Director Research Technology

## Director, Oxford Research Technology Apply locations:
Oxford, United Kingdom time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
REQ-29613
** Job Description
**** General

Summary:

** The Director, Oxford Research Technology leads a team responsible for the architecture, delivery, security, support, and continuous evolution of enterprise laboratory technology platforms across Oxford. It is also the single accountable Research Site Partner for Oxford: the primary DTE relationship holder for the site's SVP and research leadership, and the front door through which site requirements are captured, shaped, and routed into the correct cross-functional platform backlog.

Operating within highly regulated GxP and SOX environments, this role remains accountable for operational excellence, financial stewardship, and risk management across a complex laboratory technology landscape, including ownership of the site's annual operating budget. In parallel, the role carries accountability for local technology adoption, change management, and cross-site prioritization advocacy — ensuring Oxford's voice shapes the shared platform roadmap without the site building or maintaining local one-off solutions.
** Key

Duties and Responsibilities:

**** Technology & Operations Leadership:
*** Build and sustain strong, trust-based relationships with senior business, quality, and DTE leaders, acting as a strategic partner with sustained impact on enterprise laboratory goals.
* Lead, develop, and retain a highly effective Lab Engineering Support organization, leveraging internal resources and external partners through a managed service provider model.
* Ensure stable, secure, and compliant laboratory technology operations across both IT and OT environments, aligned to cyber security, ITSM, ITIL, and DTE system lifecycle standards.
* Serve as the primary point of accountability for laboratory technology partnering with DTE Compliance, Cyber Security, Internal Audit, and Quality Assurance.
* Own and manage the site's operating budget, ensuring disciplined financial planning, forecasting, vendor management, and value realization across services and platforms.
* Oversee a portfolio of programs, projects, platform releases, and enhancements delivered at the site, ensuring quality, timeliness, and alignment with business outcomes.
* Attract, develop, and retain top talent; carry full people-management accountability for assigned staff.
** Research Site Partnership:
*** Serve as the single accountable owner for technology adoption, change, and the DTE relationship at Oxford — the primary partner to the site SVP and research leadership.
* Act as the site's product owner: capture requirements and user stories directly from scientists and shape raw, ambiguous input into clear, prioritized demand.
* Be the single front door for Oxford — route shaped requirements to the correct platform owner (within Laboratory Solutions or peer DTE platform organizations) rather than site stakeholders engaging each platform team directly.
* Drive local adoption and change management for new platform capabilities; carry roadmap and delivery updates back to site scientists and leadership on a regular cadence.
* Represent the site's voice in cross-site, cross-functional prioritization forums, ensuring the shared platform roadmap reflects the site's highest-value needs.
* Maintain a transparent, current view of the site's demand status and backlog position that site stakeholders can see and understand.
** Knowledge and

Skills:

*** Strong senior-level business engagement and stakeholder partnership capabilities.
* Deep understanding of enterprise technology operations, cyber security, ITSM, and system lifecycle practices.
* Proven people leadership experience building and sustaining high-performing teams.
* Program, portfolio, demand, and financial management expertise.
* Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and executive-level presentation skills.
* Ability to balance operational stability with innovation in regulated environments.
* Comfort operating in a matrixed accountability model — shaping and routing demand where the build/architecture decision rests with…