Technical Director

Job Description

The role combines technology and leadership with customer focus. The role requires a business and technology capable individual to engage with customers to develop enterprise solutions with a core focus on Client’s Portfolio.

This role is suitable for people who have:

• A client facing technology consulting background focusing on business requirement gathering and analysis and technology enablement
• Demonstrable experience and deep knowledge in enterprise architecture design and consulting for a broad range of technologies towers such as Infrastructure, networking, Hyper scalers (Public Cloud) and Applications. Ideally a background in Hybrid Architecture & Cyber Security would be desirable too
• Experience of developing and managing business requirements gathering and architecture design work as part of a customer engagement team
• Experience of managing and performing critical analysis of technology and associated processes, with a view to recommending strategies that will improve service, lower costs and prevent unforeseen operational issues.
• Experience of delivering transformational projects or change programs within enterprise clients
• Good commercial approach to New Business solutioning, with the ability to drive solutions based on limited information and assumptions, whilst observing cost models
• Experience with designing, implementing and running FINOPS programs based on the FINOPS Foundation
• Experience in building and managing an Enterprise Architecture team
• Excellent written and verbal communication and customer facing skills

The successful candidate should have a strong background in the following areas:

Cloud and Enterprise architectures, virtual infrastructure (compute, network and storage), security, compliance, isolation in multi-tenant environments, next-generation collaboration and end-user computing, backup, disaster avoidance and recovery and IT operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead & manage a team of technical consultants including setting goals, expectations, and ensuring team alignment to corporate metrics
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and career development to resources
• Grow and manage the team through establishment of appropriate people development processes – hiring, frequent feedback loops, and appropriate adjustments
• Engage with customers to define overall solution being able to bridge the business to technology conversation
• Analyze customer technology, organization & processes and recommend optimization and best practice improvements
• Analyze and make recommendations for a change program in order to drive operational efficiencies based on moving to a cloud /DevSecOps operating model
• Provide architecture overview and quality assurance for programs
• Shape overall solution with customer teams and progress to design and implementation stage
• Work with customer technology, application, security and business stakeholders to ensure that all requirements are gathered and documented to the agreed plan
• Potentially own the delivery plan and assume delivery manager role for team of multiple resources
• Perform due diligence on proposed designs, identifying potential issues with the execution and operational architectures and recommend possible options
• Interface with other technology groups to promote common tools and standards at a global level
• Perform impact analysis of proposed major changes to the process / technology landscape of customer systems
• Maintain a close relationship between with customers’ architecture teams

Mandatory & Desired Skills

• Demonstrated strong organizational skills and ability to lead a large team of strong technical consultants
• Experience managing direct teams of 15+ individuals
• Significant familiarity with 5 or more domains (e.g cloud platforms, security, infrastructure, tech strategy, business strategy, etc)
• Strong public cloud experience with 5+ years of architectural expertise
• Demonstrated ability to design complex architectures and understand the technical roles needed to organize a team to develop technical solution
• Proven experience in leading large complex technical cloud initiatives
• Excellent skills in the areas of interpersonal communication, self-awareness, social acumen and personal credibility