Technology Manager
Role Overview
New leadership position coordinating delivery across a regulated business’s Technology & BI function.
The role reports to the Head of Technology & BI and covers Infrastructure, Data & BI, Software Development, Technology Change, and wider initiatives.
Direct reports are an Infrastructure Manager, Data Analyst & Reporting Specialist, and Senior C#/.NET Software Engineer.
This is not a hands-on technical leadership position; specialists retain ownership of their technical areas.
The role is based in Chorley, initially full-time in the office for six months, then hybrid with three office days and two days working from home.
Permanent, full-time role; stated pay is £45,000–£55,000 per year.
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Opportunity
New leadership position coordinating delivery across a regulated business’s Technology & BI function.
The role reports to the Head of Technology & BI and covers Infrastructure, Data & BI, Software Development, Technology Change, and wider initiatives.
Direct reports are an Infrastructure Manager, Data Analyst & Reporting Specialist, and Senior C#/.NET Software Engineer.
This is not a hands-on technical leadership position; specialists retain ownership of their technical areas.
The role is based in Chorley, initially full-time in the office for six months, then hybrid with three office days and two days working from home.
Permanent, full-time role; stated pay is £45,000–£55,000 per year.
Delivery and planning
- Own and coordinate the overall Technology delivery portfolio, including active and planned work, deadlines, resources, and dependencies.
- Own the departmental roadmap and delivery plan and translate strategy into achievable workstreams.
- Establish processes for incoming projects and change requests; prioritise against business needs, capacity, and commitments.
- Coordinate delivery across Infrastructure, Data & BI, Software Development, and Change.
- Define initiative ownership, scope, outcomes, and delivery dates.
- Report delivery status to senior stakeholders and identify risks, dependencies, and resource constraints.
- Facilitate prioritisation decisions when demand exceeds available capacity; support annual and quarterly planning.
Governance and operating model
- Introduce consistent project governance and delivery methodologies.
- Improve how technology requests enter the department and are assessed, prioritised, allocated, monitored, and implemented.
- Develop the Technology departmental operating model while preserving specialist technical ownership.
Experience and capabilities
- Experience managing or coordinating technology delivery across multiple workstreams and strong portfolio, programme, project, or delivery management experience.
- Experience building and maintaining technology roadmaps and translating technology strategy into deliverable plans.
- Strong prioritisation, capacity planning, governance, reporting, stakeholder management, organisational, and planning skills.
- Experience managing competing business requirements and working with specialists across Software, Infrastructure, Data, or Change.
- Ability to communicate with senior leadership, constructively challenge priorities, and understand technical work without being the technical expert.
- Experience improving delivery processes and operating models.
- Experience in an FCA-regulated, financial services, insurance, or similarly regulated environment is advantageous.
Working pattern
- Full-time office attendance for the initial six months, followed by a hybrid pattern of three days in the office and two days from home.
Pay and benefits
- Pay is £45,000–£55,000 per year, with the advert stating up to £55,000.
- Benefits include free parking and on-site parking.
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