitate AI and LLM tools effectively.
• Drive adoption by supporting the team in utilizing developed tools.
• Iterate solutions based on usage feedback.

Skills

Building production ready tools with Python and Django

Understanding internal business processes

Influencing adoption of new tools

Collaboration with non-technical teams

Pragmatic approach focused on outcomes

Insurance industry knowledge

Job description

Overview

Our client is a specialist insurance broker with a small, high performing team based in central London. They’ve built a strong reputation by doing things properly and working closely together.

They see a clear opportunity to use technology, particularly AI and automation to work smarter and move faster than larger competitors. To do that, they’re hiring a Technology & Innovation Lead who will spend time in the business, understand how people actually work and drive real change.

This is a hands on role reporting directly to the Managing Director. You’ll be based in the London office most days, observing how work gets done, spotting inefficiencies and building better ways of working.

The expectation is that solutions will primarily be built using a Python and Django stack supported by modern AI and automation tools.

NOTE There is an opportunity for this role to be taken on a contractor basis. Outside IR35 if your day rate expectations are reasonable. To be considered you will need to work in Central London and you have the availability to take on a long term project.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building internal tools and workflows using Python and Django
• Creating automations that remove repetitive work and reduce manual effort
• Working closely with colleagues to understand pain points and bottlenecks
• Introducing AI and LLM tools in a secure, practical way
• Actively driving adoption by encouraging and supporting the team to use what you build
• Iterating quickly based on real world usage and feedback

This is not a background role. Success depends on visibility, communication and follow through as much as technical ability.

What’s on offer

• Salary £50,000 - £75,000 depending on experience
• Clear ownership and visible impact in a small team
• Autonomy to identify problems and fix them
• A collaborative, supportive working environment
• The chance to modernise how a traditional business operates

Qualifications and suitability

• You’re comfortable building production ready tools with Python and Django
• You enjoy being embedded in a business and working closely with non technical teams
• You’re confident influencing how people work and helping them adopt new tools
• You’re pragmatic, curious and focused on outcomes rather than theory
• You’re happy being in the office regularly and value face to face collaboration
• Insurance experience
• To be a traditional enterprise software engineer
• A long list of job titles, capability and mindset matter more

Interested?

They’d like to see a short note on why this role appeals along with your latest CV. If you can include any examples of tools, automations or products you’ve built that would be great.

This role is open strictly to UK residents. Applications received from outside the UK will not be reviewed and may affect eligibility for future roles.