Director IT Operations

We are partnering with a global, multi-site technology and electronics manufacturing group undergoing significant international growth and rapidly emerging as a leader within its sector.

As part of this expansion, we are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking IT leader to take ownership of site-level IT operations, ensuring secure, reliable, and compliant technology services that support manufacturing, engineering, and corporate functions while aligning with global IT standards and strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end site IT operations across infrastructure, applications, and end-user services, ensuring high availability and operational continuity within manufacturing and engineering environments
• Drive site-level IT governance, including incident, problem, and change management, cybersecurity controls, user access management, and SOX-compliant processes
• Manage, mentor, and coordinate on-site IT teams, third-party vendors, and service providers to deliver high-quality operational support
• Partner closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Facilities, and Corporate IT teams to support site expansions, new production lines, and infrastructure modernisation projects
• Ensure local IT operations align with global technology standards, policies, and best practices

About You

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience within IT operations, including leadership responsibility in site-based, plant, or manufacturing environments
• Strong background supporting manufacturing, industrial, or engineering organisations
• Proven expertise across Windows environments, networking, identity and access management, and end-user computing
• Demonstrated leadership capability with strong communication and cross-functional stakeholder management skills
• Experience operating within SOX-regulated or highly controlled environments would be highly advantageous
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, along with virtualization and hybrid IT environments, is desirable

This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-growth organisation where technology plays a critical role in operational excellence, scalability, and continued innovation. The position will offer an attractive compensation package including share participation.