Director Technical Solutions

Were looking for a Technical Solutions Director to join our team in Bradford or Leeds on a permanent basis. This hybrid role offers flexibility with two days in the office and three days working remotely.

As our Director of Technical Solutions you will lead the teams that design build and enhance the bespoke internal platforms and automation capabilities that power our organisations operational performance. These systems range from internal products and workflow automations to tools developed to meet federation customer needs that have not yet matured into commercial offerings.

You will own and drive our RPA strategy ensuring automation is deployed intelligently securely and with measurable impact for the business.

Working in partnership with fellow Engineering Directors you will help shape and deliver the organisations broader technology strategy. Youll collaborate closely with our Platform team to ensure internal solutions are modern cloudnative and aligned with enterprise engineering standards.

This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for engineering excellence operational reliability longterm vision and effective engagement with stakeholders across the organisation.

What will you be doing

• Lead and develop a hybrid onshore/offshore engineering team overseeing the design build and ongoing improvement of bespoke internal systems.
• Set and own the longterm technical strategy for internal solutions ensuring they are scalable secure and aligned with the organisations wider technology direction.
• Collaborate with fellow Engineering Directors to shape shared engineering standards strategic priorities and delivery principles across the organisation.
• Oversee endtoend delivery of internal applications and platforms - from initial concept through development enhancement and lifecycle support.
• Manage prioritisation and release planning across multiple internal workstreams ensuring roadmaps reflect business needs and deliver measurable value.
• Own and lead the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) capability including standards governance delivery quality and continuous improvement.
• Identify automation opportunities across the organisation working with operational and business leaders to evaluate feasibility benefits and impact.
• Establish and embed engineering best practice for automation ensuring solutions are maintainable auditable secure and operationally robust.
• Mentor and develop engineering managers software engineers and automation specialists fostering a culture of ownership continuous improvement and high performance.
• Act as a senior technical partner for stakeholders translating business needs into clear technical direction and strategic plans.
• Work closely with the Platform team to ensure internal systems leverage enterprisegrade GCP patterns CI/CD pipelines security frameworks and infrastructure automation.
• Partner with Security Architecture Data and Product leaders to ensure technology decisions are consistent compliant and aligned across the organisation.

We tend to look for people with:

Essential

• Extensive engineering leadership experience with a strong track record of guiding highperforming teams across diverse customer or stakeholder groups.
• Proven ability to lead and scale engineering teams driving delivery excellence and fostering a culture of quality and innovation.
• Deep understanding of cloudnative technologies ideally with handson experience building or governing solutions on GCP (or another major hyperscaler).
• Strong stakeholder influencing and communication skills including experience engaging with senior leaders and Csuite stakeholders to shape strategy and ensure technical and commercial viability.
• Expert knowledge of RPA technologies automation best practice and workflow optimisation.
• Solid architectural expertise across microservices APIs security data flows and eventdriven systems.
• Demonstrated experience defining and delivering technical strategy across multiple workstreams or product areas.
• Exceptional leadership capabilities able to motivate teams align priorities remove obstacles and drive meaningful outcomes.
• Strong grounding in modern engineering and operational practices including Agile delivery CI/CD DevOps and observabilitydriven operations.

Desirable:

• Experience partnering with central Platform Security Architecture or Enterprise Technology functions.
• Exposure to evolving internal tools into commercialgrade products.
• Understanding of compliance and regulatory frameworks such as ISO 27001 or GDPR.
• Background in workflow automation BPMN lowcode platforms or datadriven application environments.

Whats in it for you

• Competitive salary Bonus Equity
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more.
• Enjoy your birthday off plus receive an additional 3 days of annual leave once you reach 5 years of service.
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app personal medical critical illness cover and dental insurance plus many more.
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• Access to our car benefit scheme
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us
• The chance to join an innovative fast-paced and passionate team

Who we are:

Liberty Blume a Liberty Global company is a rapidly growing business services provider specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency scale and value to our customers through Business Procurement and Financial Solutions. If youre curious customer centric and enjoy being one step ahead join us on our scale up journey and unlock your freedom to grow!

Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive environment and accommodating all candidates. Were eager to hear from you no matter your background.