Head of Technology / IT Director - SaaS/Software Development - Gloucester (2 days per week) - New

Head of Technology / IT Director - SaaS/Software Development - Gloucester (2 days p/week)

£90,000 - £100,000 + Benefits + Bonus + Hybrid Working

A leading organisationm rrequires a technically skilled, motivated, and forward-thinking Head of Techncology / IT Technical Director who will serve as a technical leader for the IT department and oversee the development, implementation, and management of all technological aspects across the group.

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and developing existing systems.
• Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies and industry trends, with a particular focus on AI and automation.
• Communicating technical strategies, challenges, and achievements.
• Evaluating and implementing scalable architectural designs.
• Ensuring robust data management to enable performance management and drive strategic decision-making.
• Leading technical teams through agile development methodologies.
• Setting and managing technology budgets.
• Management of the full IT team including owning future recruitment, development, and retention of staff.
• Monitoring system performance and reliability.
• Identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities.
• Ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Skills:

• Strong experience in web applications development
• Proven ability to design and implement robust and scalable systems with flexible and scalable UI that meets future needs.
• Experience of .Net, React, Python and SQL
• Experience of Azure/AWS
• Deep understanding of testing, CI, build, deployment & continuous monitoring.
• Experience scaling web applications and optimising applications for performance.Leadership capabilities
• Communication, collaboration and diplomacy
• Strategic thinking and foresight
• Innovative mindset
• Emotional intelligence
• Decisiveness under pressure

Please send CV for full job description and an informal chat.