IT Manager

Beamery; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic tech company in London is seeking an IT Manager to enhance the security, performance, and reliability of their tech systems. You will lead compliance efforts, manage IT infrastructure, and ensure a collaborative environment for a team of over 200. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in IT strategy, vendor management, and is adept with security frameworks. This role requires a strong onsite presence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in senior IT roles, preferably in SaaS/tech.
• Proven leader in IT projects with contract negotiation experience.
• Deep expertise in security tools like DLP and encryption.
• Master of endpoint management across different OS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the IT roadmap and budget.
• Lead IT audits and manage compliance efforts.
• Manage and secure corporate IT infrastructure.
• Oversee procurement and lifecycle of hardware and software.

Skills

IT strategy

Budgeting

Vendor management

ISO 27001

GDPR frameworks

Scripting

Team collaboration

Tools

Google Cloud

Azure

Atlassian

Zoom

Job description

ABOUT BEAMERY

Beamery’s mission is to create equal access to work, skills, and careers. We are a leading transformational AI platform in the HR technology industry, enabling enterprise companies to create better and fairer talent decisions – by accelerating their recruiting processes, unlocking successful internal mobility opportunities, enabling smarter upskilling initiatives, and facilitating agile workforce planning. We are helping our clients hire and redeploy over a million people annually.

Our product is used by Fortune 2000 organizations globally and enables users across 100+ countries to make smarter talent decisions and close skills gaps. Read more about our work here.

What’s ahead — and why it’s an exciting time to join the team: Deepening our native integrations with SAP, Workday, Microsoft, and LinkedIn to seamlessly embed our skills intelligence into the platforms where critical workforce decisions are made. Embedding our agentic AI to help customers plan smarter for the future—powering workforce strategies, internal mobility, and skills forecasting. Advancing our use of proprietary LLMs and knowledge graph technology to help organizations unlock broader talent pools, make fairer decisions, and expand access to opportunity at scale. But it’s not all about creating high-quality products, we also very much value the company culture we have worked hard to create; built on trust, empathy & honesty ensuring our workforce is able to bring their full selves to work.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Beamery’s IT Manager (Individual Contributor), you’ll be the driving force behind the security, performance, and rock-solid reliability of all internal tech systems and infrastructure. Your mission? Empower Beamery’s global team of 200+ across EMEA & NORAM to work securely, efficiently, and confidently, while crushing top-tier compliance standards like ISO 27001 and SOC 2.

WHAT YOU WILL DO AT BEAMERY

Strategic Management & Business Alignment

• Develop and drive a forward-thinking IT roadmap and own the annual IT budget.
• Align tech investments with business goals, delivering clear KPI reports that showcase IT’s impact to leadership.
• Provide expert input on IT, security, and compliance for pre-sales (RFIs/RFPs).
• Own and rigorously test the Disaster Recovery plan to meet business-critical recovery targets (RTO & RPO).

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Lead all IT audits and compliance efforts (ISO 27001, SOC 2), managing evidence, remediation, and risk plans.
• Enforce security policies, act as Security Incident Manager, run employee security training, and conduct regular access reviews to uphold least privilege.

IT Operations & Infrastructure

• Manage and secure all corporate IT infrastructure: networks, cloud resources (IaaS/PaaS), and devices (laptops, mobiles).
• Oversee corporate software stack (SSO, MDM, DLP) and provide hands-on end-user support.
• Continuously find opportunities to automate and improve efficiency at scale.

Asset & Lifecycle Management

• Oversee procurement, inventory, and lifecycle of all hardware and software assets.
• Manage vendor relationships and contracts to optimize performance and costs.
• Own the entire employee tech lifecycle, ensuring secure and smooth onboarding/offboarding.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• 5+ years in senior IT roles (SaaS/tech preferred) with strong skills in IT strategy, budgeting, and KPI reporting.
• Proven leader of IT projects and vendor management, including contract negotiation and SLA enforcement.
• Expert troubleshooter passionate about ITSM and operational excellence, ready to support critical issues anytime.
• Deep expertise in ISO 27001/27002, SOC 2, GDPR frameworks, and hands-on with security tools like DLP, encryption, EDR, and security training.
• Master of endpoint management (MDM) across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
• Skilled in cloud platforms (Google Cloud, Azure) and SaaS apps (Atlassian, Zoom).
• Proficient in scripting, automation, and corporate networking (WiFi, firewalls, VPNs).
• A collaborative mindset, you\'re energized by team wins & open to diverse perspectives
• Bias for action; you’re proactive, resourceful, and not afraid to take initiative in a fast paced environment
• You are Values driven, caring about working somewhere that aligns with your principles, and you bring empathy and integrity to everything you do

Note: Given the nature of this role, a strong onsite presence is required (Office based in London, NR Moorgate Station)

Beamery is for Everybody. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to us. We acknowledge the challenges in our industry and strive to develop an inclusive culture where everybody can contribute. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, age, disability status, or caregiver status. If, for whatever reason, you need us to make reasonable adjustments and adaptations to our recruitment process, please email [e-mail]

Visit our Diversity, Equality and Inclusion page to learn more about progress and commitments.