Deputy Head Of Business Technology

What the Hiring Manager Says
As the Deputy Head of Business Technology, you will be the dedicated partner to Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Financial Planning for the delivery of all technology solutions and services in their defined scope. You will be a key enabler of our business success, playing a strategic role in driving value and impact for our stakeholders and customers. You will report to Head of Business Technology and will build and manage strong relationships with both business and technology stakeholders to support the business goals and vision.
All candidates who have an extensive technology and product background and are comfortable managing and leading teams both as a direct line manager and in a matrixed organisation are welcome to apply.
This role will demonstrate success by ensuring both Technology, Change and the business segments are aligned.
We are looking for someone with the ability to evolve with this role and state of the business.
About the Role
Level: 5
Department: Technology
Location: Southampton | London |
Contract type: Permanent
Successful candidates will be comfortable engaging with stakeholders at a senior level and ensuring that the technology team is aligned with the business and change teams.
This role will support the Head of Business Technology in the following key areas:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders and users to understand their needs and requirements and provide effective and innovative technology solutions that meet or exceed their expectations.
• Communicate and align technology strategy and roadmap with business strategy and vision, ensuring that technology solutions are aligned with business requirements and expectations, thus contributing to good customer outcomes.
• Assist with management of the budget and resources for the Business Technology function and optimise the return on investment and value for money.
• Support the coordination, prioritisation, and visibility of the portfolio of technology projects and initiatives for the business units, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget, and with quality.
• Ensure the quality, reliability, security, and performance of the business applications, and adhere to the best practices and standards for software development and delivery.
• Through utilising best practices this role will ensure technology change is effectively defined, planned, resourced, and delivered in alignment with the overall business unit / function technology strategy. It will be critical to ensure roadmaps and service delivery is aligned to and delivered in accordance with Quilter policy and standards, and community of practice guidelines.
• This role will assist in developing the team's capability and ensure the appropriate balance of skills and expertise to achieve sustainable business performance while actively enabling collaboration across Quilter and building a climate that values diversity of thought and promotes honest and open communication. It will provide effective feedback and coaching through regular check-ins with team members and identifying development needs to support employees in achieving their career goals.

About You
Applications from people with diverse backgrounds enables our inclusive organisation to thrive. If you feel you don't match our job description exactly, why not take a chance on yourself and apply? You could be exactly what this role needs.
You will be able to lead, manage ambiguity and build consensus to deliver new and improved ways of working for our customers. Clarity and impact of communication will be vital in articulating ideas in a compelling manner to technical and non-technical audiences.
This role will need to be comfortable navigating complex environments, using an analytical approach to identify issues, develop solutions and drive continuous improvement.
This role requires someone with exceptional interpersonal skills with the aptitude to build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, colleagues, and suppliers. This will require the ability to influence and persuade others while maintaining the consistent delivery of results and drive of change across teams and with stakeholders.
There is a requirement for high energy, drive, and resilience to maintain focus on delivery in a fast-paced changing environment. You will need to demonstrate credibility, professionalism and strong personal integrity and role model the Quilter values - Pioneering, Dependable, Stronger Together.
This role will be best suited to those with deep subject matter expertise, both business and technology. You will need a strong technology background, including significant experience managing technical teams and their deliverables.
We are looking for someone who has experience driving innovation and challenging the status quo along with credible experience of complex technology delivery. We need someone with proven experience of working with, managing, and delivering through third party suppliers while managing across complex applications estates. This role needs someone who has demonstrated experience driving Technology transformation through innovation and the use of technology.
Excellent stakeholder management skills demonstrating the ability to translate technical and complex challenges into simple, clear updates, issues and/or risks for senior stakeholders. We want someone who can translate highly technical details into a digestible format that can aid decision making.
We welcome applications from candidates with a deep understanding of the risk context and risk appetite that teams operate within. This role will be tasked with always ensuring that risk-based decisions are appropriate for the level of responsibility in the team. This will require considerable experience managing competing priorities and developing innovation led strategy.
Our purpose is to help the generations today and tomorrow to prosper. That means we must guide people through the complexity of planning for their future, with the right financial advice and investment solutions, so that they can have more secure financial futures.
In this ever-changing world, we see that our role in society has never been more meaningful, and we are committed to using our expertise and care to guide our customers through these challenging and unprecedented times.
Our impressive talents and capabilities set us apart, but our unwavering commitment to our customers is what defines us. We truly believe that we have all the ingredients to be the very best in our industry, and we want great people with the care and creativity