Head of Applications

2 weeks ago


Livingston, United Kingdom schuh Full time

**Head of Applications (Interim)**
- Here, at schuh we are embarking on some exciting changes with our IT systems. We are looking for experienced IT leaders to help us - taking the best of what we have, and transforming our IT landscape to make us fit for the future.
- **THE PERSON**:

- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with technical and non-technical audiences
- Able to inspire and lead an established team through significant change
- Experience of package and bespoke development environments
- Experienced IT leader
- Experience of transformation of people, process and technology
- Able to partner across multiple teams, whilst still delivering required change
- Experience of enterprise technologies, with particular focus on retail industry
- Holder of industry recognised qualifications (such as ITIL)

**MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Application Management**
- Ensure that effective quality is delivered by implementing quality management processes and standards (including test management)

**Transformation**
- Support recruitment of longer-term successor in role

**IT Leadership & Management**
- Play active role within IT leadership team to improve capability maturity and drive transformation
- Engage and inspire own team and wider IT function throughout the transformation
- Support IT Procurement (including supplier management & governance)
- Play active role in identification and management of IT risks (including cyber security)
- Create, and support operation of, personal development plans and activities for members of the IT team

**Service Management**
- Ensure IT service is delivered in line with business needs
- Create appropriate structure and processes to deliver IT support across all sites and business units (1st, 2nd and 3rd line)
- Ensure that service delivery practices and process are defined and implemented
- Using industry standards (ITIL) and tailored to the environment
- Engaging stakeholders whilst delivering changes to improve scalability, resilience and sustainability of IT service
- Ensure that core processes are adequately defined and consistently operated:

- Incident management
- Capacity management
- Backup/Restore
- IT Change & release Management
- Problem management
- Major incident management

**OUR PURPOSE**:

- We love footwear more than most, but we know that some things are more important. Sure, we’re all about shoes and sneakers but we’re also all about the people wearing them; our teams, our customers and our wider community. Our Purpose Pillars are the cornerstones of what we do. We want to continually educate ourselves, fuel change, lend our inclusive platform to diverse voices and actively make a stand against discrimination.
Sustainability. LGBT+. Racial Equality. Mental Wellness. Disability Equality. Fostering Diverse Talent.

About the location
- Neilson Square is the home of our original warehouse and distribution centre, as well as many head office functions. Situated in Livingston, our site is in-between Edinburgh and Glasgow and very easily reached by car and public transport.


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