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About the Role
We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Vice President of Information Technology to lead our enterprise and production technology services through their next stage of development. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across Information Technology, Production Technology, Networks and Service Delivery, ensuring technology services are secure, resilient, scalable and aligned with business needs.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary technology team of approximately 10 people.
- Develop and own the IT and Production Technology roadmap.
- Take accountability for the performance, availability, resilience and continuous improvement of MPS’s technology services.
- Oversee enterprise infrastructure across compute, storage, virtualisation, cloud, applications and networks.
- Lead technology supporting specialist production environments and high-performance media workflows.
- Establish clear service standards and drive continuous improvement across IT support and the wider employee technology experience.
- Ensure effective cybersecurity controls, disaster recovery, business continuity and incident-management arrangements are maintained and tested.
- Own technology budgets, suppliers, contracts and investment decisions.
- Evaluate new technology platforms and suppliers.
- Build capability and succession across the team.
- Act as a trusted senior technology partner to the Executive Leadership Team and wider business.
- Build effective relationships with key customers, suppliers and technology partners.
- Participate in senior incident escalation and appropriate management on-call arrangements.
Requirements
- Established technology leader with strong technical knowledge, commercial judgment, and people leadership.
- Significant experience leading technology infrastructure and operational services at scale.
- At least five years’ experience managing a department, or eight years leading technology teams.
- Experience managing service delivery or helpdesk operations.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, including compute, storage, virtualisation, cloud and networking.
- Practical experience with virtualisation platforms such as VMware, Nutanix or equivalent.
- Experience operating within ITIL or a comparable service-management framework.
- Strong working knowledge of Windows environments, including Active Directory, Entra ID, Windows Server, MFA, LDAP, WSUS and Intune.
- A good understanding of cybersecurity principles and the practical operation of technology security controls.
- Demonstrable experience evaluating technology platforms and making evidence-based investment decisions.
- Strong commercial capability across budgeting, procurement, supplier relationships and contract management.
- The ability to communicate complex technical matters clearly to senior leaders, customers and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience in a production, theatrical, VFX, mastering or high-performance media environment would be particularly valuable.
- Knowledge of complex networking, AWS, EKS, Terraform, heterogeneous environments, and monitoring platforms such as Zabbix, Prometheus or Grafana would also be advantageous.
Skills
- IT and Production Technology roadmap development
- Enterprise infrastructure management
- Cybersecurity controls
- Budgeting
- Procurement
- Supplier relationship management
- Contract management
- Technology platform evaluation
- Complex networking
- AWS
- EKS
- Terraform
- Heterogeneous environments
- Monitoring platforms (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana)
Location
- Hybrid
- Remote
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior leadership
- At least five years’ experience managing a department
- Eight years leading technology teams
Benefits
- Access to EOT(Employee Ownership Trust) tax-free bonus
- 25 days' Annual Leave
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Enhanced Sick Leave
- Retention recognition - extra perks at key milestones
- Birthday or work anniversary day off
- Cinema perks, including access to premieres and special screenings
- Rental Housing Deposit Support
- Access to hybrid and remote working arrangements
- Volunteering Day off
About the Company
- MPS is a global media services business supporting the creation, management and delivery of motion-picture content.
- You will join a business where technology has a direct and visible impact on our employees, customers and operational success.
- This is an opportunity to shape the technology direction of MPS, strengthen critical services and build the capability needed to support our continued growth.
- Our culture is grounded in working With Human, Properly. We value people who combine expertise with humility, communicate honestly, take responsibility and believe that strong outcomes are achieved through effective collaboration.