Strategic Lead, Tech Infrastructure & Transformation

HelloKindred; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HelloKindred, a specialist staffing partner for marketing, creative and technology roles, seeks a Strategy Lead. You will shape infrastructure strategy, govern cross-functional delivery, and partner with senior stakeholders to translate priorities into measurable transformation plans.

You will drive annual cycles, produce executive materials, and oversee investment planning, risk management, and workforce planning in a hybrid setup with regular leadership governance sessions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading strategy, transformation, portfolio execution, or technology business management, preferably within technology infrastructure or a closely related technology function.
• Background in financial services or another highly regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual and multi-year strategy cycle for technology infrastructure, defining the vision, strategic priorities, and roadmaps.
• Translate Group Technology and business strategies into actionable infrastructure transformation initiatives.
• Produce high-quality executive materials, including strategy packs, decision papers, governance documents, and leadership presentations.
• Manage the leadership team's operating cadence, including weekly and monthly reviews, strategic deep-dives, and key governance forums.
• Track delivery of strategic priorities across the portfolio, identifying and managing dependencies, risks, bottlenecks, and decisions required to maintain delivery momentum and strategic alignment.
• Partner with Transformation and Change leadership and the COO to support investment planning, budget management, and spend transparency.
• Assess capacity and capability requirements and support workforce planning, resourcing decisions, and resource allocation trade-offs.
• Drive productivity improvements and simplification across processes, tooling, and organisational design.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across technology leadership, CTO, COO, Procurement, and business CIO teams.
• Facilitate collaboration across organisational boundaries, incorporating diverse perspectives into decisions and building alignment without slowing delivery.
• Monitor portfolio performance, strategic outcomes, benefits realisation, and progress against agreed priorities.
• Apply commercial judgement and data-driven analysis to support prioritisation, investment decisions, risk management, and issue resolution.
• Align infrastructure initiatives with broader enterprise priorities, including resilience, modernisation, service quality, financial discipline, and risk management.
• Support senior leadership teams in maintaining accountability, resolving competing priorities, and focusing on outcomes that support colleagues and customers.

Skills

Strategy leadership

Portfolio execution

Executive stakeholder mgmt

Budget oversight

Workforce planning

Infrastructure modernization

Data-driven analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial discipline

Risk management

Job description

HelloKindred, a specialist staffing partner for marketing, creative and technology roles, seeks a Strategy Lead. You will shape infrastructure strategy, govern cross-functional delivery, and partner with senior stakeholders to translate priorities into measurable transformation plans.

You will drive annual cycles, produce executive materials, and oversee investment planning, risk management, and workforce planning in a hybrid setup with regular leadership governance sessions.