Head of IT Infrastructure / Head of Infrastructure Technology

A UK Leading Clearing FinTech are looking for someone to become the new Head of Infrastructure / Head of Technology, to be based remotely. They also have offices in City of London if you prefer a hybrid approach to working.

The company are based within the financial sector and are turning huge profits within the UK space; because of this, they are looking to begin a new journey and venture into European Markets and Regions. Their mission is to assit their customers in leveraging technology to help an array of business’ from new start-ups to the largest top tier banks. Utilising Cloud based technologies and data to ensure customers & clients can access money more reliably and securely.

As Head of IT Infrastructure & Operations you will take accountability for the service levels for their IT Infrastructure. This will be for both internal business operations, engineering, and their customer platform.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and support business critical software and hardware (Data Centres & EUC)
  • Manage strategic supplier relationships
  • Make business critical buy vs build decisions.
  • Drive effective enterprise architecture
  • Drive autonomy and efficiencies within engineering teams by removing cognitive load.
  • Improve the banks Monitoring and Alerting strategy
  • Mentor and nurture your team. Effective 1:1 management of your leadership team. Skip level 1:1s to understand and help communications with your wider team.
  • Leverage modern technologies where appropriate. Be a champion of those technology choices across the floor.
  • Define metrics and ensure we can effectively measure success.
  • Experience

  • Experience leading people managers.
  • Experience leading technology teams.
  • Demonstratable experience of technology judgements and commercially viable decision
  • Full ownership of the software delivery lifecycle.
  • Able to take business problems and work independently and/or delegate to solve these.
  • Experience in cloud computing
  • Risk Management process
  • Delivering software in a regulated/controlled environment
  • Experience Defining policies and embedding them
  • Experience working in a Global IT team
  • Benefits:

  • 30 Days Holiday
  • Bonus + Equity
  • Early Finishes on Friday
  • Fantastic Pension Scheme
  • Private Healthcare
  • Charity Days
  • Regular Socials (Summer & Christmas Parties, End of Year Do, Monthly meals/drinks)
  • If you are interested in reviewing a full job description for this role, please apply today.

    Head of IT Infrastructure / Head of Infrastructure Technology