IT Application Director

Light & Wonder; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Greater London is seeking an experienced IT Director of Applications to manage enterprise applications strategy and operations. The role involves collaborating with IT leadership and business units, ensuring systems are secure and scalable, while innovating in application management and automation. Candidates should have 10 years of experience in IT leadership and proven expertise in IAM, cloud environments, and enterprise application management. The role offers competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Supportive environment

Flexible working practices

Qualifications

• 10 years of IT leadership experience.
• Proven expertise in enterprise application management.
• Strong communication and team leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategy, delivery, and operations for applications.
• Work with IT Leadership to assess needs and devise initiatives.
• Oversee application ecosystems and cloud management.

Skills

Managing enterprise application environments

Cloud platforms

IAM (OKTA)

Atlassian administration

Application integrations

Education

STEM graduate or equivalent technical skillset

Tools

AWS

Azure

Tableau

Cognos

Databricks

ScriptRunner

Nintex

Job description

Corporate

Light & Wonder’s corporate team is comprised of incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organization and the well‑being of employees.

Position Summary

The IT Director of Applications will manage the strategy, delivery, and operations for most of the enterprise and many customer‑facing applications across the regional Business Units of Light & Wonder: Gaming, iGaming, SciPlay, and Corporate. This role ensures platforms are secure, reliable, scalable, and aligned with business growth while partnering with business‑unit leadership and teams to drive innovation in applications management, integrations, and automation in both corporate and cloud environments.

The incumbent will work collaboratively with Light & Wonder’s IT Leadership to assess the organization’s current and future needs, while working with peers and influencing leadership decision‑making to devise strategic initiatives and objectives. This includes the assessment of operating environments, their contingency, and efficacy to ensure high delivery and availability standards are met. Working collaboratively with global IT Leadership, the director will identify opportunities to enhance and expand IT infrastructure support services to meet the ever‑changing needs of Light & Wonder.

The incumbent requires good business acumen and comfort in communicating with business leads and executives in the Light & Wonder BUs as well as other key stakeholder groups. The ability to straddle the various locations, cultures, and service environments to provide consistent delivery of IT service is critical.

Profile

Seasoned IT leader with 10 years of expertise in managing enterprise application environments, cloud platforms, IAM (particularly OKTA), Atlassian administration, and application and third‑party integrations. Strong communicator and tactician with a proven track record of managing reliable application operations across complex multi‑site business environments.

Key Focus Areas

• Application Strategic Leadership: Define and deliver the regional application roadmap with partnership and alignment to corporate and business‑unit objectives.
• Enterprise Applications & Integrations: Manage the enterprise application ecosystems and key business‑unit application platforms and environments.
• Identity & Access Management: Oversee OKTA administration and complex integrations across 50 corporate and customer platforms.
• Automation & AI: Advance workflow automation, ScriptRunner solutions, and AI‑enabled productivity initiatives.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Regional leadership of AWS and Azure management with a strong focus on scalability, security, and disaster recovery.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure adherence to security, regulatory, and audit requirements in collaboration with InfoSec, Legal, and Compliance.
• Team Leadership: Build and mentor a high‑performing, customer‑focused application engineering team.

Qualifications

• STEM graduate or equivalent technical skillset and career experience.
• Proven track record (10 years) in IT leadership with expertise in Enterprise Application Management, System Support, Integrations, and Deployments.
• Deep hands‑on knowledge of OKTA administration, Auth0 AD, and M365 tenant operations and management.
• Experience with Atlassian ecosystem administration.
• Expertise in RPA and process engineering (e.g., ScriptRunner).
• Expertise in managing cloud environments and CSPs (e.g., AWS, Azure), data/BI applications (e.g., Tableau, Cognos, Databricks), and automation frameworks (e.g., Nintex, ScriptRunner, MS Forms, PowerShell).
• Experience with enterprise collaboration platforms (e.g., Slack, Teams, Google).
• Demonstrated success in inter‑team and leadership partnership and managing multi‑location/geography teams.

Why would you enjoy working with us at Light & Wonder

Competitive benefits, an open and supportive environment, and a modern, exciting workplace.

The opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis.

Tangible and genuine development – at Light & Wonder you can take your career where you want it to go!

And if that’s not enough, you’ll get to enjoy a stunning work location and flexible working practices while we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress quickly and enhance your career.

Employment Type: Full‑time