Cto (Chief Technology Officer) in Southampton

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:

• 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.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are at the heart of The Investigo Group (TIG). We're dedicated to creating a workplace where people from all backgrounds are not only welcome but empowered to excel. We actively seek diverse talent, promote fairness, and foster an inclusive environment where every voice matters, driving innovation and progress in our dynamic tech community.

About You:

You’re a proven technology owner, leader, and team builder with the credibility, judgement, and presence to operate confidently at Executive and Board level. You have significant senior leadership experience in technology roles, with progressive responsibility at CTO, Group, Executive, or equivalent level. You understand what it takes to mature technology, teams, governance, delivery, and operating models without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

About the Role:

We’re looking for a Group-level Chief Technology Officer to define, lead, and deliver the technology strategy across The Investigo Group. This is a senior executive role with accountability for the direction, execution, performance, and outcomes of the Group’s technology estate, spanning software engineering, AI and data-driven products, platform and infrastructure, security, architecture, and programme delivery.

Key Objectives:

• Define and execute a clear, credible Group technology strategy aligned to business priorities, customer needs, security requirements, and long-term growth.
• Stabilise, de-risk, and mature the Group’s technology estate, improving uptime, resilience, reliability, security, and operational confidence.
• Lead and evolve the technology operating model, organisation design, governance, and ways of working to support scale, consistency, and accountability across the Group.
• Build, lead, and develop strong senior technology teams across software engineering, platform and infrastructure, security, architecture, AI/data, and programme delivery.
• Improve cross-collaboration between technology functions, ensuring teams operate with shared priorities, clear ownership, and effective delivery governance.
• Ensure secure-by-design principles, compliant delivery, and regulated-environment thinking are embedded across platforms, products, services, and engineering practices.

Success in This Role Looks Like:

• A clear, trusted technology strategy that is well understood by the Executive Team and Board, and demonstrably aligned to business priorities.
• A stabilised, resilient, and well-governed technology estate with improved reliability, reduced operational risk, and stronger customer confidence.
• Strong senior leadership capability across all technology functions, with clear ownership, accountability, succession, and improved capability depth.
• Improved collaboration between software engineering, platform, infrastructure, security, AI/data, architecture, and programme delivery teams.

Requirements:

We’re looking for a senior technology leader with the credibility, judgement, and experience to operate at executive level and lead complex, customer-critical technology environments through change. You bring a strong blend of strategic thinking, technical credibility, commercial awareness, and hands-on leadership experience.

Essential Experience & Skills:

• Significant senior leadership experience in technology roles, with progressive responsibility at executive, Group, CTO, or equivalent level.
• Proven experience as a technology owner, leader, and team builder, with accountability for strategy, delivery, people, platforms, risk, and outcomes.
• Experience evolving an SME, scale-up, or growing technology-led organisation through a period of scale, maturity, transformation, or operating model change.
• Strong technical background in software engineering, cloud, infrastructure, architecture, security, or a closely related discipline.

Soft Skills & Behaviours:

• Calm, decisive, and measured under pressure, particularly during incidents, critical programmes, customer-impacting issues, or periods of change.
• Clear, credible communicator who can translate complex technical strategy, risk, investment, and delivery into meaningful business language.
• Commercially minded, with the ability to connect technology choices to business outcomes, customer value, risk reduction, and financial performance.

Benefits:

• Private Medical & Health Cash Plan
• Inclusive Culture: Enjoy an inclusive culture and environment.
• Learning: Access to continuous learning and development opportunities.
• Bonus Potential: Bonus potential based on performance and business-related factors.
• Pension: Pension scheme contributions.
• Hybrid Working Policy

How to Apply:

Please note that the talent acquisition team is managing this vacancy directly and we do not require agency support. Candidates who are successful will be required to undergo relevant security checks.