Global Head of IT in London

We are looking for a Global IT Director who will own and operate the company’s enterprise systems, infrastructure, security, and integrations that run the core business. The role is accountable for systems of record, business continuity, cloud and on-prem environments, identity, and automation across Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Corporate functions. Your mandate is to modernize legacy platforms, ensure enterprise-grade reliability and compliance, and build a scalable integration and automation backbone that supports growth and acquisitions.

What is in it for you? A senior leadership role with full ownership of the enterprise technology backbone of a global, digital-first organization. Direct impact on financial integrity, operational scalability, security posture, and automation-driven efficiency. The opportunity to modernize mission-critical systems and build a unified, cloud-ready, integration-first enterprise platform. A culture that values operational excellence, reliability, and disciplined transformation at scale.

Key responsibilities:

• Define and execute the enterprise IT and infrastructure strategy aligned with operational scale, financial integrity, and security.
• Own all systems of record including ERP, finance, royalty, billing, supply chain, warehouse, content, and master data platforms.
• Own enterprise infrastructure including cloud, servers, networks, identity and access, endpoint management, disaster recovery, and SRE practices.
• Establish enterprise security, compliance, and audit-ready controls across identity, data, and financial systems.
• Own the enterprise integration and marketplace layer including middleware, EDI, API gateways, and partner connectivity.
• Drive automation of operational workflows across Finance, Supply Chain, Licensing, Editorial, and Commercial Operations, reducing manual work and error rates.
• Lead modernization of legacy environments through phased, low-risk migration to scalable, cloud-based and service-oriented architectures.
• Build and operate a high-reliability IT service model covering uptime, incident response, SLAs, and cost transparency.
• Own internal IT and employee technology experience including onboarding, device lifecycle, service desk, and collaboration tools.
• Lead IT integration for acquisitions, including security baseline, identity unification, data migration, application integration, and decommissioning of legacy systems.
• Partner closely with the COO, CFO, CTO, and business leaders to ensure enterprise systems and product platforms integrate seamlessly and scale together.

Required experience:

• Proven experience as Head of IT, CIO, VP Infrastructure, or equivalent senior enterprise technology leader in complex, global environments.
• Strong background in ERP, finance, royalty, supply-chain, and warehouse systems, including large-scale modernization programs.
• Deep expertise in cloud and on-prem infrastructure, SRE, disaster recovery, and cost management.
• Strong knowledge of identity and access management, security operations, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Hands-on experience building and operating integration layers using EDI, API gateways, middleware, and partner connectivity.
• Proven ability to drive automation and operational efficiency across finance and operations using workflow platforms and RPA.
• Track record of leading multi-year transformation programs and post-merger IT integration.
• Experience managing globally distributed IT and infrastructure teams and strategic vendor ecosystems.
• Strong executive communication and ability to translate business priorities into enterprise technology roadmaps.
• The role must operate as a global leader with overlap with the US team and alignment with US time zones.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in media, content, publishing, or digital commerce environments.
• Familiarity with complex royalty, rights, or usage-based billing systems.