Head of IT / IT Director - Minimum 1 day every two weeks in London

Job Description

THE SEARCH:
Altus Partners are excited to be partnering with a private equity backed pharma business that has a strategic vision driven by growth, an ambition to become a leader in its field and enhance its already established reputation for efficiency and exceptional services.

They are seeking a Head of IT / IT Director to design and implement an IT roadmap and lead a lean development team as they look to set up new – and develop existing – infrastructure and move IT to a more internal capability.

This is an exciting opportunity that will suit someone who is an entrepreneurial hands-on leader, will thrive in a fast-paced environment, and is keen to develop and go on a journey with a high growth business.

THE ROLE:
Oversee all technology operations
Set objectives and strategies for the technology function
Establish technology policies and processes
Improve and evaluate technology in line with the business’ strategic vision
Select and implement technologies to streamline operations
Design and customise systems and platforms
Maintain group technology infrastructure, including networks, telecoms and hardware
Manage the deployment, development, monitoring, maintenance, upgrading and support of systems
Rollout of group systems and applications, managing the integration from legacy infrastructure
Lead a high performing team to develop, rollout and manage mobile and digital applications
Build out a data and analytics capability
Control the IT opex and capex budget, developing efficient and cost effective solutions
Build relationships with 3rd party vendors and IT partners

THE REQUIREMENTS:
Successful track record of managing an IT department in a hands on capacity
Experience of working in a multi-site environment
Development background and experience of managing developers
Experience in overseeing the implementation of internally developed and third party technology
Ability to build relationships with senior-level stakeholders and vendors
Ability to thrive in a lean, team-orientated, entrepreneurial environment
Effective decision maker able to work under pressure in a fast paced, time sensitive environment
Possess leadership gravitas that inspires the team and garners buy in from stakeholders
Excellent communication skills
Ideally some experience with MS stack (Azure, c#, .NET etc.)
Some cyber security experience would be preferred