Head Of IT Infrastructure

Role: Director of Technology
Salary: Excellent salary + package
Location: Manchester (hybrid - 3 days per week in the office)

Fruition are currently recruiting for an experienced Head of IT Infrastructure for an exciting permanent opportunity. This is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and delivering the organisation's infrastructure strategy, ensuring a secure, resilient and scalable technology estate that supports both current operations and future growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the organisation's IT infrastructure strategy, aligning technology roadmaps with business objectives
• Lead and develop the infrastructure and database administration (DBA) teams, fostering a high-performance culture
• Oversee the operation of cloud, hybrid and on-premise infrastructure, ensuring high availability, resilience and performance
• Drive infrastructure modernisation programmes, including cloud adoption, platform optimisation and continuous improvement initiatives
• Own infrastructure architecture, standards and lifecycle management across servers, networks, storage and database platforms
• Ensure robust disaster recovery, business continuity, backup and security controls are in place and regularly tested
• Manage infrastructure budgets, cloud spend, vendor relationships and third-party service providers
• Work closely with senior business stakeholders, architecture and security teams to deliver secure, scalable and cost-effective technology solutions

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven experience leading enterprise infrastructure teams within a complex IT environment
• Strong background in infrastructure strategy, cloud technologies and hybrid infrastructure environments
• Experience delivering large-scale infrastructure transformation and modernisation programmes
• Good understanding of infrastructure security, resilience, disaster recovery and business continuity best practices
• Experience managing database services or leading DBA teams would be highly advantageous
• Strong commercial awareness with experience managing technology budgets, suppliers and outsourcing partners
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience within a regulated environment would be beneficial

Fruition are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.