Overview
IT Director – South West. A high-profile financial services organisation is seeking an experienced IT Director to provide strategic technology leadership across a complex, large-scale environment. The IT Director will join the executive leadership team and the company’s global technology leadership group, influencing business-critical technology, digital strategy, and organisational change.
The IT Director will drive end-to-end technology strategy, oversee large-scale change programmes, and ensure alignment with global platforms and enterprise-wide transformation initiatives. The role manages a technology operation of approximately 300 people with five senior direct reports across Information Security, Architecture, Software Engineering, Digital platforms, and Data. This is an opportunity for a senior technology leader who thrives in complex, regulated environments and enjoys leading modernisation at scale.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the technology strategy.
- Lead large-scale digital, data, and systems transformation initiatives.
- Oversee service delivery, engineering, architecture, and core platform evolution.
- Provide proactive leadership as part of the executive team, shaping organisational direction.
- Represent the UK within a global technology leadership community.
- Own senior-level stakeholder engagement across business, operations, and global functions.
- Drive performance, capability uplift, and cultural alignment across a distributed technology function.
- Ensure technology governance, operational resilience, and compliance within a regulated environment.
Qualifications
- Proven Senior IT leadership experience within highly regulated environments and in the Financial Services sector.
- A track record of leading enterprise-wide technology change at pace and scale.
- Experience managing large multi-disciplinary technology teams.
- Strong exposure to outsourcing / offshoring, vendor management, or complex delivery models.
- Experience with platform consolidation, integration and merger-driven technology change.
- Clear strategic vision combined with hands-on leadership of operations, delivery, and transformation.
- Previous experience working in a post-merger environment.
Contract and Benefits
This role is offered as a 12 Month Fixed-Term contract. In addition to the base salary, the role includes an excellent benefits package including bonus, car, and a generous pension.
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