Head of Infrastructure

Head of Infrastructure - Financial Services (Technical Leadership/Culture/Delivery)
Financial Services background mandatory
£120,000-£130,000 + bonus
London
Hybrid (2 days on-site)

Confidential FS organisation - stable, well-funded, and scaling.

I'm supporting a growing financial services organisation with the hire of their new Head of Infrastructure. This is a leadership mandate: reshape an established infrastructure function, raise delivery standards, and bring FS governance discipline into an environment that's evolving rapidly.
Responsibilities:

• Lead a multidisciplinary Infrastructure team.
• Drive cultural maturity and delivery ownership.
• Act as an escalation point during incidents.
• Own infrastructure roadmap with the CTO.
• Ensure resilience, governance, and SMCR standards.
• Manage vendors, budgets, and technical decisions.
• Influence senior leadership.

Requirements:

• Financial Services experience (non-negotiable).
• 5+ years' people leadership.
• Proven ability to raise team maturity and handle legacy behaviours.
• Broad infra exposure (Windows, Networks, Azure, Ops, Security fundamentals).
• Comfortable being a Material Risk Taker under SMCR.

If you're an FS Infrastructure Leader who enjoys fixing things, improving people, and running hybrid infra, contact Lorenz Pasch at Hays Recruitment straight away. My contact details including phone number are on my LinkedIn profile.

Please only call about this role if you have the required experince in Financial Services, you are more than welcome to connect with me for alternative opportunities I receive in the future.

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