Technical Applications Lead (Financial Services)

Client Introduction

Our client is an established financial services organisation and they are hiring a Technical Applications Lead (Financial Services) to lead a critical business applications environment. This role suits someone who understands how software is built, how live applications are supported, and how to lead both internal teams and external delivery partners in a practical way. The role covers application delivery, production support, service governance, and longer-term application ownership. It does not require coding day to day.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the team responsible for keeping a portfolio of core business applications reliable, supported, and fit for change
• Own the application portfolio - set direction on what to enhance, modernise, replace, build internally, or source externally, and shape the roadmap with the business
• Lead and develop the applications team, setting clear expectations, managing performance, and holding the team accountable across delivery and support
• Guide the team on sound development practices, structured delivery, and sensible technical decisions
• Oversee both enhancement work and day-to-day production support across in-house and outsourced resources
• Take ownership of major incidents, recurring problems, root cause analysis, and corrective actions across the application environment
• Oversee application service quality, support performance, resilience, and ongoing improvement
• Work with business users to turn operational needs into workable application solutions, balancing competing priorities across business, technology, risk, and operations
• Coordinate external developers, application vendors, and support resources to ensure delivery quality and accountability
• Bring structure, ownership, and technical judgement to how applications are run and evolved

Job Requirements

• Proven experience leading an applications team with responsibility for people performance, application delivery, and live service operations
• Must have a solid software development background, although hands-on coding is not required on a day-to-day basis
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, application change delivery, and production support
• Experience managing live application environments, including release and change governance and ongoing service improvement
• Strong experience leading major incidents, root cause analysis, problem management, and follow-through on corrective actions
• Experience managing a broad application portfolio, including responsibility for application strategy, delivery and ongoing service operations
• Experience owning or driving application roadmap, sourcing, modernisation, and build-versus-buy decisions
• Strong people leadership skills, including performance management, team development and the ability to navigate challenging stakeholder situations
• Able to lead technical discussions, challenge weak approaches, and make practical decisions
• Financial services experience required; securities, brokerage, or capital markets technology strongly preferred, especially in operationally sensitive, front-to-back trading environments

Why You Should Join Them

• Opportunity to lead an environment that combines delivery, stability, and technical ownership
• Broad role with influence across application strategy, support quality, vendor management, service governance, and stakeholder engagement
• Visible position within a business where application reliability genuinely matters

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