Head of Technology

Prevail is a security and intelligence company that uses technology and data to inform analysis and decision-making. The Tech-Stack, and the talented team that is now 10 people and growing, sits at the heart of the company delivering excellent support across the company and clients. Prevail is now investing more in this function to super-charge the capability by recruiting a dedicated Head of Technology, focussing manpower, and directing financial resource.  

The role:  

We are looking for a Head of Technology to implement our technology strategy and lead our growing team of 10 talented data professionals. Reporting to the Executive Team, you will be playing a critical role in leading on the growth of our tech offering, data capabilities, people & organisational strategy, helping to transition our service business in the Intelligence and Security industry.   

We envision that this role will deliver a critical impact as we upscale our technical service offering and continue to grow the company over the next 3-5 years.  The Head of Technology will be a pivotal role as the company upscales, and is most suitable for an experienced technology leader who has aspirations to become a Chief Technology Officer in time. Our business has over 130 employees and is growing quickly.  

Responsibilities/ deliverables:  

These are the key things that you are responsible for delivering within your role. There will be activities and tasks in addition to this list that are expected from you but the majority of your time will:  

• Develop and execute a comprehensive data, analytics, and AI strategy aligned with our business objectives. Working closely with C-level executives on building the company's technology offer as part of our strategic direction.  
• Lead and build our high-performing Tech Team encompassing data analysts, data engineers, and AI professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.  
• Oversee the implementation of data and AI projects, ensuring successful delivery, adherence to quality standards, and alignment with business requirements to improve service delivery to clients.  
• Lead the identification and prioritisation of data and AI initiatives that deliver tangible business value, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with company goals.  
• Keep abreast of emerging data and AI technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on our business and identifying opportunities for innovation and competitive advantage.  
• Have ultimate accountability for technology strategy and execution whilst contributing to  the longer-term vision, delivering the highest impact for our customers, balanced with maturing the technical capabilities across our diverse portfolio.  
• Steer day-to-day execution of our technical support to our service delivery. Through overseeing of team planning and dynamic prioritisation of opportunities.  

You:  

• You are a leader, with previous working experience managing tech teams as a technology lead or a key technology role and with the appropriate levels of empathy to guide and develop existing technology and data professionals.  
• You are an entrepreneur, thriving in ambiguous environments, embracing the start-up culture as a “doer”, aspirational and resourceful  

• You are commercially astute, capable with costing models, and proposal inputs.  
• You are an effective communicator, able to contribute fully to corporate discussions with direct technical expertise.  
• You’ll have many years in a senior or leadership position and at least one role that was for a start-up, small business, or autonomous business unit  
• Technical skills: You have a computer science background and aptitude for big data and AWS environments.  

Us:  

Prevail Partners delivers high quality intelligence, and security consultancy services to clients ranging from governments and multinational corporations to non-governmental organisations. These services are delivered predominantly across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.    

We pride ourselves on selecting interesting projects which we believe can genuinely make a difference. You will be joining the company at a time of continued growth, and be required to support a wide variety of these projects across the whole company.  

Benefits:  

• Competitive salary  
• salary sacrifice pension  
• access to onsite gym facilities  
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays  
• private healthcare after two years at Prevail