Head Of Enterprise Technology

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Information Technology – Enterprise Technology

Lead the strategy, delivery, operation and evolution of technology services supporting EDF Trading's corporate and control functions. The role owns the enterprise technology roadmap across our Finance, Treasury, Product Control, Tax, Market Risk, Credit Risk and Regulatory Reporting teams, and leads digital enablement through low-code, reporting, workflow automation and responsible AI. The role is accountable for consistently delivering reliable business outcomes, sound architecture, effective controls and a sustainable delivery model.

• Set and execute the enterprise technology strategy and roadmap aligned to business priorities, risk appetite, architecture standards and the wider IT strategy.
• Own the portfolio of technology products and services supporting Finance, Treasury, Product Control, Tax, Market Risk, Credit Risk and Regulatory Reporting, with clear product ownership, service levels and lifecycle plans.
• Build trusted partnerships with senior business leaders, translating business strategy, regulatory commitments and control needs into prioritised technology outcomes.
• Lead the Enterprise Support and Digital Enablement capabilities, ensuring effective support, service transition, operational readiness and measurable adoption.
• Govern the demand, prioritisation, capacity, budgets, suppliers, delivery risks, dependencies and benefits realisation across the portfolio.
• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, data governance, resilience, change management and software engineering standards.
• Drive simplification and modernisation of the application estate, reducing technical debt, duplicate capabilities, unsupported technology and avoidable operational cost.
• Establish outcome-based performance measures covering value delivery, reliability, control effectiveness, customer experience, cost and technical health.
• Develop high-performing multidisciplinary teams, with clear accountabilities, succession plans, capability development and an inclusive culture.
• Represent the domain at architecture, portfolio, risk, audit and executive governance forums, providing transparent decisions and escalation of material issues.

• Substantial leadership experience in enterprise technology, application delivery or product management within a complex, regulated organisation.
• Demonstrable ownership of business-critical technology portfolios spanning finance, risk, treasury, regulatory or corporate functions.
• Successful delivery of multi-year transformation and modernisation programs involving legacy platforms, integration, data and operating-model change.
• Experience leading managers and multidisciplinary teams across product, engineering, analysis, support and supplier organisations.
• Strong track record of executive stakeholder management, investment cases, budget accountability, prioritisation and benefits realisation.
• Experience managing operational risk, audit actions, regulatory commitments, service performance and major incidents.

• Strong understanding of enterprise application architecture, APIs and integration, data platforms, cloud services, identity and access management, observability and secure software delivery.
• Working knowledge of technology supporting all aspects of corporate functions including finance, treasury, risk, credit, product control and regulatory reporting in a trading or financial-services context.
• Good understanding of Power Platform, Power BI, workflow automation and enterprise AI enablement, including governance, data protection and model risk considerations.
• Practical knowledge of ITIL service management, Dev Sec Ops ,…