Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations
Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire hybrid, office based 3 days per week
Salary: Up to 110K plus car allowance, 20% bonus and excellent benefits package
About the Opportunity
Our client is a market-leading UK technology manufacturer with global operations, designing, engineering and manufacturing specialist technology for international markets.
They are now looking for a Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations to lead infrastructure strategy, operations and service delivery across 15+ global locations.
This is a significant transformation opportunity, moving from historically regional and legacy infrastructure towards a centralised,
standardised and measurable group-wide technology environment.
You will shape the global infrastructure roadmap, develop the Infrastructure and IT Support functions, improve service delivery and ensure technology investment supports the organisation's continued growth.
As Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations, you will take ownership of the organisation's global infrastructure strategy, operational technology services and service delivery capability.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing and delivering a global IT infrastructure strategy and roadmap
- Standardising infrastructure across 15+ international locations to improve reliability, supportability and service
- Modernising legacy and regionally managed infrastructure into a more centralised group-wide technology environment
- Evaluating infrastructure technologies and ensuring solutions are aligned with business, operational and security requirements
- Leading major infrastructure transformation and change programmes, balancing pace of change with successful adoption
- Developing the Infrastructure and IT Support teams into a collaborative global function with unified standards and direction
- Owning IT Support and Service Delivery, using ITIL principles to improve service quality and business alignment
- Managing infrastructure budgets, expenditure, contracts and supplier relationships
- Leading technology and supplier selection, negotiation and ongoing service-performance management
- Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders to understand business needs and support the adoption of new technology
- Developing effective relationships with strategic third-party providers and ensuring contractual and service commitments are
achieved
- Establishing appropriate standards, governance, performance measures and continuous improvement
- Supporting security and resilience across the infrastructure estate, including identity, endpoint, network and monitoring technologies
Key Requirements
You will be an experienced IT Infrastructure & Operations leader from a manufacturing environment, combining strategic leadership with sufficient technical depth to make informed infrastructure and technology decisions.
Essential skills and experience include:
- Significant IT Infrastructure & Operations leadership experience within manufacturing
- Experience developing and contributing to an IT infrastructure strategy and roadmap within a mid-sized or larger organisation
- Proven delivery of infrastructure transformation across multi-site and multi-country environments
- Strong technical breadth across networking, hardware, desktop, data centres, operating systems and Azure hybrid environments
- Continued hands-on technical engagement, with the ability to evaluate solutions and determine the right infrastructure for
business requirements
- Leadership and development of Infrastructure, IT Operations and IT Support teams across multiple locations
- Experience moving from regional or fragmented infrastructure towards centralised and standardised group services
- Strong IT service delivery and ITIL knowledge
- Commercial responsibility for infrastructure budgets, suppliers, contracts and technology investment
- Strong vendor management, including supplier selection, commercial negotiation and service performance
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence at all organisational levels
- Knowledge of ISO 27001, IT governance and regulatory frameworks such as NIS2
- Technical understanding of Azure hybrid environments, firewalls, endpoint protection/antivirus, BitLocker, SIEM, MFA and Zero Trust Network Architecture
- Ability to balance technology modernisation with business readiness, adoption and operational continuity
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to take a leading role in a significant global IT transformation, with the autonomy to shape infrastructure strategy and build a more modern, standardised and effective operating model.
You will have the opportunity to make a tangible impact across an international manufacturing organisation, combining strategy,
technology, leadership and commercial responsibility while developing a group-wide Infrastructure and Operations capability.
Salary Type : Annual Salary
Salary Min : £ 110000
Salary Max : £ 110000
Currency Type : GBP