Head Of IT in London

Location: London
Salary: £85,000 per year
Recruiter: The Digital Recruitment Company
Job Hours: Full-time

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Head Of IT

Job Type : Permanent

Reporting to: Global Chief Information Officer

Location: South Devon

Salary: £85,000

Consultant: Mags Rendle

The Company

TDRC are delighted to be working with a well- established and growing digital print business with a Head Office in South Devon.

They have a wide portfolio of printed products for large household-name clients including Snapfish, Funky Pigeon, Boots, Tesco, Jessops, and Asda, delivering these products directly to the consumer.

This is your opportunity to work with dynamic, supportive, and passionate people in an organisation that promotes a happy healthy workforce based in Devon.

The Role

The Head of IT provides senior leadership within IT and the organisation overall to inform and execute our strategy of providing a world class production workflow solution, deliver robust client and back-end infrastructure and ensure our services remain secure.

This position oversees all the organisation’s IT services and business systems across the UK and Czech facilities ensuring they are fit for purpose, meet agreed upon SLAs and the people in team are developed, given room to grow.

Be part of the global leadership team for IT representing the organisation’s IT across the sister businesses of District Photo and PrimaPMI.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

Strategic Leadership

  • Inform and execute the IT strategy aligned with the overall business objectives
  • Support the delivery execution of the global workflow across the organisation, DPI and PrimaPMI
  • Provide leadership to the Infrastructure, Software Development, and Test/Release teams, fostering innovation and excellence.
  • Continue to modernise our backend infrastructure and business systems
  • People Leadership

  • Foster an environment for an enthused and well aligned team
  • Develop the team members through coaching, providing mentoring and learning opportunities both at the company’s Head Office and offsite training
  • Embed core values and culture with the team members focussing on collaboration and
  • Empower the management team to make decisions and drive continuous improvement themselves and through the team
  • Planning and Organising

  • Create an aligned, well governed roadmap of technical delivery across infrastructure and local software development. Create business engagement with the roadmap ensuring visibility and input from key stakeholders
  • Develop a set of key performance indicators and embed these within the department
  • Manage the IT budget and identify cost saving initiatives
  • Security and Risk Management

  • Develop policies and procedures that
  • Achieve certification for the company against appropriate security standards and conform to industry recommended practices
  • Undertake effective risk management and report regularly to the CIO
  • Skills and Qualifications

    E = Essential

    (Think about whether your list is essential, or whether we can train the right person up)

    (D) = Desirable

  • Proven experience in a leadership role overseeing Infrastructure, Software Development, and Test/Release teams.

  • Strong strategic planning and execution skills.

  • In-depth knowledge of IT infrastructure, software development methodologies, and testing/release management processes.

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and influence positive change.

  • Proven experience in budget management and cost optimization.

  • Relevant certifications and advanced degrees in IT management or related fields are a plus

  • Behavioural

  • Shows respect and concern for others

  • Fosters open and collaborative ways of working

  • Has a “can do” attitude in meeting challenges and resolving problems

  • Health and Safety

  • Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all team members is protected by personal example

  • Foster a culture of safe working and risk awareness within the team

  • Escalate any safety related matters that cannot be resolved within the team

  • Engage with the risk assessment of line processes and team tasks, implementing and monitoring agreed countermeasures and mitigation plans to address identified risks

  • Maintain Visual Safety Management information boards in the line production areas

  • Culture and Core Values

  • Quality

  • Excellence

  • Integrity

  • Respect

  • Responsibility

  • Teamwork

  • Benefits

  • Warm, and supportive company with welcoming staff. .

  • Learning opportunities and experience in a fast-growing company.

  • Opportunity to work with dynamic, supportive, and passionate people.

  • 33 days’ holiday

  • Personal development

  • Recognition and reward

  • Health Cash Plan

  • Permanent Health Insurance

  • Life Assurance

  • Private Medical Insurance

  • Employee Assistance Programme

  • On-site parking and great public transport links

  • Reward schemes

  • Mindful employer and Mental Health First Aiders

  • A culture that promotes a happy healthy workforce

  • Apply below And Mags will be in touch to discuss the role further.

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