Director of IT Operations & Infrastructure

Director of IT Operations & Infrastructure Salary: To £110,000 + car allowance + bonus 20% + excellent benefitsLocation: High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireHybrid WorkingOur client is market leading UK company, with global operations, which designs, engineers and manufactures technology for specific markets. Innovation, customer focus and strategy ensure its long-standing success and continued growth.As Director of IT Operations & Infrastructure you’ll lead IT infrastructure strategy, operations and service delivery for over 15 locations globally while developing the infrastructure and service delivery team.Modernising the legacy/ regional IT infrastructure & Ops to group centralised, standardised and measured technology investment, here is your opportunity to deliver significant change & value. To do so you’ll:Deliver a global IT Infrastructure strategy & roadmap to standardise infrastructure that supports business growth, improves service, reliability and supportability. Engage technically to select the right solution to fit business needs.Lead the delivery of infrastructure change, considering the pace and adoption of change.Develop the Infrastructure team into a group wide function fostering collaboration & unified directionBudget ownership & Contract management of all infrastructure including selection, negotiations, service deliveryOwn IT support & Service Delivery with a focus on ITIL ensuring they meet business needsBuild relationships with stakeholders at all levels to facilitate the adoption of change and ensure successful implementations.Building strong relationships with 3rd parties and manage performance and contractsWe’d like to hear from you if you can bring the following expertise:Significant IT Infrastructure & Operations leadership for a manufacturing company, with technical breadth across networking, hardware, desktop, data centres, operating systems & Azure Hybrid environments.Still technically engaged to select the right IT infrastructure to meet business needs.Contributed to an IT infrastructure roadmap & strategy for a mid-size organisationDelivered infrastructure change for an organisation with multi-country operationsLeadership & development of Infrastructure and IT support delivery teams on multiple locationsInfrastructure contract management & commercially astuteStrong relationship builder and stakeholder managementITIL & ISO27001 and governance such as NIS2Azure Hybrid environments, Firewalls, Antivirus, BitLocker and SIEM solutions, MFA solutions and configurations plus Zero Trust Network Architectures.Salary: To £110,000 + Car allowance + bonus 20% + excellent benefitsLocation: High Wycombe - Hybrid working – 3 office days per week.Occasional travel, mainly UK.Genium is acting as Recruitment Agency with regards to this vacancy.Genium Selection, established in 2003 and REC member.Personal, tailored, and targeted, our approach to recruitment aligns talented IT professionals with business so both can thrive. Talk to us about your ambitions. www.genium.biz