CTO Defence

Overview

In this role you will lead the defence-focused pre-sales effort to shape mission-aligned IT solutions. You will partner with senior defence stakeholders to drive services-led growth across secure IT, cyber, data and digital transformation programmes. You’ll translate customer challenges into SCC-enabled outcomes and guide technical direction in early engagement. This position offers a strategic opportunity to scale SCC’s defence footprint and contribute to national security-focused digital initiatives. You work closely with cross-functional teams to build trusted, credible solutions for high-stakes environments.

Pay / Benefits

• large company benefits
• broad flexible benefits scheme
• 2 paid-for volunteering days a year
• hybrid working
• core hours aligned to role requirements
• salary package 110k-130k

Responsibilities

• Engage with senior defence stakeholders (Defence Digital, Front Line Commands, DE&S/National Armaments Director Group, etc.) to identify opportunities
• Provide thought leadership and translate business challenges into SCC-based solutions
• Conduct technical discovery, problem framing, and service design workshops
• Coordinate engagement of Subject Matter Experts from Sales, Pre-Sales, Operations, Vendors and Partners
• Shape SCC services and solutions across secure networks, digital workplace, data/AI, cyber security, and managed services
• Create pre-sales artefacts (architectures, roadmaps, high-level designs)
• Support bids and proposal writing with SMEs
• Act as technical authority during early capture and build credibility with defence stakeholders

Key requirements

• Deep defence domain exposure (Defence Digital, FLCs, DE&S/National Armaments Director Group, CSOC, etc.)
• DV clearance desirable (SC clearance)
• Strong pre-sales capability including discovery and solution shaping
• Broad secure IT understanding (networking, cloud, hosting, cyber, data, enterprise services)
• Experience with defence integrators or SIs (e.g. DXC, Leidos, Sopra, CGI, BAE, Atos)
• Strategic thinker with curiosity and willingness to learn

• Strategic thinking
• Strong communication and presentation to senior audiences
• Commercial acumen and ability to challenge customers and internal teams
• Secure networks & hosting
• Digital workplace
• Data / AI / analytics

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