Information Technology Manager

IT ManagerPrivate equity backed services | Hybrid

The opportunity

Our client are a PE backed infrastructure services group is hiring an IT Manager to lead the technology delivery for a new division it is standing up. The group operates as a platform of service businesses and has a presence in the green energy sector. The division has secured a significant new contract, and it is building the technology to run it from the ground up.

The platform is not being written from scratch. It brings together a set of established, best-in-breed applications, stitched into one system through middleware, with every component delivered by an external vendor or systems integrator. The design is drawn and the partners are chosen. The business needs someone to lead the rest of that build and take it into live service, then run and develop it afterwards.

What the role involves

• Leading the delivery of a new, multi-supplier platform through build, integration and go-live
• Coordinating a set of third-party application vendors, a systems integrator and a middleware partner, keeping them aligned to one delivery plan
• Holding suppliers to account on cost, quality and timelines, and turning a binding customer specification into a practical delivery and test plan
• Owning security and compliance across the platform, including ISO 27001 principles and GDPR, along with the quality of external-facing reporting
• Transitioning the platform into live service and taking full operational ownership after go-live

What we are looking for

• A hands-on IT delivery manager who has taken a multi-supplier, middleware-integrated platform from build through to live service, ideally in a new or newly formed entity
• Strong vendor and systems integrator management, comfortable running several third parties at once
• Enough technical grounding across APIs, middleware, cloud and data integration to challenge suppliers and hold them to account, without needing to be a hands-on engineer
• A grounding in core IT operations/infrastructure, whether through service desk, application support, ERP or Infrastructure Engineering
• Experience of ISO 27001 and GDPR, and of running live IT service management once a platform is in BAU
• ERP implementation from scratch, or deployment team experience, an advantage
• Personality and flexibility, someone who leads relationships as much as deliveryWhy this, why nowThis is a greenfield build, and the operation it supports will expand significantly over the coming years. The platform grows with it, and so does the person running it, so the work does not settle once the build is done. Whoever builds it will understand it in a way no later hire could, which is why the business wants them in from the start.

Beyond the division itself, this is one of only two leadership roles across the group's IT function. Once the platform is proven, the approach behind it is intended to be reused across the wider group. For the right person there is a lot of room ahead of it.

To find out more, please apply!