CTO; Chief Technology Officer

Location:

Hybrid - Liverpool, Merseyside (3-4 days a month on-site)

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
Competitive, based on experience + benefits + package

Current Security Clearance is not essential, but eligibility is required. Applicants must:

• Have the right to work in the UK
• Have lived in the UK continuously for the past 5 years
• Not have spent more than 6 months outside the UK in total during that period
• Be willing to undergo security vetting as part of onboarding

The Investigo Group (TIG) is a growing UK technology group delivering secure, customer‑critical technology across software, platform, infrastructure, data, AI, secure communications and consultancy.

We work with customers who need reliable, secure and forward‑thinking technology capability across complex and regulated environments. TIG includes Voixtel, IIS, Vestigo Consulting and Collaboraite, giving the Group broad capability across secure platforms, communications, consultancy, data and AI.

You are a proven technology leader with the credibility, judgement and presence to operate confidently at Executive and Board level. You will have significant senior leadership experience, ideally at CTO, Group CTO, Technology Director, VP Engineering, Head of Technology or equivalent level.

You will have helped an SME, scale‑up or growing technology‑led organisation mature its technology, teams, governance, delivery and operating model without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

You bring breadth across software engineering, platform and infrastructure, security, architecture, AI/data, product technology and programme delivery. Your background may be software engineering, cloud, infrastructure, architecture, security or a blend of these areas. We are particularly interested in leaders who understand diverse technology estates, including on‑premise environments, pre‑cloud technology, cloud transformation and modern platform models.

You have operated in high‑uptime, customer‑critical environments where reliability, resilience, security and customer impact are central to decision‑making. You are commercially aware, experienced in managing technology budgets, vendors, partners and cost optimisation, and able to connect technology investment to ROI, risk reduction, operational efficiency and business growth.

We are looking for a Group‑level Chief Technology Officer to define, lead and deliver the technology strategy across TIG.

This is a senior executive role with accountability for the direction, execution, performance and outcomes of the Group’s technology estate, spanning software engineering, AI and data‑driven products, platform and infrastructure, security, architecture and programme delivery.

The CTO will stabilise, de‑risk and mature a complex, customer‑critical environment while shaping a modern, scalable operating model that supports future growth. This includes improving reliability, resilience, delivery predictability, governance, security and customer confidence.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you will work closely with the Board, Executive Team and CFO to translate business strategy into clear technology roadmaps, make sound investment decisions, manage budgets and ensure technology initiatives deliver measurable business value.

This role requires a leader who can balance strategic vision with pragmatic execution. You will bring clarity to priorities, strengthen governance and risk management, improve cross‑functional delivery and build strong senior leadership capability across technology.

While this is a senior and influential role, you will not be expected to operate in isolation or start from scratch. TIG already has strong technical capability in place, including a technically strong Programme Director and our Development & AI Director, both sitting within the Technical Authority and ready to work with and support you. Our current CTO will remain within the Group in a more technically focused CTA role, providing continuity, technical context and structured knowledge transfer.

You will have a strong team around you, giving you the support and insight needed to shape strategy, improve…