Head of Technology Operations

Company: Morson Edge (Financial Services)
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Location: Greater London
Job Description:

Head of Technology Operations – Technology, Reliability, Incident Management, Team Management, Target Operating Model, Principles, Greenfield, Digital – Permanent Up to £190,000 base + Bonus

My client, a large UK Financial Service Organisation is seeking a Head of Technology Operations to build a Technology Operations function from scratch and lead it at national scale to join their London based office. This role will be 3days/week in office

This is a true greenfield opportunity. The platform already processes around one-third of all UK card-present transactions, which will be migrated into this new business pillar. The organisation is mid-transformation and looking for someone energised by a blank sheet of paper to design, implement, and lead end-to-end technology operations.

You will be responsible for the design and build a full Tech Operations capability: SRE, incident & problem management, ITSM, resilience, disaster recovery, and tooling as well as defining the Target Operating Model (TOM) for Ops Technology and implement best-in-class operational processes from scratch.

Who we’re looking for

  • Proven experience building Technology Operations / SRE functions from scratch in a digital-first environments
  • Strong engineering mindset and experience with cloud-native, distributed systems
  • Ability to clearly articulate the decisions, trade-offs, and rationale behind how the function was designed and scaled
  • Comfortable operating in a regulated, high-availability environment with national critical infrastructure responsibilities

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Posted: February 7th, 2026