Head of Information Technology

Head of Technology PE-Backed Financial Data & Intelligence BusinessHybrid - London | £130,000 + 20% bonus Maxwell Bond has been exclusively retained to find a Head of Technology for a well-established, market-leading financial data and intelligence business. Recently backed by private equity and growing internationally, the business is investing seriously in its technology and data capabilities as it enters its next phase of growth.Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, you'll initially be hands-on: understanding the current technology and data estate, identifying opportunities and risks, standing up prototypes and designing data models. From there, you'll move into customer delivery, technology execution and ultimately team leadership as the function grows.The business currently operates a deliberately lean technology model, with a small internal team supported by offshore development and external partners across areas including Salesforce, Azure, M365 and other platforms.As the Head of Technology you'll be…Technology & data architecture: getting hands-on with the existing estate, identifying technical debt and opportunities, designing scalable data models and helping shape the future architecture of the platformEngineering & delivery: working closely with internal teams and offshore development partners to turn prototypes and ideas into production-ready customer solutionsFinancial services data: working with sensitive banking, trading, portfolio or other regulated financial data where security, accuracy, resilience and governance are criticalSecurity & compliance: owning the technology side of GDPR, SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 requirements, including preparing for and navigating audits, committees and regulatory scrutinyTechnology resilience: ensuring appropriate disaster recovery, business continuity, security controls and operational resilience are in placeData & analytics: helping evolve a B2B data-processing platform, with a strong understanding of data pipelines, models, analytics and the challenges of working with high-value financial dataAI: identifying practical opportunities to introduce AI into a data-rich business that is still relatively early in its AI journeyThird-party technology: managing Salesforce, Azure, M365 and external/offshore development partners, ensuring suppliers deliver against expectationsCommercial technology management: maintaining discipline around licensing, contracts, TCO and technology investment, ensuring spend creates genuine business valueTeam development: initially working closely with the existing team and partners, before building out your technology function as the business reaches the next stage of its growthAs the Head of Technology we're looking for…Direct experience working within banking or financial services, ideally around sensitive trading, portfolio, market or financial dataA strong engineering, DevOps or technical architecture background, with enough hands-on depth to get into the detail rather than operating purely at a strategic levelExperience working with data platforms, data processing, data models and analyticsStrong understanding of GDPR, information security, resilience and regulatory governanceSome experience with SOC 2 Type 2 / ISO 27001, including implementing controls, preparing for or managing audits and working through compliance requirementsExperience navigating risk, compliance, audit and governance committees and communicating effectively with senior stakeholdersThe ability to work effectively across internal teams and offshore/external development partnersExperience managing a lean, vendor-led technology estate and getting the best out of third partiesCommercial awareness around technology investment, licensing, suppliers and total cost of ownershipA practical approach to technology: someone who can move between strategy, architecture, engineering, delivery and commercial discussions depending on what the business needsIf you're a technically strong technology leader with genuine banking, financial data and regulated-environment experience, and you're looking for a role where you can combine technical depth with commercial impact and build something for the next stage of growth, we'd like to hear from you.This role will suit a Head of Technology, Engineering leader, DevOps leader or similar technology professional who has progressed into broader technology leadership.Please apply immediately or contact megan.blackett@maxwellbond.co.uk to learn more