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    Head of Technical

    Executive
    Hunter Selection
    Hampshire, Southampton
    Permanent
    Competitive
    On-Site

    Job Description

    Head of Technical

    Up to 120k

    Southampton

    Hybrid- 3 or 4 days on site

    Benefits:

    25 days holiday increasing up to 30

    Flexible working

    16 full weeks of maternity

    5% matched pension

    Annual bonuses

    I am working with a well-respected UK client looking for someone to lead their technical team and provide strategic insight into the team.

    They are looking for someone to provide strategic technical leadership for secure defense applications and maintain the technical architecture and roadmap for the software house.

    You should be someone who has a good approach to modern engineering and emerging technologies.

    Day-to-day responsibilities:

    Working alongside the head of delivery to ensure technical decisions and strategies are in line with the defense applications.

    Working with the company to ensure the delivery of the applications is efficient

    Key stakeholder engagement

    Drive modern engineering practice

    Exposure to AI, Data platforms and machine learning

    Reduce strategic dependency

    Translate business needs into coherent technical strategy.

    Requirements:

    Knowledge of Cloud, APIs, CI/CD, Automation and Platform engineering

    Experience building and assessing technology investments

    Managing technical risk, scalability and security

    Stakeholder engagement experience

    Ability to govern architecture and engineering practices

    Government or highly regulated environment industry experience

    Exposure to data platforms and machine learning

    This is an urgent vacancy, so if you would like to be considered then please apply quoting reference AR(phone number removed).

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    If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

    Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

    Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

    For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

    Posted on August 12, 2026

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