Technical Transition Lead

DXC Technology Company; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology is seeking a Technical Transition Lead to drive end-to-end IT service transitions across cloud and on-premises environments. The role requires coordinating onboarding of services, exiting incumbents, and ensuring security and compliance for live operations.

You will lead risk management, testing, knowledge transfer, and provide technical reporting to executives. This is an onsite Hampshire-based opportunity with a strong focus on collaboration and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading IT service transitions in complex enterprise or multi-supplier environments.
• Itil 4, service transition, release management and service validation expertise.
• Understanding of hybrid cloud, data centres, compute, storage and virtualization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical transition plan and coordinate onboarding of DXC services.
• Act as the technical interface between DXC, incumbents, stakeholders and security teams.
• Provide technical oversight across cloud, on-premises, networks and ITSM.
• Ensure security, compliance and accreditation requirements are met.
• Lead operational readiness, testing, and knowledge transfer for live services.
• Manage risks, dependencies and transition issues through cutover and handover.
• Provide clear technical reporting to senior stakeholders and governance forums.

Skills

ITIL 4

Service transition

Release management

Service validation

Hybrid cloud

Networking security

Incident management

CMDB

ITSM tooling

Stakeholder communication

Tools

ITSM tooling

CMDB

Job description

Job Description:DXC Technology is committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and are dedicated to creating a supportive, accessible environment for everyone.Technical Transition LeadLocation: Hampshire (onsite 5 days per week)Due to the nature of the work and the customers we support, the successful candidate must be eligible to meet UK Government and contractual personnel security requirements, including the applicable residency requirements for the role, and have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Some roles may also be subject to nationality requirements where these are necessary to meet UK Government or contractual security obligations.Key ResponsibilitiesLead the technical transition plan, coordinating onboarding of DXC services and exit of incumbent suppliers.Act as the key technical interface between DXC, incumbent suppliers, internal stakeholders and security teams.Provide technical oversight across cloud and on-premises infrastructure, networks, enterprise platforms, service desk and ITSM.Ensure security, compliance and accreditation requirements are met, including data protection and protective monitoring.Lead operational readiness, acceptance testing, service validation and knowledge transfer to ensure DXC is ready to support live services from day one.Manage technical risks, dependencies and transition issues through to cutover and operational handover.Provide clear technical reporting and advice to senior stakeholders and programme governance forums.What you'll bring:Proven experience leading IT service transitions in complex enterprise or multi-supplier environments.Strong knowledge of ITIL 4, service transition, release management and service validation.Practical understanding of hybrid cloud, data centres, compute, storage and virtualisation.Knowledge of enterprise networking and security, including firewalls, secure gateways, routing and boundary protection.Experience transitioning service desk and ITSM environments, including major incident management, CMDB and multi-supplier tooling.Strong supplier management skills, with the ability to hold suppliers accountable for technical deliverables and contractual commitments.Excellent senior stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to explain technical risks and decisions clearly.A calm, structured and collaborative approach to delivering complex transitions under pressure.Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage risks, dependencies, service ownership and operational readiness through to cutover.What does success look likeThis is a high-profile opportunity to play a key role in a major enterprise technology transition, working across multiple suppliers and technical disciplines within a secure environment. You will have significant influence over the successful onboarding of a strategic technology partner and the transition of critical live services.At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.Recruitment fraud is a scheme in which fictitious job opportunities are offered to job seekers typically through online services, such as false websites, or through unsolicited emails claiming to be from the company. These emails may request recipients to provide personal information or to make payments as part of their illegitimate recruiting process. DXC does not make offers of employment via social media networks and DXC never asks for any money or payments from applicants at any point in the recruitment process, nor ask a job seeker to purchase IT or other equipment on our behalf. More information on employment scams is available here.