IT Lead

**Wanted: IT Lead**

We’re a multi-award-winning drinks and technology start-up on a mission to disrupt the drinks industry.

We’re re-imagining online drinks retail from the ground up, using cutting edge technology and fanatical customer service to build a company we want to be customers of and create unexpected delight as we help people explore, buy and enjoy high end whisky and other spirits.

In everything we do, we are disruptive innovators; it is baked into our DNA to challenge orthodoxy and received wisdom wherever we find it.

We’ve grown a lot since we were just a few kids in a shed with big dreams, but we haven’t lost our hunger to build something great, and we’re looking for people who have the same passion for making things better to join us on that journey.

In the last 10 years we’ve become the number 1 player in our industry, but we’ve barely gotten started. We’re excited about the future, so if you’d like to come and help us build it, read on

**The role**

Most companies think IT is something that “just happens” in the background while the sales guys are out doing important deals and high-fiving over bottles Dom Perignon. You know different, and you want to work in a company that understands the awesome power and value of technology, and that respects and values the people who build and maintain our technology infrastructure.

IT is right at the heart of a well run company - without the best technology we can’t do great work, and coupling that technology with incredibly passionate and able people is how we win. You’re disgusted at how bad most businesses are at this, and their lack of respect not just for how important IT is, but for the people who do it. You want to be part of a company that does things differently, where you won’t be constrained by pointless rules and corporate cliche at every turn.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you will be responsible for IT across the entire enterprise, from managing our web and DB servers to individual users machines and everything in between.

No stuffed shirts here. You’ll have the ear of our founders, and you will help shape our strategy - your views will count - you won’t just be another cog in some big corporate machine. It’ll be hard work, but incredibly rewarding, and you’ll enjoy a lot of autonomy in your task. You can truly make a difference here.

The rewards are significant. We want you to do the best work of your life. Your salary will ultimately be driven by the value you add to the business - if you do great work, you’ll earn great money and it’ll keep increasing as we recognise and reward your contribution.

**Primary tasks and responsibilities**
- Lead IT operations across the enterprise.
- Recruit, develop and inspire a world-class team to meet the needs of our rapidly growing business.
- Design and implement an in-house training program to upskill your people.
- Live and breathe our culture and values.
- Provide regular analysis and report on departmental KPIs
- Have significant relevant experience managing at a manager or head of level.
- Be a great leader who cares about people and wants to create an amazing culture.
- Put the team and the company first.
- Be extremely energetic, intelligent, dynamic, friendly, innovative and personable.
- Have strong logical, analytical and lateral thinking skills.
- Be an excellent communicator across all media.
- Have deep experience specifying, procuring and deploying IT systems, and managing IT projects.
- Have experience working in a fast-paced technology business.

**It would be great if you**:

- Had experience in a startup environment, building things from scratch.
- Loved working with software developers and were experienced in dev-ops.
- Have indomitable spirit.

**About you**

You want to build cutting edge IT infrastructure able to meet the demands of our rapidly growing global business.

You are highly intelligent, tenacious and motivated. You live and breathe this stuff - it’s what gets you out of bed in the morning.

You love to learn - that’s what attracted you to IT in the first place - being able to understand how all this stuff works is what drives you.

You know how to to recruit, retain and develop the best talent, and you understand that building an incredible team is the only way to succeed in the long term.

You love efficiency and hate wasted time - you relentlessly automate and eliminate repetitive tasks, and you are extremely proud of how little day-to-day maintenance your systems require.

You’re a great leader, fantastic at motivating people and getting them bought into delivering your vision.

You understand that if a system doesn’t work for the user when they need it, then it doesn’t work. Successful systems have monitoring, redundancy and come with proper training and guides. You never blame the user.

You’ve probably worked in both tiny companies and big corporates (which you hated) and you know what’s appropr