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operations, and collaboration platforms like Microsoft 365 and Azure, ensuring performance, security, and user-centric design through direct hands-on engagement. You'll operate at the intersection of the business, focusing on technical optimisation, automation, and user-level telemetry to support continual Digital Employee Experience product improvement and adoption. We value flexible working arrangements, so you can choose to … colleagues to fully exploit workspace technologies. Good communication skills, both verbal and written. Good time management and organisation skills. Passion for delivering an excellent coaching experience. Works effectively across business functions, IT teams, and vendors. Ability to drive service improvements through process optimization and automation. Ability to align digital workspace initiatives with long-term business and technology strategies. … Ability to identify and explain how the business can exploit technology and data solutions to improve the colleague experience, colleague engagement and organisational efficiency. Ability to drive service improvements through process optimisation and automation What's involved: You'll own the technical delivery and configuration of end-user platforms (Intune, AVD, M365, Autopilot, SCCM, etc.). You'll lead More ❯

high! We are seeking a Platform Architect responsible for the overall architectural and technical direction of the Focus Platform. This role involves defining and managing the platform's vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with the organisation's objectives and the Enterprise Architecture. You'll collaborate across enterprise change teams to deliver a platform that maximises organisational value and … compliance. Risk management abilities. Problem-solving skills with a logical approach. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Key responsibilities: Lead the architectural definition of the Focus Platform, ensuring it meets business and technical goals. Provide technical direction to unify engineering teams, ensuring scalability, performance, and resilience. Monitor the current architecture, identify deficiencies or opportunities, and work with the Product Owner … to drive necessary platform changes. Define, document, and maintain reference architecture and develop a strategy for its evolution. Support platform standards, practices, and policies. Work closely with architects, engineers, business analysts, and product owners to oversee architecture changes, ensuring system resilience, performance, and scalability in line with Enterprise Architecture. Identify critical architecture decisions and recommend changes to the More ❯

on technology trends and approaches find and use emerging technologies and approaches understand organisational objectives and external drivers, for example, legislation or financial constraints work with others to develop business and technical strategies work within business and technical constraints design and document solutions so they can be implemented by the organisation communicate and work effectively with stakeholders manage … risks and decisions in a transparent way build relationships with senior stakeholders across different business or technical areas in the organisation This post is available on a home-worker basis, with the requirement to visit any HRA site as needed. Main duties of the job work to support wider organisational objectives beyond your immediate goals. track emerging internal and … organisational objectives. lead and guide others in creating technical designs that achieve organisational objectives. You are flexible and capable of proactive and reactive communication. define solution architecture and design strategy and be central to assuring services. Can evolve and define governance; take responsibility for working with and supporting other staff in wider governance Day to day responsibility for systems More ❯

it gives us the insights we need to give the right cover to the right customers at the right price. But it's the people inside and outside our business that power us and were currently on the hunt for 2 experienced Senior Machine Learning Operation Engineers to join our Data Function. You'll play a significant role within … environment Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written Strong time management and organisation skills Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot problems quickly Excellent problem-solving and analytic skills Powering the business with the right tools What's involved: You'll contribute to the design and implementation of Machine Learning Engineering standards and frameworks. You'll support model development, with an … sharing knowledge with the wider engineering community. You'll collaborate closely with data scientists, data engineers, architects, and the software development team. You'll liaise with stakeholders across the business to ensure ML is being used to improve strategic business decisions and identify new areas for improvements. You'll adhere to the Group Code of Conduct and Fitness More ❯

it gives us the insights we need to give the right cover to the right customers at the right price. But it's the people inside and outside our business that power us and were currently on the hunt for 2 experienced Senior Machine Learning Operation Engineers to join our Data Function. You'll play a significant role within … environment Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written Strong time management and organisation skills Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot problems quickly Excellent problem-solving and analytic skills Powering the business with the right tools What's involved: You'll contribute to the design and implementation of Machine Learning Engineering standards and frameworks. You'll support model development, with an … sharing knowledge with the wider engineering community. You'll collaborate closely with data scientists, data engineers, architects, and the software development team. You'll liaise with stakeholders across the business to ensure ML is being used to improve strategic business decisions and identify new areas for improvements. You'll adhere to the Group Code of Conduct and Fitness More ❯

The Role B usiness Development Director - Parking & Healthcare APCOA Hybrid Working £80,000 pa + car allowance & bonus We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Business Development Director to lead our efforts in acquiring new business within the Healthcare sector. This senior leadership role is a blend of strategic business development and operational management, with … of the role focused on driving sales and new business acquisition, and the remaining 20% dedicated to overseeing the operational delivery and Account Management of our Healthcare contracts across the UK. This position will focus on expanding our portfolio by establishing relationships and securing parking and security contracts with Hospitals, Healthcare facilities, and related Healthcare institutions. The ideal candidate … will have a deep understanding of the Healthcare industry, a proven track record in sales and business development, and the ability to develop strategies for long-term growth within the parking and security solutions market. Working collaboratively with the leadership team and UK Sector Leads, you'll be responsible for expanding our profile in the sector, developing our talent More ❯

growing your team? If so, we'd love to hear from you! The organisation is building a dedicated Enterprise Architecture (EA) team to act as the bridge between the business and digital and data delivery. The Chief Enterprise Architect leads a team of Enterprise, Technical and Solution Architects to deliver a strategically aligned architecture service, to deliver great customer … outcomes and demonstrate business value. They will contribute to the development and delivery of new and evolving operating models, accountable for delivering enterprise-wide architecture capability to ensure the best and most cost-effective technology solutions are developed and deployed for the organisations services. Operating effectively with multi-disciplinary teams of Digital & Data professionals, policy experts and service teams … throughout the change lifecycle, the Chief Enterprise Architect will use business architecture to inform shape and define strategic business design. They will support design, building and delivering to meet user needs, understand business goals and be able to translate future needs into statements of capability. Job description Provide technical leadership in the development, operation, and continual improvement More ❯

growing your team? If so, we'd love to hear from you! The DVSA is building a dedicated Enterprise Architecture (EA) team to act as the bridge between the business and digital and data delivery. The Chief Enterprise Architect leads a team of Enterprise, Technical and Solution Architects to deliver a strategically aligned architecture service, to deliver great customer … outcomes and demonstrate business value. They will contribute to the development and delivery of new and evolving operating models, accountable for delivering enterprise-wide architecture capability to ensure the best and most cost-effective technology solutions are developed and deployed for DVSA’s services. Operating effectively with multi-disciplinary teams of Digital & Data professionals, policy experts and service teams … throughout the change lifecycle, the Chief Enterprise Architect will use business architecture to inform shape and define strategic business design. They will support design, building and delivering to meet user needs, understand business goals and be able to translate future needs into statements of capability. Job description Provide technical leadership in the development, operation, and continual improvement More ❯

re looking for a Service Delivery Manager within the Digital Workspace pillar who will oversee the effective delivery of IT services across the Digital Workspace, the broader non-focus business services, and the Core enterprise Azure platform stack. As a senior team member, you'll collaborate with the Digital Workspace Director, department heads, and stakeholders to ensure services meet … support operational change, champion continuous improvement, and contribute to the development of this growing function. Operating within a DevOps environment, you'll work with product owners, developers, architects, and business teams to deliver reliable, value-driven services-using automation and Azure technologies to reduce risk and improve performance. As part of the Service Management community, you'll help shape … occasional office visits. Core skills for success: Excellent communication skills, verbal and written Strong time management and organisational skills Leadership and influencing skills, able to collaborate across technical and business teams Analytical mindset focused on service improvements and automation opportunities Passion for delivering business value through technology and service excellence Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects effectively More ❯

re looking for a Service Delivery Manager within the Digital Workspace pillar who will oversee the effective delivery of IT services across the Digital Workspace, the broader non-focus business services, and the Core enterprise Azure platform stack. As a senior team member, you'll collaborate with the Digital Workspace Director, department heads, and stakeholders to ensure services meet … support operational change, champion continuous improvement, and contribute to the development of this growing function. Operating within a DevOps environment, you'll work with product owners, developers, architects, and business teams to deliver reliable, value-driven services-using automation and Azure technologies to reduce risk and improve performance. As part of the Service Management community, you'll help shape … occasional office visits. Core skills for success: Excellent communication skills, verbal and written Strong time management and organisational skills Leadership and influencing skills, able to collaborate across technical and business teams Analytical mindset focused on service improvements and automation opportunities Passion for delivering business value through technology and service excellence Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects effectively More ❯

concept to production, ensuring every solution is ethical, fair, explainable, and compliant. Thriving in a collaborative environment, you will work closely with stakeholders, aligning your projects with Data & Innovation strategy, and relevant departmental strategies across the business, taking ownership of the full solution lifecycle. This is a role for someone who combines technical excellence, innovation, and a leadership … proprietary and third-party/foundational models Create solutions that translate complex data into clear, actionable insights, leveraging data science methods and machine learning techniques to deliver customer and business value Own the end-to-end AI solution lifecycle: from ideation and functional design through prototyping, model training, testing, deployment, monitoring, and improvement Align all projects with the organisation … s Data & Innovation strategy, and relevant departmental strategies to ensure solutions deliver measurable impact across the business Build and maintain robust AI/ML pipelines from data ingestion through to production deployment Apply AIOps/MLOps/ModelOps best practices: version control, CI/CD, model monitoring, automated testing, and reproducibility Stay on top of emerging AI tools More ❯

Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner - Digital & Marketing Focus Manchester - Hybrid£75,000 - £85,000 + bonus + car allowance Excellent Benefits Are you a commercially astute finance professional passionate about digital transformation, customer insight, and driving business performance? This is an exciting opportunity to join a major UK retailer as a Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner , playing … role, you'll partner directly with the IT Director and senior stakeholders across Digital, Marketing, and E-commerce to deliver high-impact insights that inform strategic decisions and fuel business growth. What you'll be doing: Act as the finance lead for all things digital-supporting initiatives across e-commerce, customer experience, and omnichannel performance Analyse key drivers such … to influence decision-making. Develop and manage digital KPIs, dashboards, and financial models that support commercial decisions. Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning cycles, ensuring alignment with business strategy. Support data governance, automation opportunities, and investment cases tied to digital infrastructure. About You: Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong post-qualified commercial experience. Background in retail More ❯

Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner - Digital & Marketing Focus Manchester - Hybrid £75,000 - £85,000 + bonus + car allowance Excellent Benefits Are you a commercially astute finance professional passionate about digital transformation, customer insight, and driving business performance? This is an exciting opportunity to join a major UK retailer as a Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner , playing … role, you'll partner directly with the IT Director and senior stakeholders across Digital, Marketing, and E-commerce to deliver high-impact insights that inform strategic decisions and fuel business growth. What you'll be doing: Act as the finance lead for all things digital-supporting initiatives across e-commerce, customer experience, and omnichannel performance Analyse key drivers such … to influence decision-making. Develop and manage digital KPIs, dashboards, and financial models that support commercial decisions. Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning cycles, ensuring alignment with business strategy. Support data governance, automation opportunities, and investment cases tied to digital infrastructure. About You: Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong post-qualified commercial experience. Background in retail More ❯

Responsible for creating, communicating and maintaining a database of common definitions across all departments. Build bespoke reports and spreadsheets as required. Utilise segmentation and decisioning tools to implement intricate business strategies Apply intelligent data modelling and outstanding data quality to our wealth of data Provide management information reports to senior management Examine, analyse and forecast operational and business performance Partner with the business to identify issues, recommend solutions and solve complex problems Interest in data warehousing What are we looking for? Degree in Maths, Economics, Physics or a numerate focused degree (min 2:1) A high level of analytical and numerical problem-solving skills. Experience within SQL and Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP's, VBA, Macros) are More ❯

brand, delivering products and services to customers worldwide with manufacturing and sales facilities in over 40 countries and regions. Since being established in 1908 as a sewing machine repair business, the Brother Group has grown to be at the forefront of innovation in its history of more than 110 years. Underlying all activities is our “At your side” spirit … and environmentally conscious approach. About BIE Brother International Europe (BIE) is the European Headquarters of the Brother Group. Working alongside 20 European offices, BIE manages Pan European operations and strategy, ensuring a genuinely unified and customer-centric approach is always adopted. BIE also provides sales offices with support in Product Marketing, Technical and Logistic Services, Environmental strategy and … verbal, written, and visual communication skills, adaptable to different audiences Experience in managing and motivating cross-disciplinary teams Key Responsibilities Define and communicate a clear product vision aligned with business goals Collaborate with customers, key stakeholders, Brother Japan, and One IT to anticipate needs and shape a strategic product roadmap Prioritise work packages to align with business demand More ❯

will be responsible for leading the management of the ICT Change Portfolio of associated projects, ICT initiatives and department plan to ensure alignment and consistency with the overall PHSO business strategy. The role will ensure projects follow either waterfall or agile methodologies, are successfully delivered to their defined outcomes within allocated resources; and are of consistent quality. You will … associated with the ICT departments' technical infrastructure roadmap. The role holder will be a proven influencer and communicator with stakeholders at all levels. You will be experienced in leading business analysis and strategic planning, including requirements definition and business case production. You will be able to organise and lead the team to achieve objectives and targets. You will … have the opportunity to develop a business engagement model to identify and shape demands and business needs. The role is responsible for the ICT Change Portfolio delivery framework, its associated governance, and policies, thereby maintaining structure and alignment of planned projects and other ICT initiatives. You will be joining the organisation at a fantastic time and will be More ❯

strategic and technically astute Data Solutions Architect to lead the design, governance, and continuous improvement of our enterprise-grade data platforms. You’ll play a key role in enabling business success through modern, compliant, and well-architected data systems—aligned to frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman. Key Responsibilities Design and implement hybrid data architectures (cloud and on-prem … to support business strategy. Lead data governance initiatives, including metadata management, data quality, and policy enforcement. Identify and address areas of technical debt within data systems, driving long-term sustainability and agility. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and enforce architectural and data standards. Provide architectural oversight during project delivery and ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks. Translate business … technical debt from legacy systems and data environments. Background in regulated industries (e.g. financial services, energy, healthcare). Excellent communication skills and ability to engage with both technical and business stakeholders. If this sounds like you and you'd like to know more details, please apply now. More ❯

Application Delivery Lead reports into the Enterprise Applications Service Owner, within the Enterprise Technology group. This is a key role in our Enterprise Technology group, sitting between our internal business teams and external delivery partners who provide the hands-on technical delivery resource and expertise. You'll be the glue that holds together our Workday and i-Trent delivery … and support capability, whilst working closely and collaboratively with internal business areas, ensuring alignment to all relevant standards and processes whilst keeping the detail sharp and the stakeholders aligned. This is to ensure a coordinated prioritised delivery pipeline, underpinning a strategically aligned successful technical delivery. You'll work closely with Product Owners, Senior Stakeholders, and support functions such as … to lead and operate in conjunction with 3rd party suppliers - vendor/supplier management. Confident balancing strategic and operational demands to ensure optimal delivery outputs in line with strategic business objectives. Be results focused, able to make pragmatic decisions and deliver at pace. Exceptional stakeholder management and the confidence to influence and challenge constructively. A solid grasp of ITIL More ❯

Director of Shared Services Can you transform core business functions to deliver smarter, faster, leaner support? Do you thrive in high-volume, multi-site environments where operational excellence is everything? Can you operate across complex, multi-stakeholder management environments ensuring optimal results for all? MacGregor Black is partnering with a Significant Multi-Site Operation on the search for a … role for a systems-savvy, service-focused, and commercially sharp professional who thrives in high-volume, operationally complex multi-site environments. Key Responsibilities: Develop and execute the shared services strategy, aligning functional delivery with business needs, cost-efficiency targets and service excellence Lead, manage and evolve centralised teams covering finance operations, payroll, HR administration, procurement, IT support and … other business-critical services Deliver continuous improvement across all service lines, ensuring robust processes, technology utilisation and measurable performance standards Act as a strategic business partner to the executive leadership team, contributing to operational planning, efficiency drives and cost transformation programmes Own service delivery KPIs and ensure each functional area operates at a consistently high standard across all More ❯

within our Enterprise team to join our EMEA Sales function.Our Senior Account Managers play an instrumental role in developing and managing customer relationships at an Enterprise level through effective business partnership and solving customer problems.Your collaborative, personable and driven approach, coupled with your strategic value-driven thinking, will seal your success in driving growth and product adoption. What do … Senior Account Managers at SafetyCulture do? Develop strategic business plans to drive and deliver commercial business outcomes Create and implement a strong sales plan for your territory Maintain and grow your existing portfolio of customers to deliver long term value Perform in-person and online demos, sharing the value of our products to prospective customers, tailored to their … experience with a proven track record in managing a sales pipeline and achieving targets Fluency in German at a professional level is required, along with a deep understanding of business practices in German-speaking countries (DACH), including cultural nuances, procurement dynamics, and enterprise decision-making frameworks. Consultative and customer-centric approach with demonstrated ability to build trust, establish rapport More ❯

Bennett and Game have partnered with a forward thinking and highly successful start up Freight Forwarder and are actively recruiting for a skilled Business Development Manager to join their growing team. This is a fully remote role offering great flexibility, trust and benefits for a commercially astute Sales Professional that has proven success in the Freight & Haulage markets. Business … 3rd party logistics provider offering agile, tech-driven solutions across UK & European road freight, warehousing, and value-added logistics services. As their specialist recruitment partner, we're seeking a Business Development Manager with proven experience in the freight industry to help drive further growth across new and existing markets. You'll play a pivotal role in delivering strategic sales … tailored 3PL solutions-supporting customers with high service expectations. This is a role for someone who thrives in a start-up culture: fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and focused on results. Business Development Manager - Job Requirement Strong background in freight forwarding, road transport, or 3PL sales Proven ability to win new business and grow strategic accounts Experience across UK domestic More ❯

grow their window fabricator client base Key Responsibilities: Manage and grow relationships with window fabricators across Northern England & Scotland or Southern England. Understand customer needs and provide tailored, profitable business solutions. Develop and deliver persuasive presentations to influence key decision-makers. Negotiate effectively to close complex sales deals. Achieve agreed sales targets and contribute to business strategy. Maintain … regions to meet clients and prospects. The Candidate: It s essential that you have experience selling into window fabricators Strong sales acumen with a proven ability to generate new business, understand the needs of the customers, provide successful and profitable business solutions, manage long-term client relationships and achieve sales targets. A stable career background with some good More ❯

company are looking for a BI Developer to join their team on a permanent basis. Your work would involve ETL processes for data integration, working with stakeholders to understand business needs, and optimizing database queries. The role is offered on an almost remote basis, with one visit per month to their Manchester office. This is a great opportunity to … scheme and retail discounts! The Role We are looking for an individual who is ready to share their expertise with junior team members, collaborate with stakeholders to ensure aligned business goals. Therefore, excellent communication skills and a keenness to share knowledge are a must. Collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation to align Business Intelligence with strategic business goals. Design and develop the architecture and infrastructure of the Business Intelligence system, including data warehouse structure, data integration processes and data modelling techniques. Implement and optimise Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes for integrating data from various sources into the data warehouse. Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimise database queries for improved system efficiency. Collaborate with stakeholders More ❯

Job ID: AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch) As part of the AWS solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon's unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers' businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology … solutions that solve enduring business challenges. we blend vision with curiosity and Amazon's real-world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use. AWS is seeking a GenAI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) for large … require expert-level knowledge to solve. You must have deep technical expertise in Generative AI and Machine Learning services, enterprise-grade architectural strategies, and a passion for solving complex business challenges. We are looking for technical experts who can bridge the gap between innovative AI technologies and practical business outcomes for our customers. You'll work directly with More ❯

We are looking for a Global SAP Solution Architect who can transform complex business processes with strategic and scalable SAP solutions. As a Global SAP Solution Architect, you will work closely with stakeholders to translate business goals into robust SAP roadmaps. You'll combine technical and functional expertise to design and implement solutions across domains such as Supply … a global impact! About the Role : As a Global SAP Solution Architect you play a crucial role in selling, designing, and implementing complex SAP solutions deployed worldwide to optimize business processes. You analyze organizational needs and translate them into scalable SAP architectures that integrate various modules such as SuccessFactors Employee Central, Employee Central Payroll, and SuccessFactors Time Tracking. You … also coordinate with international teams, ensure seamless system integration, and make sure the solutions meet both technical and business objectives. Your key responsibilities: Your day will be dynamic and challenging, with ample room for strategic thinking and collaboration. You'll coordinate with sales and presales colleagues to determine the best solutions for clients and how to achieve them. You More ❯