Head of Application Management – Investment / Risk Tech

Overview

In this senior role you will lead a large application management function within a leading UK financial services organisation. You will own business-critical investment, risk and operational applications, ensuring stability, security and alignment with broader business and technology strategy. You will build a high-performing team, drive continuous service improvement and manage strategic suppliers and budgets. You will partner with senior stakeholders to align services with priorities and oversee risk, regulatory controls and operational resilience.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• excellent benefits

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a large application management function including performance, capability and succession planning
• Own services supporting key investment and operational functions
• Establish service management, incident, problem and operational governance practices
• Manage strategic suppliers, outsourced services, contracts and service performance
• Oversee budgets, resource allocation, financial reporting and cost control
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align services with business priorities
• Support technology change programmes, application lifecycle management and service transition to BAU
• Ensure risk management, security, regulatory controls and resilience across the estate
• Drive continuous improvement and standardisation across technology teams

Key requirements

• Significant experience leading application management or enterprise application support teams
• Experience in Investment Management or Risk Operations
• Strong IT service management background in complex regulated environments
• Experience managing large, business-critical application portfolios and suppliers
• Strong commercial acumen including vendor negotiations and budget ownership
• Understanding of application architecture, infrastructure dependencies, change and service transition
• Proven experience leading managers and developing high-performing teams
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Financial services experience in investment/asset management, wealth management or banking (highly relevant)

• leadership and people development
• stakeholder influencing
• communication
• IT service management
• vendor management
• supplier contracts

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