IT Business Partner

IT Business Partner – Premex Group

Location: Bolton Horwich
Level: Band 4
Reports to: EWUK Group Technology Director

Are you ready to bridge the gap between business strategy and IT excellence? Premex Group is seeking a dynamic IT Business Partner to join our Senior IT Leadership Team. This pivotal role will drive the strategic alignment of IT with business functions, ensuring technology investments deliver measurable value, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth. You’ll be the trusted partner to MDs and senior stakeholders across Premex Services, 3D, Enable Therapy, EWIS, and wider Group companies, embedding IT into the fabric of the business.

Acting as the voice of the business within IT, you’ll champion service reliability, stakeholder confidence, and innovation while guiding the organisation through transformation and cultural change.

• Strategic Leadership: Shape IT initiatives that directly support regulatory, operational, and strategic goals.
• Operational Excellence: Drive service stability, incident management, and vendor accountability to ensure performance and reliability.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Translate complex IT realities into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders.
• Culture & Change: Foster collaboration, capability building, and smooth adoption of new systems and processes.
• Risk & Compliance: Ensure IT services meet ISO
  27001, GDPR, Cyber Essentials, and other key standards.
• Leadership: Inspire, coach, and mentor teams, deputising for the Group Technology Director when required.

• Proven experience in IT Business Partnering, Service Management, or Operational leadership.
• Strong knowledge of ITIL, COBIT, SLA management, compliance, and governance frameworks.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at board level.
• Demonstrable success in vendor management, service reviews, and operational improvement.
• Resilient, professional, and able to translate technical complexity into business clarity.
• A collaborative leader who thrives in a matrix environment and inspires cultural change.

At Premex Group, you’ll be part of a cohesive IT leadership team driving resilience, quality, and innovation across the enterprise.

• Influence at the highest levels of the organisation.
• Lead initiatives that shape the future of IT services across multiple business units.
• Be recognised as a trusted advisor and thought leader in Service Excellence and Business partnering.

If you’re ready to take on a role where technology meets strategy, and where your leadership will directly impact the success of a growing Group, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re proud to share that Exam Works UK has once again achieved Level 3 Disability Confident Leader status, reaffirming our commitment to inclusion and accessibility.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we:

• Promote accessibility and inclusion
• Ensure inclusive recruitment and development
• Share best practice across the industry
• Continue to lead the way in supporting disabled people at work.