Head of IT Solutions Delivery

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Ad Warrior Full time

**Head of IT Solutions Delivery**

**Location**:Durham, DH1 1SL, Lytham St Anne's, FY8 4TS, Glasgow, G2 8JX, London, SW1P 3BT

**Salary**: £66,500 - £76,500 per annum (c.£76,500 - London, c.£66,500 - Durham, Lytham, Glasgow)

Our client is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK with 25 million customers and more than £202 billion invested. They are both a government department and an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Their origins can be tracedback over 150 years to 1861.

**The Role**

Reporting to the Assistant Director, IT and working in the Information Technology function, this role provides the leadership, direction and assurance to various in-house and external stakeholders, ensuring that technology changes are delivered robustly,meeting the business outcomes, target architecture goals and using best practice industry standards.

The Head of IT Solutions Delivery is responsible for assuring the end-to-end integration of technology solutions working across a multi-supplier delivery and operation model. The role will play a key part in moving both legacy and future IT estate deliveredthrough various transformational delivery programmes towards a digital first philosophy.

This role will require some travel to other sites.

**Responsibilities**
- Ensure the IT solutions delivered meet business needs
- Lead and deliver the IT Portfolio of programmes and projects
- Manage the technology delivery and integration of 3rd party delivery partners and outsourced IT service providers to ensure the successful delivery of IT Change initiatives
- Provide leadership and management of the IT Delivery team

**Behaviours**

You'll be assessed against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service

**Technical Skills**

You'll be assessed against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Significant experience in Operational and ICT management roles in an outsourced business environment.
- Knowledge and expertise of shaping programmes and digital projects across all SDLC phases, utilising a variety of delivery frameworks (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, CI/CD), automation methodologies and tools (e.g., CMMI).
- Experience delivering complex technology programmes in an outsourced environment, liaising with multiple business units, conflicting priorities and projects (both internal and external service providers and suppliers) at the same time.
- Proven track record of leading in-house and external high performing engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of software, hardware and integration delivery frameworks.

**Benefits**

A small company with a big reach they offer a range of benefits to include flexible working, great opportunities for development and a generous pension scheme. The organisation care for colleagues, respect one another, invest in their people and manage talenteffectively.

**Benefits include**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible hybrid working options
- 9 day fortnight scheme
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Generous annual leave - starting at 25 days, increasing to 30 days
- Performance related variable pay bonus
- Enhanced Maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

**To Apply



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