
IT Team Leader, Perceptive Discovery
Job description
What can we offer you? Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you: YOURSELF 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy more) HEALTH Private Healthcare Optional dental insurance, health assessments and health cash plans Cycle to Work scheme WEALTH Company Pension Scheme, matching contributions up to 5% of salary Life assurance Annual staff bonus scheme Season ticket loans Job Purpose As IT Team Leader at our state-of-the-art radiopharmaceutical production and clinical trial imaging facility in Hammersmith, West London, you'll play a prominent part in delivering business value through IT projects.
Acting as 'player-manager' within our small, supportive onsite team, you'll be expected to collaborate with a broad cross-section of stakeholders locally and other peers in our US operation to support the Discovery IT strategy and ensure the day-to-day delivery of all on-site activities. Quality and compliance are at the heart of our business and, as the key interface with the Quality team, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring that IT processes and systems adhere to the relevant Quality (GxP/GCP) standards.
Key Responsibilities
IT Service Management Ensure team adherence to Service Level Agreements by monitoring metrics against agreed KPIs Ensure all IT services remain operational and available for all aspects of the site. Oversee assignments and tasks of team members Project Management Create, monitor, and deliver IT projects based on business and site needs.
Consult with business stakeholders to ensure project success. Ensure all project documentation is up-to-date and complete. Proactively review the equipment and services supporting the clinical and pre-clinical business to reduce risk rather than address issues. Quality & Risk Management Ensure adherence to quality processes and procedures.
Creation/maintenance of IT processes Manage and track all risks in the risk register with proper follow up actions Budget control Monitor and report on site IT expenditure. Make capital expenditure recommendations. Input to financial forecasting ' Team Management Allocate and prioritize workload across team members. Ensure adherence to policies, procedures, and regulatory compliance.
Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement Ensure timesheets are completed every month with adequate level of detail Functional Competencies (Technical knowledge/Skills) In-depth technical knowledge of Networking and Virtualisation technologies (VMware/Hyper-V) Broad understanding of Microsoft 365 services Proficient in backup technologies (Veeam/Acronis) Proficient in Cloud technologies (AWS ideally/Azure) Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning. Ability to manage a small, established team, delegating effectively, driving standards and motivating, developing and coordinating the work of team members. Driven and enthusiastic, able to manage multiple and varied tasks and prioritize own workload with attention to detail.
Maintains an up-to-date awareness of trends, tools, technology, techniques and processes that affect technology within the Life sciences domain. Experience, Education, and Certifications Industry recognised technical certification (e.g. Microsoft/AWS/VMware/CompTIA/Veeam) Proven experience in highly regulated environments (GxP ideally, ISO17025, or similar) or relevant, transferable experience from another domain (e.
g., healthcare, financial services, etc.) Previous line management or leadership experience ideally or experience of leading significant project teams. Excellent communication and presentation skills Understanding of Agile behaviours or DevOps methodologies English fluency.