Group IT Director Location: Central Belt, Scotland Onsite role: 5 days per week (flexibility where business allows) Salary: Highly competitive - disclosed on application
The Role - Your Opportunity to Shape Something Bigger
Imagine stepping into a business at the perfect time, the foundations are strong, the technology stack is modern, the roadmap is already in motion, and the organisation is ready for someone who can turn capability into excellence.
As Group IT Director, you won't be fighting fires or rebuilding from scratch.
You'll be taking an already solid environment and elevating it, driving structure, maturity, innovation and a leadership culture that brings people with you.
You'll shape strategy, influence decisions at the highest level, and guide a talented team through a period of meaningful transformation, spanning ERP uplift, service quality, security, data, automation and AI.
This is a role where technology genuinely powers the next stage of growth, and you'll be the leader bringing all the pieces together.
About You:
You're a proven IT leader who understands how to run and evolve technology in multi‑site, structured, operationally complex environments. You thrive where expectations are, high and outcomes matter.
You bring a balance of:
strategic thinking and practical delivery
strong governance and a growth mindset
people, leadership and technical depth
operational discipline and innovation instinct
You're "firm and fair", trusted at a senior level, and known for developing people while raising standards. You communicate clearly, influence easily, and make technology understandable at the board level.
Experience in manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, logistics, life sciences, distribution or other process‑driven environments would be highly beneficial, but what really matters is your ability to bring structure, foresight and leadership to a complex, fast-moving organisation.
The Tech Stack You'll Lead (Modern, Scalable & Ready to Evolve)
You'll inherit a technology environment that's already in good shape, cloud‑first, secure and designed for scale, but with real opportunity to scale, standardise and innovate.
Core Platforms & Systems
Cloud-first environment built around Microsoft Azure & Microsoft 365
Multi‑site networks
ERP estate based around Dynamics 365 / Business Central (with scope for optimisation, process improvement and stronger data governance)
A blend of COTS platforms and proprietary systems, requiring a structured API strategy, integration governance and repeatable playbooks
Modern endpoint management, identity and security aligned to enterprise standards
Data, BI & Analytics
Significant appetite to shift from manual reporting to data warehousing, dashboards and analytics
Strong opportunity to build a data platform that supports predictive, real-time and strategic decision-making
Power BI / Fabric‑aligned direction (though flexible depending on your expertise)
AI & Automation
Early initiatives already underway
Appetite for applied AI, intelligent automation and low‑friction digital improvements across the organisation
Security & Governance
Cyber Essentials Plus is in place
ISO‑aligned frameworks ready to be strengthened
Need for someone who can elevate maturity, risk management, audit readiness and documentation for key tenders
This is a modern, flexible environment where you can truly shape best practice and long-term capability.
Why This Role Will Excite You:
You'll walk into a structured roadmap, a strong team, and a solid stack, but you'll have real influence over the shape of what comes next.
You'll build maturity through ITIL, SLAs and service catalogue uplift.
You'll improve stability and integration across ERP and systems.
You'll unlock visibility through BI and data engineering.
You'll take emerging AI use cases and turn them into genuine value.
You'll modernise governance and security as the organisation grows.
And you'll develop a team that wants leadership, coaching and confidence.
It's a chance to build, shape, refine and elevate a technology function during a pivotal growth phase.
If you want to be the person who sets the tone, raises the bar, and leaves a lasting impact on the business, then please get in touch for a confidential discussion.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy