IT Manager - Infrastructure / Hands-On - Derbyshire / Yorkshire
| Posting date: | 10 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £75,000.00 to £75,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Car All + Benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2025 |
| Location: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, B91 3DG |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Experis |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BBBH414125_1760110869 |
Summary
IT Manager - Hands-On Role in a High-Growth Environment
Location: Hybrid - Rotherham & Chesterfield (2-3 days/week on-site)
Salary: to £70,000pa to £75,000p/a + Car Allowance + Pension
About the Role:
We're looking for a hands-on IT Manager to lead the technology agenda across a growing multi-site business.
This is a newly created role, ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and is comfortable being a team of one - managing suppliers, driving delivery, and influencing stakeholders across the business.
You'll be responsible for shaping and executing a divisional technology roadmap that supports both organic growth and acquisition integration, while ensuring alignment with broader business goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Technology Strategy & Architecture:
- Translate business needs into a clear, actionable technology roadmap.
- Design scalable solutions to support future growth and acquisitions.
- Ensure alignment with group-wide technology standards and direction.
- Project Delivery & Transformation:
- Lead and deliver key IT initiatives across infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and business systems.
- Act as the escalation point for IT-related issues and manage external delivery partners.
- Support integration of newly acquired businesses into the existing technology landscape.
- Vendor & Supplier Management:
- Own relationships with third-party technology vendors, ensuring performance, resilience, and value.
- Oversee renewals, contract negotiations, and service delivery.
- Evaluate and evolve the supplier strategy as the business grows.
- Operational Support & Governance:
- Refine and implement support models for core platforms and services.
- Define and lead governance frameworks for IT projects and service delivery.
- Ensure robust cybersecurity practices and compliance across all sites.
- Innovation & Data Strategy:
- Identify opportunities to leverage data and emerging technologies (e.g. AI, automation).
- Provide solution architecture guidance for efficiency and digital transformation initiatives.
Ideal Experience:
- Proven experience in a hands-on IT leadership role, ideally within a high-growth or scale-up environment.
- Comfortable working independently and managing through influence rather than direct reports.
- Strong technical background across infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise systems.
- Experience managing third-party vendors and delivering complex IT projects.
- Exposure to M&A integration or multi-site operations is highly desirable.
- Willingness to travel regularly between Rotherham and Chesterfield sites and potentially further to other sites.
Call Experis IT today on 0121 712 8715