IT Director - South West

Overview

IT Director - South West. A high-profile financial services organisation is seeking an experienced IT Director to provide strategic technology leadership across a complex, large-scale environment. The IT Director will join the executive leadership team and the company’s global technology leadership group, influencing business-critical technology, digital strategy, and organisational change.

The IT Director will drive end-to-end technology strategy, oversee large-scale change programmes, and ensure alignment with global platforms and enterprise-wide transformation initiatives. The role manages a technology operation of approximately 300 people with five senior direct reports across Information Security, Architecture, Software Engineering, Digital platforms, and Data. This is an opportunity for a senior technology leader who thrives in complex, regulated environments and enjoys leading modernisation at scale.

• Define and execute the technology strategy.
• Lead large-scale digital, data, and systems transformation initiatives.
• Oversee service delivery, engineering, architecture, and core platform evolution.
• Provide proactive leadership as part of the executive team, shaping organisational direction.
• Represent the UK within a global technology leadership community.
• Own senior-level stakeholder engagement across business, operations, and global functions.
• Drive performance, capability uplift, and cultural alignment across a distributed technology function.
• Ensure technology governance, operational resilience, and compliance within a regulated environment.

• Proven Senior IT leadership experience within highly regulated environments and in the Financial Services sector.
• A track record of leading enterprise-wide technology change at pace and scale.
• Experience managing large multi-disciplinary technology teams.
• Strong exposure to outsourcing / offshoring, vendor management, or complex delivery models.
• Experience with platform consolidation, integration and merger-driven technology change.
• Clear strategic vision combined with hands-on leadership of operations, delivery, and transformation.
• Previous experience working in a post-merger environment.

This role is offered as a 12 Month Fixed-Term contract. In addition to the base salary, the role includes an excellent benefits package including bonus, car, and a generous pension.