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M365 Lead - London (hybrid 1dpw) - £75K+ - Permanent role Lead a small team and manage external partners to ensure the successful delivery of multiple projects across a multi-year M365 transformation. Based in London, this financial services business is engaged in a large and complex cloud transformation. As part of that work, they have a multi-year roadmap for M365. With a small internal team and third party offshore partners delivering the bulk of the technical work, they are looking for an experienced candidate to join them to lead the team and manage the partners. You'll need to be an experienced candidate with deep technical know-how across the M365 landscape; Exchange, Sharepoint, InTune, SCCM, Teams and AVD plus other relevant technologies. You'll have had previous experience of implementing 365, and migrating from existing on-prem systems into new cloud environments. You don't need to have had significant managerial experience - this is an opportunity to grow your skills in that area - but working directly with stakeholders, challenging and managing the work of external vendors, and scoping and agreeing roadmaps will be a core part of your skill set, alongside your technical capability. The role is London based - you'll need to be in the office once every week or two. It's a permanent role and will pay around £75K base. For more details, and a confidential discussion, please contact Justin Sleep with a copy of your resume.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Manchester £90,000-£110,000 (+ good package) Our client is a purpose-driven B2B SaaS business helping employers build safer, more inclusive environments. Their platform handles sensitive data for organisations where trust, security and genuine outcomes genuinely matter, and they're entering an exciting next stage of growth. The Role This is a hands-on, high-impact CTO role not a large-company, committee-led position. You'll provide credible technical leadership, architectural judgement, product direction and people leadership in a small B2B SaaS environment, helping move the company from a founder-led engineering function into a mature, confident product and technology organisation. This may suit an established CTO looking for more purposeful work, or a Head of Engineering, Technology Director or Principal Architect ready to step into broader leadership. What You'll Do • Own and develop the product and technology strategy, aligned to commercial objectives • Set architectural direction - APIs, integrations, data platform, security, scalability, CI/CD • Lead a small engineering and product team with empathy and high expectations • Define a data strategy that puts insight at the heart of the product proposition • Lead safe, pragmatic AI adoption across product and engineering • Own security, risk and compliance, making ISO27001 a lived discipline, not just an audit • Report to the CEO, sit on the Leadership Team and provide clear Board-level visibility • Support investor, due diligence and senior commercial conversations The Team & Technical Environment You'll lead a small, capable team spanning engineering, product management, QA and UX/design. A strong Product Manager handles much of the day-to-day product work; your job is to set direction and ensure strategy aligns with business goals. The team has responded well to clear, calm leadership and honest escalation of risk - the next leader will combine genuine empathy with decisiveness and higher expectations. On the platform side, the key themes you'll work through include: data and analytics architecture, API and integration strategy, observability, security architecture, CI/CD maturity, scalability and cloud infrastructure. Experience across AWS, modern SaaS architecture and sensitive or regulated data environments is essential. What We're Looking For • Senior technology leadership in a small B2B SaaS or scale-up environment • Strong architectural judgement across cloud-native SaaS, APIs, observability and security • Experience leading engineering and product teams directly • A track record of improving delivery confidence and managing technical debt commercially • The ability to communicate technical trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders • Experience with sensitive data, regulated environments or compliance obligations The right person will be decisive but not arrogant, calm under pressure, commercially curious, and technically credible enough to lead a sceptical engineering team - while being comfortable at Board level. Why Join This role offers real influence, meaningful work and the chance to shape the next stage of a business whose purpose genuinely matters. You'll have genuine authority, a seat at the Leadership Team table, and the opportunity to make decisions that will define the next five years. Our client are an equal opportunities employer committed to inclusive recruitment.

IT Project Manager £55,000 £60,000 Hybrid, Bridgwater, Somerset x3 days/week Drive Meaningful Change Through Technology We re looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to lead the delivery of impactful technology change across a dynamic and purpose-driven organisation. This is a high-visibility role where you ll shape and deliver strategic IT initiatives - ensuring projects are governed effectively, delivered on time and budget, and create measurable value. The Role: As an experienced IT Project Manager, you will take ownership of end-to-end project delivery - embedding strong governance, supporting teams, and ensuring successful outcomes from concept through to operational handover. You ll be responsible for maintaining and evolving project management standards, while leading multiple concurrent projects across a diverse technology landscape. Key Responsibilities: Lead the delivery of IT projects using structured governance and best practice methodologies Maintain and continuously improve project management frameworks and processes Provide clear reporting on progress, risks, budgets, and timelines Ensure successful transition of projects into live operational environments Capture and embed lessons learned to drive continuous improvement Facilitate project meetings, steering groups, and stakeholder updates Build strong relationships with internal teams, suppliers, and external partners Support and guide project contributors to deliver high-quality outcomes About You: You re a highly organised and delivery-focused project leader who thrives in complex environments. You know how to balance structure with pragmatism - and you re not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done. You will bring to the role: Proven experience delivering IT projects across business-critical systems (e.g. ERP, Payroll, Finance, CRM) Strong understanding of full project lifecycle management across multiple concurrent initiatives A track record of delivering projects on time, within budget, and to a high standard Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills at all levels The ability to influence, challenge, and build strong working relationships Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capability Experience driving change initiatives such as system implementations, acquisitions, or regulatory projects Familiarity with recognised project management methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, PMP desirable) The kind of person you are: A proactive, positive, and solutions-focused mindset A collaborative approach, with the ability to work independently when needed Strong organisational and multitasking skills Commercial awareness and a results-driven attitude A passion for continuous improvement and delivering real impact Why Join? This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping technology delivery within an organisation that values: Making a difference through meaningful work Strong relationships built on trust and collaboration Doing the right thing with integrity and accountability Embracing change to drive improvement and innovation If you re ready to lead high-impact IT projects and make a tangible difference, we d love to hear from you.

Data & Insights Manager £60,000 £65,000 Hybrid - Bridgwater, Somerset 3 days/week This is a rare opportunity to step into a leadership role at the intersection of data strategy and real-world impact. You ll shape how an organisation thinks, decides, and grows - turning complex data into clear direction for executive and board-level stakeholders. Reporting into the Head of IT, you ll lead the Data & Insights function - owning the strategy, the team, and the output. You ll partner closely with Finance, Operations, Marketing, HR, and the Executive Leadership Team to embed a data-driven culture across the organisation. This isn t a hands-off management role. You ll bring hypothesis-led thinking to executive conversations, challenge the technology that moves data around the business, and recommend what comes next - with the authority and experience to deliver it. What you ll be doing: Strategy & leadership • Define and drive an enterprise-wide analytics strategy that aligns with business objectives. • Establish and own Data Governance principles - quality, security, and compliance. • Champion a culture of data-driven decision-making at executive and board level. Insight & storytelling • Convert commercial insight into clear trading, product, and sales recommendations. • Bring a hypothesis-led narrative to board-level conversations, backed by analysis that is thoughtful and actionable. • Evolve the model that tracks the full value of marketing channels and programmatic strategies. Technology & platforms • Continuously evolve the data infrastructure - challenging how data is harvested and distributed across the business. • Lead on Power BI, Data Lakes, Lakehouse and Machine Learning capabilities. • Stay ahead of emerging tools and technologies - and have the experience to deliver your recommendations. People & culture • Lead, develop, and mentor a team of Data Analysts and Engineers. • Empower your team to operate independently - you should never be the single point of failure. • Build self-serve insight capability across Finance, Operations, Marketing, and HR. What we re looking for: Essential • Demonstrable senior experience in data analytics or insights leadership, with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams. • Significant proven experience developing, delivering, and embedding a clear enterprise-wide analytics and insights strategy that aligns with business objectives. • Expert-level knowledge of BI and data visualisation platforms - Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or Qlik - including dashboard design, performance optimisation, and modelling best practices. • Hands-on experience designing and implementing Power BI datasets, dashboards, and paginated reports. • Proven track record delivering ETL pipelines, data warehousing, and modern visualisation platforms end-to-end. • Strong commercial acumen - the ability to translate data into decisions that drive growth, not just reports. • Exceptional communicator and influencer at all levels, from data engineers to board members. Desirable • A degree in Data Science, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field. • Certifications such as CBIP or Microsoft Certified Power BI Data Analyst Associate are a bonus - but not a dealbreaker if your experience speaks for itself. The kind of person who ll thrive here: You follow through. You don t miss your own deadlines. You push for clarity when things are vague and for progress when things stall. You know how to get the most from a team without becoming their bottleneck - and you care about the quality of the work as much as the pace of it. You re energetic, self-motivated, and comfortable operating at pace across multiple priorities.

Senior/Managing IT Business Analyst £60,000 - £65,000 Hybrid - Bridgwater, Somerset x3 days/week We re looking for an experienced Senior/Managing IT Business Analysis to lead a high-performing team of Business Analysts at the heart of our client's technology change agenda. This is a strategic leadership role - as an experienced BA you ll set the standards, shape the methods and ensure that every piece of analysis your team delivers is grounded in real business need and built to drive genuine outcomes. What you ll be doing: • Lead and develop a team of Business Analysts, setting clear standards, templates and methods for requirements, process modelling, user stories, acceptance criteria and traceability. • Own the full requirements lifecycle - from discovery and elicitation through change control to sign-off - ensuring everything traces back to business outcomes. • Integrate BA practice with a range of delivery approaches including Agile, Scrum, Kanban, hybrid and waterfall. • Facilitate workshops, interviews and structured analysis sessions to deeply understand business needs and translate them into robust, well-structured specifications. • Define scope, manage change and prevent scope creep while maintaining alignment with business priorities. • Act as the trusted bridge between business areas and IT teams, facilitating clear decision-making through structured options, impact assessments and recommendations. • Produce high-quality communications: problem statements, benefits cases, options papers, requirements packs and demo scripts. • Drive quality assurance across all BA deliverables through peer reviews and project gates. • Build a reusable knowledge base of processes, capabilities, requirements and lessons learned. • Work closely with third-party providers to ensure project requirements are clearly understood and delivered. What we re looking for: Essential experience • Proven experience leading a Business Analysis function or team in a structured, governed change environment. • A track record of delivering programmes of change across multiple concurrent projects and system assignments. • Experience in a fast-paced, high-performing change delivery environment where quality and pace both matter. • Strong people management skills - including performance management, coaching, mentoring, appraisals and team development. • The ability to produce clear written specifications: data requirements, business process flows, user interface changes, user stories and third-party package specifications. • Confident working across matrix teams in a project environment, with the ability to influence without direct authority. • Experience working with a range of delivery methodologies and integrating BA practice into each. • Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and in facilitation - with the confidence to challenge ambiguous or low-value requirements professionally. Desirable qualifications • BCS Business Analysis Foundation or Diploma. • PMI-PBA (Professional in Business Analysis) or equivalent recognised qualification. The kind of person who ll thrive here: You create a supportive environment where analysts can learn, experiment and grow. You delegate with confidence, give honest feedback and step in when it matters. You keep business outcomes at the heart of every decision, look for ways to simplify rather than complicate, and ensure everything your team produces is genuinely usable and aligned to what the business actually needs. You lead to the strategy - not to personal agendas. Ready to shape how great analysis gets done? We d love to hear from you.