Head of Funds IT

Your responsibilities

• Lead the IT function supporting the global funds business across infrastructure, cybersecurity, IT operations, application support, change delivery and vendor services.
• Establish a self-sufficient operating model with clear roles, decision rights, controls, service ownership, escalation paths and management routines.
• Provide hands-on leadership across operational technology issues, including incident management, risk remediation, capacity constraints, service stability and delivery prioritisation.
• Build strong working relationships with senior operations, technology, data, digital, risk, finance and business stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions.
• Oversee the stability, resilience and control of technology services supporting funds operations, including hosting, connectivity, identity, access, end-user services and core operational platforms.
• Work closely with infrastructure and cybersecurity teams to ensure appropriate patching, vulnerability remediation, access controls, monitoring, backup, recovery and disaster recovery arrangements.
• Strengthen IT operations discipline across service management, incident response, problem management, change control, release governance and operational reporting.
• Drive remediation of legacy, unsupported, high-risk or inefficient technology where required, balancing business continuity, cost, risk and delivery capacity.
• Prepare the funds technology environment to operate independently, with clear service boundaries, governance, documentation, controls, vendor arrangements and operational accountability.
• Identify and address technology dependencies, transition risks, shared services, data flows, access models, licensing constraints and support arrangements that could affect transaction readiness.
• Develop and maintain a pragmatic technology separation and readiness roadmap, aligned to business priorities, operational continuity and risk appetite.
• Drive strong governance across demand intake, change approval, prioritisation, delivery tracking, control evidence, risk acceptance and executive reporting.
• Drive material cost optimisation across technology spend, including vendor contracts, licences, support models, infrastructure consumption, duplicated services and discretionary change demand.
• Partner with finance, procurement, operations and technology stakeholders to identify, baseline, track and realise cost savings.
• Provide senior oversight of the funds application portfolio, ensuring platforms remain stable, controlled, supported and aligned to business priorities.
• Oversee application lifecycle management, support models, vendor performance, upgrade planning, issue resolution and change governance.
• Promote standardisation, simplification and rationalisation of applications, reports, interfaces and support processes where practical.
• Collaborate closely with senior funds operations leadership, data and digital leadership, business applications leadership, finance, procurement, security, infrastructure and risk stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear technology priorities, delivery plans, resource requirements, risks and decision points.
• Support integration, migration, separation, rationalisation and operational readiness activities across global funds technology services.
• Ensure delivery teams remain focused on practical outcomes, operational control, cost efficiency and measurable business value.
• Promote a strong control culture across technology operations, delivery, vendor management, access governance, change management and production support.
• Support audit, compliance, regulatory and due diligence activities with accurate evidence, clear ownership and timely remediation.
• Lead a lean team with clarity, discipline and accountability, ensuring the team remains resilient despite competing priorities and limited capacity.

Our requirements

• Strong technology leadership experience in funds, financial services, asset servicing, fund administration, banking, capital markets, corporate services or another regulated environment.
• Hands-on understanding of infrastructure, cybersecurity, IT operations, service management and application support.
• Proven ability to lead technology teams through operational change, cost optimisation, risk remediation, transition readiness or business separation activity.
• Experience managing complex vendor ecosystems, contracts, licences, service performance, commercial negotiations and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Strong understanding of ITIL-aligned service management, incident, problem, change, release, asset, configuration and service reporting disciplines.
• Working knowledge of cloud, hybrid infrastructure, identity and access management, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, endpoint services, network connectivity and security controls.
• Ability to assess application portfolios, integration dependencies, data flows, operational risks, service models and support arrangements.
• Commercially astute, with experience building business cases, tracking benefits and delivering meaningful technology cost savings.
• Strong governance, audit, risk, control, documentation and executive reporting capability.
• Proactive, hands-on and collaborative leader who is comfortable working through detail while maintaining senior-level perspective.
• Strong communicator who can engage senior business stakeholders, technology leaders, operational teams, vendors and control functions with clarity and credibility.
• Able to influence constructively, challenge respectfully and make practical decisions in complex, ambiguous or politically sensitive environments.
• High personal integrity, sound judgement, discretion and strong ethical standards.
• Calm and accountable under pressure, with the ability to manage incidents, escalations, competing priorities and constrained resources.
• Pragmatic and cost-conscious, with the confidence to challenge demand and reduce unnecessary complexity.
• A practical technology operator who combines strategic judgement with hands-on problem solving.
• A governance-minded leader who values control, transparency, accountability and cost discipline.
• A collaborative partner to the business who can guide, challenge and support senior stakeholders.
• A resilient leader who can stabilise services, simplify complexity and build confidence in a lean operating environment.
• A commercially aware decision-maker who can prioritise what matters, stop low-value work and focus investment on stability, risk reduction and business value.
• A trusted professional with high standards of ethics, confidentiality and integrity.

Optional

• Experience supporting private equity, real estate, open-ended funds, loan administration, debt, capital markets or fund administration platforms.
• Experience with business separation, divestment preparation, transition service arrangements, carve-out planning or post-transaction operating models.
• Experience rationalising application portfolios, vendor landscapes, licences, infrastructure services or technology support models.
• Experience leading service stabilisation, cyber remediation, operational resilience improvements or legacy technology risk reduction.
• Relevant qualifications in technology leadership, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, ITIL, project delivery, risk, governance or financial services operations.

What we offer

• Zdrowie pracowników jest dla nas ważne – otrzymasz możliwość dofinansowania do prywatnej opieki medycznej dla Ciebie i Twoich bliskich.
• Dbamy o zdrowy tryb życia i aktywność sportową – otrzymasz możliwość dofinansowania do karty Multisport.
• Jeżeli tak jak my cenisz sobie work-life balance, to zapewne ucieszy Cię, że umożliwiamy elastyczne godziny pracy.
• Ważne jest dla Ciebie bezpieczeństwo? Otrzymasz możliwość wykupienia dodatkowego ubezpieczenia na życie.
• Ponieważ chcemy wspierać Twój rozwój, umożliwimy Ci dołączenie na bezpłatne lekcje z języka angielskiego lub niemieckiego.
• Gwarantujemy stabilność zatrudnienia: umowa o pracę z firmą działającą globalnie, o ugruntowanej pozycji na rynku.
• Ponieważ najważniejszy jest dla nas Twój rozwój zawodowy, zapewnimy szkolenia wewnętrzne, a także dofinansowanie do szkoleń zewnętrznych lub studiów podyplomowych, a także jasną ścieżka kariery Vistra.
• Mając na uwadze Twoją wygodę oraz oszczędność czasu, nasze nowoczesne biuro jest zlokalizowane w centrum miasta.
• Jesteśmy świadomi ekologicznie: adoptujemy pszczoły, zachęcamy pracowników do przyjeżdżania rowerem (mamy rowerowy parking!), a nasz budynek jest eco-friendly.

Benefits

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• remote work opportunities
• flexible working time
• employee referral program
• nowoczesne biuro
• dofinansowanie do szkoleń
• szkolenia wewnętrzne
• bezpłatne kursy językowe (angielski, niemiecki, polski)
• preferencyjne warunki ubezpieczenia na życie
• owocowe poniedziałki
• inicjatywy CSR

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