CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in Liverpool

Location: Hybrid - Liverpool, Merseyside (3-4 days a month on-site)

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Competitive, based on experience + benefits + package

Security Clearance Requirements

Please note that holding a current Security Clearance is not essential at the time of application, but eligibility is required. This role requires the successful candidate to be eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance. To meet this requirement, applicants must:

• Have the right to work in the UK
• Have lived in the UK continuously for the past 5 years
• Not have spent more than 6 months outside the UK in total during that period
• Be willing to undergo security vetting as part of the onboarding process

About Us

Come and be a part of The Investigo Group (TIG), a dynamic coalition of cutting edge tech firms specialising in Platform, Software, Data, AI and other bleeding edge technology solutions. Our innovative prowess spans the globe while proudly hailing from the United Kingdom. The group is multi functional with a large portfolio of B2B products and services.

About You

You’re a credible, experienced technology leader with the judgement and presence to operate at Group and Board level. You’re equally comfortable setting strategy, leading senior leaders, and rolling up your sleeves when required to stabilise, mature, and evolve complex technology environments. You’ve led customer critical platforms through periods of change and can clearly articulate what was broken when you arrived, the decisions you made, and the measurable outcomes you delivered.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Group level Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to define, lead, and deliver the technology strategy across the organisation. This is a senior executive role with accountability for the direction, execution, and outcomes of the Group’s technology estate, spanning software engineering, AI, platform and infrastructure, security, and programme delivery.

Key Objectives

• Define and execute a clear, credible Group technology strategy aligned to business priorities and long term growth.
• Stabilise, de risk, and mature the Group’s technology estate, improving resilience, security, and operational confidence.
• Lead and evolve the technology operating model, organisation design, and governance to support scale and consistency across the Group.
• Build and develop strong senior leadership teams with clear ownership, accountability, and succession.
• Improve delivery predictability, quality, and pace across software engineering, platform, security, and programme delivery.
• Ensure secure by design principles are embedded across platforms, products, and services.
• Own technology investment decisions, budgets, and cost optimisation, demonstrating ROI and measurable business value.
• Provide clear, transparent reporting to the CEO and Board on technology roadmap, performance, risk, and delivery.

Success in This Role Looks Like

• A clear, trusted technology strategy that is well understood by the Executive Team and demonstrably aligned to business priorities.
• A stabilised, resilient, and well governed technology estate with reduced operational and delivery risk.
• Strong leadership teams in place across all technology functions, with clear accountability and improved capability depth.
• Increased confidence in technology delivery, with greater predictability, improved quality, and fewer surprises.
• Technology investments that deliver measurable outcomes, whether through improved customer experience, operational efficiency, risk reduction, or enablement of growth.
• Effective governance, standards, and risk management that enable delivery rather than slow it down.
• A culture of collaboration, pragmatism, and continuous improvement across technology and its stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a senior technology leader with the credibility, judgement, and experience to operate at executive level and lead complex, customer critical environments through change. You bring a strong blend of strategic thinking and hands on experience, with the ability to stabilise and mature existing technology estates while shaping a clear path forward.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Significant senior leadership experience in technology roles, with progressive responsibility at executive or Group level.
• Proven experience leading multiple technology functions, such as software engineering, platform and infrastructure, security, and programme delivery.
• Strong hands on technical foundation (e.g. software engineering, cloud/infrastructure, or architecture), enabling credible leadership and decision making.
• Demonstrated experience operating in large, complex, customer critical technology environments.
• Track record of delivering major, cross business technology or transformation programmes with measurable outcomes.
• Experience defining and executing technology strategy aligned to business goals.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices, including SDLC, DevOps, and secure by design principles.
• Experience managing technology budgets, cost optimisation, vendors, and strategic partners.
• Ability to operate confidently at Executive and Board level, translating technical strategy, risk, and delivery into clear business outcomes.