IT Manager

IT Manager

Location: City of London

Salary: �65,000 - �75,000 + Bonus + Benefits

We are seeking a hands-on IT Manager to lead the technical design, implementation, security, and ongoing support of our IT infrastructure, integration tools, and data warehouse. The hands-on IT Manager will play a pivotal role in ensuring this wealth management business operates with efficiency, resilience, and best-in-class cyber security.

Key Responsibilities

IT Infrastructure & Management

• The hands-on IT Manager will own and manage all IT assets, suppliers, contracts, licenses, and service-level agreements (SLAs).


• Conduct cost/value analysis, platform capacity planning, resilience, and security assessments.


• The hands-on IT Manager will validate technical designs for transformation initiatives.


• Oversee application infrastructure, including scoping, design, sourcing, project planning, implementation, data migration, testing, disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning (BCP), integration, and KPI/SLA reporting.


• The hands-on IT Manager will manage procurement, cost control, and proactive performance monitoring of cloud subscriptions, software licenses, hardware, networks, colocation, and data warehouse infrastructure.


• Implement fixed asset management, including stock control, warranties, end-of-life planning, upgrades, and technology debt management.


• The hands-on IT Manager will ensure efficient onboarding/offboarding processes, device procurement, rollouts, and upgrades in collaboration with IT support partners.


• Oversee outsourced IT support partner performance, enforce SLAs, plan support resource capacity, conduct root cause analysis, and identify training opportunities for users.

Governance & Cyber Security

• The hands-on IT Manager will manage supplier relationships, including procurement, contract negotiation, performance monitoring, and cost tracking.


• Define and enforce user policies, technology best practices, regulatory compliance, and system documentation.


• Lead cyber security governance, including policy definitions, accreditation, breach response coordination, and IT spend optimisation.


• The hands-on IT Manager will oversee data governance, including document hierarchy, role-based permissions, data mapping, archiving, litigation holds, and information security policy.


• Provide board-level reporting on IT operations and performance.

Who You Are

We are looking for an experienced hands-on IT Manager with a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage IT infrastructure in a regulated environment. You should be confident in IT governance, cyber security, and supplier management, with a strategic mindset to drive efficiency and resilience.

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting opportunity to play a crucial role in shaping and securing the technology landscape of a growing private wealth management firm. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and want to make a tangible impact, we want to hear from you!

Apply now to take the next step in your IT leadership career.