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Executive Consultant at The Pearson Whiffin Recruitment Group

Head of Technology – Transformational Change | Budget & People Leadership | Agile & Waterfall

Are you a strategic, forward-thinking technology leader ready to drive large-scale transformation? We’re looking for a Head of Technology to shape technology vision, lead high-performing teams, and deliver major change programmes.

As the Head of Technology, you will own the end-to-end technology roadmap, ensuring platforms, products, and processes support both current and future business needs. You’ll be responsible for shaping technology strategy, overseeing budgets, and leading multi-disciplinary teams across a mix of waterfall and agile delivery environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the organisation’s technology strategy and roadmap.
• Manage budgets, ensuring spend is optimised and aligned to strategic objectives.
• Provide inspirational leadership to technology teams, fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.
• Oversee delivery of complex programmes using both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Drive transformational change across systems, processes, and ways of working.
• Partner with senior leadership to ensure technology supports organisational priorities and long-term goals.
• Build strong relationships with third-party suppliers, ensuring value for money and excellent service delivery.

About You

• Proven experience in a senior technology leadership role (Head of Technology, IT Director, or similar).
• Strong people leadership skills with a track record of building, mentoring, and motivating high-performing teams.
• Extensive experience managing large budgets and making data-driven investment decisions.
• Hands‑on experience with agile and waterfall delivery models and when to apply each.
• Demonstrated success driving organisational and technology transformation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence at Executive and Board level.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to turn vision into actionable delivery.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Staffing and Recruiting

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