One Stop - Head of Technology

Are you a visionary technology leader who excels at bridging the gap between complex IT infrastructure and strategic business growth? One Stop is seeking a dynamic Head of Technology to drive our IT delivery, modernise our digital landscape, and lead our high-performing operations teams.

• Leadership of IT delivery and operations teams
• Define and deliver an IT Roadmap that balances future business requirements with legacy systems replacement needs
• Help to shape and define technology projects and investments and align them with the business and IT strategy with a strong business case, working in partnership with B&N colleagues where appropriate
• Act as a business partner to the wider One Stop team ensuring the IT strategy and plan aligns with the wider business goals
• Create a consistent, reliable IT platform for the business
• Management of IT Projects across the business, ensuring the IT teams are aligned and working effectively to deliver results
• Maintain and improve One Stop’s effectiveness and efficiency by delivering, and supporting strategic plans
• Provide direct leadership for all IT initiatives, functionality, applications, integration, and system development
• Manage and oversee all external IT vendors & partners
• Define and maintain the annual IT budget and review all IT invoices and expenditures
• Identify opportunities to improve the IT landscape and processes and embed them into the business
• Work with Tesco and our other partners to identify opportunities

• Able to communicate and interact with all levels of management, employees and external partners concerning IT issues, processes, and technology
• Excellent team management skills and strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience of integrating new, digital and legacy IT systems
• A strong knowledge of the technical requirements of a retail business and experience in analysis, implementation and evaluation of IT systems and their specifications
• Detailed technical knowledge of legacy retail systems architecture
• Thorough understanding of the evolving needs around cyber security and the demands of an online business
• Experience working in a multi-site, complex IT environment
• Able to prioritise and motivate teams to work efficiently and effectively
• Strong project management and analytical skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Effective decision‑making skills with the ability to take initiative, ownership and being solution focused
• Change agent for the organisation
• Commercial acumen to work within the constraints of a modest retail budget to deliver pragmatic, appropriate solutions to the business