North West England (Cumbria / Warrington – hybrid)
Major Infrastructure & Transformation Programme

The Opportunity

We’re supporting a large, nationally critical organisation in the North West to appoint a Head of Programmes & Projects.

Operating within complex and highly regulated environments, this organisation delivers a vast portfolio of work spanning infrastructure, digital, and operational transformation. With thousands of employees and a multi-billion-pound programme landscape, this is a genuinely unique opportunity to lead at scale.

This role sits at the heart of a significant delivery challenge – bringing structure, pace, and cohesion across a wide-ranging portfolio of programmes and projects.

The Role

This is a senior leadership position, responsible for:

• Leading a large portfolio of programmes and projects across multiple workstreams
• Managing and developing a team of ~150+ delivery professionals
• Driving consistency, governance, and delivery discipline across a complex environment
• Bringing together fragmented delivery functions into a cohesive operating model
• Leading delivery across digital, business change, and operational programmes
• Acting as a key senior stakeholder, influencing at executive and board level

This role is about leadership, integration, and delivery at scale – not just oversight.

Key Focus Areas

• Large-scale programme delivery (multi £m / £bn portfolios)
• Agile and digital delivery within complex environments
• Transformation of project delivery capability and maturity
• Business process improvement and organisational change
• Cross-functional integration across multiple disciplines

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a proven senior leader who thrives in complexity:

• Significant experience leading major programmes or portfolios in complex environments (infrastructure, defence, energy, government, etc.)
• Experience managing large, multi-disciplinary teams (100+ people)
• Strong grounding in:
  • Programme & project delivery (APM / MSP / PRINCE2 or equivalent)
  • Change & transformation
  • Governance and assurance
• Experience working in regulated or safety-critical environments is highly desirable
• Comfortable operating at Executive / Director level

Additional Details

• Location: North West – hybrid
• Security Clearance: SC desirable but not essential

Why This Role?

• Operate within one of the largest and most complex delivery environments in the UK
• Lead and shape large-scale transformation and delivery capability
• Play a key role in programmes of national importance
• A genuine opportunity to drive change, not just manage it

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Our client are a Fortune 500–backed healthcare organisation with a growing international presence across 14 countries. As part of their growth we are seeking a VP / Senior IT Manager to play a critical leadership role in shaping and delivering their global technology strategy, working closely with CTO. 

The Role

This is a senior leadership position responsible for the oversight of enterprise-driven and international IT initiatives, operational excellence, and the international technical roadmap. The successful candiate will ensure an IT environment that is secure, scalable and resilient to support continued growth across multiple markets.

Working closely with executive leadership, enterprise IT teams and in-country stakeholders, this role will drive standardisation, risk mitigation, data privacy and continuous improvement. You’ll be needed to act as a trusted advisor and governance partner to local IT teams, whilst providing active oversight of major IT programmes, infrastructure, network, endpoint and security services.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior business and IT stakeholders, providing executive-level updates and strategic alignment.

• Own and develop the international technical roadmap covering infrastructure, cloud/data centre environments, networking, endpoints and security.

• Lead and oversee large-scale international and enterprise IT projects, including M&A due diligence and complex implementations.

• Champion cyber security, risk management and data privacy standards across all markets.

• Oversee end-user services and collaboration platforms, including M365, and advise on the adoption of AI capabilities such as Copilot and other generative AI tools.

• Lead and influence high-performing teams in both direct and matrixed environments.

About You

You will bring 5+ years’ experience in a senior IT leadership role, with deep expertise in infrastructure architecture, cloud technologies, M365, identity and endpoint management, cyber security and large-scale project delivery. Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to operate confidently at executive level are essential. Experience in multinational environments and healthcare settings is highly desirable.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a values-driven, patient-focused organisation at a global scale.

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About the Company
Our client is a well-established facilities & home services brand with decades of heritage and a reputation for exceptional customer service. The business is part of a global group specialising in home service brands, with substantial investment backing and ambitious growth plans for the UK market. With a focus on service excellence, operational efficiency, and strategic expansion, they are now seeking a high-calibre Operations Director to lead the day-to-day running of the business and drive continued success.

The Role
Reporting directly to the UK Managing Director, the Operations Director will:

• Lead the operational strategy and execution to achieve growth, financial performance, and network expansion goals.
• Oversee all day-to-day operational activities, ensuring service delivery excellence and a consistent customer experience.
• Manage and develop a high-performing internal team while supporting a broad network of independent service operators.
• Drive commercial results through strong data analysis, sales growth initiatives, and process optimisation.
• Act as a visible leader across the business, fostering strong relationships with stakeholders, suppliers, and partners.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, company standards, and brand guidelines.

About You
We are looking for a commercially minded operational leader with:

• Proven senior leadership experience in operations, ideally within facilities management, home services, or a comparable multi-site / multi-operator environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of driving revenue growth and operational improvements.
• Excellent relationship-building skills and the ability to influence across a broad network.
• Experience in coaching, mentoring, and developing teams.
• A hands-on, results-oriented approach combined with strategic thinking.
• A full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel nationally.

Why Apply?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a market-leading brand at a pivotal stage of growth. You will have the autonomy to shape the operational strategy, the backing of a well-capitalised parent group, and the chance to make a tangible impact on the future success of the business.

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Overview:

We’re looking for a strategic and hands-on Director of Enterprise Applications to oversee the vision, strategy, and continuous improvement of our marketing and customer engagement platforms.

This role is responsible for leading a team managing both COTS and SaaS solutions (including Salesforce, Marketo, Xactly, NetSuite, and Workday) while collaborating cross-functionally to ensure our enterprise tech stack supports business growth and customer experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve the enterprise applications roadmap (CRM, ERP, CX)

• Lead and mentor a high-performing IT team

• Drive continuous delivery and agile value streams

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to shape and prioritise demand

• Manage internal and third-party delivery resources

• Ensure quality, compliance, and cost-efficiency in application delivery

Requirements:

• 10+ years in IT/enterprise applications, 5+ in leadership

• Strong background in Salesforce, Marketo, Xactly, and ERP tools

• Experience with customer data governance and system integration

• Proven stakeholder engagement and team leadership skills

• UK-based and available for occasional travel to London

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Location: Hybrid (UK-based, 2-3 days every fortnight in York HQ)

Salary: £150,000 base + 3% pension + individual healthcare + 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays).

Full Time | Permanent

We are looking for a technology leader ready to drive enterprise-wide transformation across hundreds of sites in the UK and Europe. This is a rare opportunity to shape the technology landscape of a fast-scaling, PE-backed organisation undergoing significant digital change.

Our client is a market-leading, multi-site services business operating across 700+ UK and European locations, with a workforce of over 12,000. Following rapid growth through acquisitions, the company is now investing heavily in standardising and modernising its technology estate. As Group Technology Director, you’ll play a pivotal role in enabling this next phase of scalable, secure growth.

About the Role

Reporting to the Group CIO, you’ll lead a UK-based team of ~30 technologists across Infrastructure, Development, Cloud, and Data Engineering. Your core mission will be to unify fragmented systems and services, drive innovation, and ensure the business’s IT backbone can support continued expansion across multiple countries and markets.

This role sits on the IT & Security senior leadership team and will act as a key partner to business and operational leaders across the Group.

Key Responsibilities

• Technology Strategy: Define and implement a scalable, secure IT strategy that aligns with ambitious UK and European growth plans.
• Systems Integration: Lead the migration from legacy systems to a unified Practice Management System (PMS) across all sites.
• Infrastructure & Cloud Ops: Oversee all aspects of IT operations including networks, cloud (Azure), and service delivery.
• Team Leadership: Build and mentor high-performing technology teams while embedding best practices and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Vendor & Partner Management: Manage third-party service providers and technology partners to ensure efficient and cost-effective service.
• Governance & Risk: Work closely with Security leadership to maintain high standards of cyber security, availability, and compliance.
• CIO Deputy: Act as a senior deputy to the Group CIO, representing the function at Group level when required.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking an experienced technology leader who brings a blend of strategic thinking, operational expertise, and the ability to lead complex transformation in a multi-site, fast-paced, and high-growth environment.

Must-have experience:

• Proven track record leading IT for multi-site organisations – sectors such as healthcare, retail, hospitality, logistics or similar.
• End-to-end leadership of major system migrations and digital transformation programmes.
• Experience managing cross-functional tech teams and external vendors at scale.
• Strong familiarity with cloud environments (preferably Azure) and enterprise systems (ERP, HRIS, PMS or equivalents).
• Commercially astute, comfortable operating in private equity-backed environments.

Nice to have:

• Background in regulated or clinical sectors.
• Experience with Practice Management Systems or consolidating operational platforms post-acquisition.

Location & Working Pattern

The role is UK-based and requires 2-3 days every fortnight at the HQ in York. The rest of the time can be worked remotely or from other UK locations.

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Known for her clear thinking and creative approach, Lucy has worked across sectors to help businesses stand out in crowded markets, engage their people, and grow sustainably. Her work spans brand strategy, storytelling, sales enablement, internal communications, and marketing operations, always with a focus on making complex things simple and meaningful.

As Chief Marketing Officer at La Fosse, Lucy is part of the senior leadership team and plays a key role in how the business connects with customers and colleagues alike.

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• Permanent Role, Hybrid (3x a week in London or Manchester office)
• Salary: up to £130,000 + Bonus + Benefits

We are partnering with a dynamic and rapidly growing Health technology company as they look to bring on board an experienced Head of (Product) Engineering for their UK-based engineering team. Partnering with their leadership team, you’ll have a real opportunity to impact this organization as they embark on their journey to becoming known for their cutting-edge HealthTech products!

This pivotal leadership role will drive the transformation of the engineering culture, guiding a team 30-50 towards a product engineering-focused model, and will play a central part in shaping the future of both products and technologies as part of a broader “tech-first mindset” strategy. This is an exciting time to join the business as it scales following a series of strategic acquisitions.

Combining both strategy and technical excellence, this position will require someone who has expertise in fostering a strong engineering culture, with a people-first mindset, but also has a track record of working within software engineering roles within product development environments.

Role Purpose:

• Lead and scale a high-performing engineering team focused on product development and innovation.
• Drive cultural change and engineering excellence across the UK engineering team.
• Set clear performance goals, foster an inclusive team culture, and drive the team to maintain high standards of technical quality and operational efficiency.
• Align the engineering roadmap with business goals and help the business move towards its ambition of becoming a “tech-first” organization.
• Play a key role in delivering high-quality off-the-shelf products through technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Oversee the successful delivery of product features, technical solutions, and customer implementations.
• Ensure alignment of engineering practices, tools, and methods with the Technology Strategy across other areas (APAC).
• Provide technical guidance and leadership while ensuring the team is equipped to meet their goals and deliver world-class products.

About you:

• Degree in Computer Science, or a related field (or relevant experience).
• Extensive experience in product development lifecycle and agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Proven experience in product organizations, with a focus on development of off-the-shelf products.
• Experience driving culture within an engineering function of 30-50 engineers, ideally after mergers/acquisitions.
• Strong technical background in software engineering (Java, AWS, microservices architecture).
• Expertise in cloud environments and transitioning on-premise products to the cloud.
• Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills with experience managing and developing diverse engineering teams.
• In-depth knowledge of security, scalability, and performance optimization within engineering solutions.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills, particularly under pressure.

If you’re a seasoned engineering leader with a background in software engineering and product development, and you are passionate about driving cultural and technological change, this is the role for you! Apply now to make an impact and lead a team on an exciting journey toward engineering excellence!

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Position: Director of Engineering HPC Team, Cambridge 

We are looking for an experienced and innovative Director of Engineering to lead our clients global engineering team. This key leadership role is part of the Engineering IT Leadership team and will be responsible for overseeing several critical technical areas, including High-Performance Computing (HPC), Engineering Platform Access, Engineering Collaboration and  Linux Platforms. You will lead a global team to ensure seamless product development by maintaining and improving the infrastructure that supports engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• High-Performance Computing (HPC): Manage and lead a large-scale HPC environment (handling half a million cores), using LSF (or similar schedulers) to ensure high availability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• DevOps & Automation: Drive the implementation of DevOps best practices (CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, GitLab) to automate infrastructure and improve the efficiency of development workflows.
• Engineering Collaboration Tools: Manage and optimize the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence) for enhanced engineering collaboration and compliance.
• Linux Platform Leadership: Oversee the Linux Platform team responsible for managing Linux-based infrastructure, especially for HPC servers.
• Virtualization & Kubernetes: Lead virtualization efforts involving VMware and Kubernetes clusters, ensuring efficient orchestration and resource utilization.
• Platform Access & Security: Lead teams handling login servers and user access solutions, ensuring seamless authentication experiences for engineers using OpenText ETX.

Leadership & Strategy:

• Strategic Roadmap: Define and implement a clear roadmap for the Engineering Platform that aligns with business goals and engineering needs.
• Team Leadership: Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to highly skilled teams, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with key stakeholders from engineering, IT security, and infrastructure teams to drive best practices and ensure excellent service delivery.
• Budget Management: Ensure cost-effective investments in technology while meeting the organization’s strategic goals.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Expertise in HPC Environments: Strong experience managing large-scale HPC systems, preferably with LSF or similar schedulers.
• DevOps & Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficient in DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and GitLab.
• Experience with Cloud Platforms: In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), with AWS being the primary focus.
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire large, technically diverse teams (30-40 people) in a fast-paced environment.
• Background in Product Engineering: Experience in software development, especially in Python, and a product ownership mindset.
• Budget and Resource Management: Proven ability to manage budgets and resources effectively.

Preferred Backgrounds:

• Candidates from semiconductor companies or those with experience in high-performance computing (HPC) environments, or Oil and Gas etc. are highly preferred
• Experience in large-scale infrastructure management, such as virtualized environments and containerization (Kubernetes).

The culture is collaborative and supportive, with high expectations for delivering results. You will be joining a team that values innovation, efficiency, and seamless collaboration across functions.

The client is looking to pay up to £165,000 per annum + benefits. This is hybrid working role with a minimum of 3 days in the office per week in Cambridge.

For more information please send your CV to me on kamni.sharma@lafosse.com

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This role is hybrid with 3 days per week mandatory in the London office.

La Fosse is partnering with an asset manager to help build out and scale their front office engineering team. This organisation is looking for an experienced software team lead to manage a small team of high performing developers.

Key Requirements:

• Experience in financial services, ideally front office
• Python & Flask backend
• React & Typescript frontend
• Cloud Computing (AWS ideally)
• Line Management experience
• A team player and a strong individual contributor

Nice to have:

• PostgreSQL / SQL Server
• Linux
• Interest in Hackathons and complex computer science problems

Compensation:

This role is offering £150,000 – £200,000 with an enhanced pension and a generous annual bonus.

How to apply:

Please apply through the link on this page, or send your application to henry.bunce@lafosse.com

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Director of Product Management required to join a leading IT Consulting business who work closely with businesses in the public sector. You will be responsible for building and nurturing the product teams, support Agile adoption and facilitate cultural change across the organisation to support the transition to an agile product management based technology organisation.

The Product Director is responsible for leading multiple product teams and supporting the wider organisation as it adopts new ways of working. The role holder will act as a key point of engagement and escalation with product stakeholders across the business to demonstrate the value being delivered and manage correct expectations.

The Role

• In association with the relevant product team, work closely with the business contracts and functional teams to drive the business towards digital innovation, cost efficiency, service effectiveness, enhanced user experience and revenue generation
• Ensure product teams have the support and appropriate environment to feel positive about adopting Fusion principles
• Support all product teams in developing strategic roadmaps that are priortised by business value
• Ensure all product teams understand the importance of each of the roles defined in the relevant Agile framework and can recognise where they need to self-improve
• Building effective cross-cutting capabilities to support product teams

Your Profile

• Product Management experience within the public sector or consulting
• Has worked in a Product Management transformation environment
• Experience of Agile Product Management ways of working

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Salary: £130,000 – £140,000 p/a + 25% Bonus + Package

Location: C. London (twice weekly)

The Role

To support the organisation’s its breadth, diversity, and complexity along with its desire for sustainable and profitable growth their business requires first-class IT solutions and services. This role exists to partner with senior IT & business stakeholders, understand their needs, layout future state and transition roadmaps then design robust, pragmatic, and efficient IT solutions to address those needs. The role is pivotal to the IT function and will act as the “bridge” between the various IT delivery groups, the business units and supporting functions such as procurement, Security and PMO

It requires an individual with demonstrable breadth and depth of experience across multiple IT architectural domains. The ability to shape and deliver complex business solutions in an Enterprise context is essential. The ideal candidate will be a “technologist at heart” with a solid, proven IT Architecture background who demonstrates business focus, strong commercial acumen and the ability to focus on the “big picture” whilst being able to detail with lower-level implementation. They should be prepared to work at pace, balance multiple competing priorities and challenge the status quo to achieve optimum outcomes for the business.

Accountabilities

• Collaborate with IT Business Leads and Business Stakeholders to develop, maintain and curate the IT Roadmaps across multiple domains.
• Contribute to IT Architectural bodies (Design Authority and Architecture Review Board) ensuring all solutions adhere to EA standards, principles, security, operational and regulatory requirements.
• Provides technology thought leadership and guidance to IT Business Leads and Business teams.
• Conduct Business Capability assessments and map these to current and future state IT solutions.
• Capture and analyse specific business requirements and create appropriate solution designs ensuring all functional and non-functional requirements are properly satisfied. These include Conceptual Architecture, HLD and LLD artefacts.
• Works as part of multiple delivery teams / scrums to ensure projects are delivered to a high standard of quality within the agreed time, scope, and cost measures.
• Develop and shape investment business cases in conjunction with colleagues across the business.
• Builds relationships with architects across the team globally (Data/Infrastructure/Security/Integration); participates in Enterprise Architecture activities.
• Seek opportunities to simplify, automate, rationalise, and improve the efficiency of their IT solutions.
• Create application upgrade, migration and retirement strategies that align to their plan whilst ensuring dependencies, risks are identified and mitigated accordingly.
• Communicate architecture solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences ensuring the communication style used is appropriate for the intended audience.
• Coach and mentor project delivery teams and other colleagues as required to ensure successful business outcomes – act as a domain expert escalation point when necessary.
• Engage with the wider IT teams to foster innovation, deliver proof of concept solutions and acceptance of new technologies.
• Keeps abreast of technology trends identifying opportunities for commercial benefit.

Essential Skills/Experience

• A proven track record as a Senior IT Architect in large and complex Enterprises
• Demonstrable experience designing IT solution architectures with corresponding technology phase transitions and migration plans where necessary.
• A pragmatic, resilient and highly driven personality who always seeks to “get the job done”.
• Outstanding business engagement & communications skills
• Credibility articulating complex technology concepts and solutions to non-technical audiences.
• Experience negotiating and contributing to contracts for the provision of IT systems and services.
• Expertise of Microsoft technology stack, platforms, and components (o/s, DB, web, application)
• Experience of working within both Waterfall and Agile delivery frameworks
• Experience working with multiple external delivery partners in the execution of IT projects.
• Experience working on multiple concurrent projects often with competing priorities.

Desirables

• Experience of Insurance Industry processes, applications, solutions & architectures
• Experience of Automation tools / technologies (BPMN / Workflow / RPA)
• Experience of PaaS, IaaS, SaaS deployment models especially in a Public Cloud
• Knowledge of “cloud native” technologies and tooling ideally using Microsoft Azure
• Basic knowledge of the relevant use cases for Enterprise Service Bus tools
• Knowledge of API and micro services-based architectures desirable (this is not a development role
• Experience of architecture modelling tools (SPARX, Mega, ArchiMate or similar)
• TOGAF or other recognised architecture frameworks
• Prior experience managing projects and/or operational experience would be highly beneficial.

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Big Name Financial Services Firm require a Head of Cyber to support and deliver the CISO’s Cyber requirements within a complex & federated environment. This role is a senior leadership position however it will require a strong technical understanding and to be able to take ownership, drive change and challenge from a Cyber perspective.

Head of Cyber Security will have the following experience:

• Experience as a Deputy CISO, Head of Security or ISO reporting directly into the CISO.
• Reported up to CIO level previously
• Set-up and run operational security functions
• Able to own remediation tasks and risk reduction activities.
• Point of contact for Cyber Security Transformation Delivery
• Has experience and in-depth understanding of Information Security Consulting (i.e. business impact assessments, risk assessments, and working with change functions)
• Has hands on experience of operational security processes, able to work with and challenge other technical teams and Senior Leadership i.e. Architecture,
• Good Technical understanding across to consult across Cyber Security deliverables i.e. DLP, SIEM, Cloud Security, DevSec, Endpoint Monitoring, Web Access Firewalls, and operational security tooling
• Experience working in a Federated environment
• Financial Services experience (preferred)
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder management is key.

If interested, please do not hesistate to contact Molly.Lamb@lafosse.com or Antonio.Alfieri@lafosse.com

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