Head of Software Technology in London

Working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at LOIM is a key executive leader responsible for defining and executing the firm’s global technology strategy, delivering a resilient and scalable technology ecosystem, and enabling innovation across all functions. This role oversees all aspects of IT, data, cybersecurity, digital transformation, AI, and technology operations to ensure LOIM remains competitive, efficient, compliant, and client‐centric.

The CTO will drive a multi‐year transformation agenda, lead diverse technology teams across locations, manage critical vendor relationships, and deliver major strategic programs that are foundational to LOIM’s future operating model.

• Define and maintain LOIM’s global IT strategy and multi‐year technology roadmap.
• Lead the development and execution of key technology pillars (architecture, data, AI, cloud, digital workplace, cybersecurity).
• Provide thought leadership and innovation guidance to the Executive Committee, Boards & Committees, and senior leadership.

• Lead, develop, and inspire a multi‐location technology organization.
• Build a strong team, upskill the organization to an AI-augmented workforce, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Attract and retain high‐calibre technology professionals.

• Oversee the delivery of major transformation programs, ensuring milestones, scope, and budgets are met.
• Strengthen project governance, change management, and stakeholder alignment across all business units.
• Drive implementation of new platforms, tools, and data capabilities to modernize LOIM’s technology landscape.
• Own the global technology budget, ensuring cost discipline and return on investment including establishment & maintenance of impactful relationships with senior management at suppliers.
• Optimise commercial performance of critical technology partners, including SaaS vendors, market‐data providers, and infrastructure providers.
• Negotiate contracts and oversee risk, service levels, and performance.

• Strengthen cyber‐defence, vulnerability management, regulatory compliance, and operational risk frameworks.
• Work across functions to minimize IT & Operational errors.

• Represent Technology at relevant boards, committees (operational risk, digital, IT steering, data governance, investment platform).
• Produce KPIs, dashboards, and regulatory reports, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
• Proactively manage technology‐related business risks across the organisation.
• Lead the technology response for client due‐diligence requests, RFPs, and operational reviews.
• Present LOIM’s technology strategy and controls to investors and partners.
• Act as a strategic advisor to Investment, Sales, Risk, Operations, Compliance and Executive leadership teams.
• Translate business needs into scalable technology solutions.
• Champion data‐driven decision‐making and adoption of digital tools across LOIM.

Strong, demonstrable network across industry peers, consortiums/forms and key service providers. 15+ years in senior technology leadership roles, ideally within asset management, wealth management, or capital markets. Proven track record of delivering large‐scale transformation across investment platforms, data, and enterprise architecture. Strong background in cybersecurity, vendor management, cloud transformation, AI adoption, and regulatory environments.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.