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Back Office · London

Head of IT/CTO (Part-Time)

We are looking for an experienced and innovative Head of IT to lead the development of our technology function and strategy.

About Us

At Fideres we champion fair markets for social justice and individual dignity. Through economic investigations and expert reports, we combat corporate misconduct, ensuring accountability and fostering equitable opportunities for all.

The work of our Competition team has led to major antitrust legal actions against Big Tech (including Apple, Amazon and Facebook), Big Pharma, Big Finance and Big Agriculture. Meanwhile our original and innovative investigations into river sewage and Covid-19 have led to national press coverage.

Our Financial and Securities Litigation team has acted as plaintiffs' experts in the most consequential financial cartels and market manipulation cases of the past 10 years. We are leaders in our field and we have supported our clients in recovering billions of dollars in settlements for plaintiffs.

About this Role

We are looking for a Head of IT to join us on a part-time basis, ideally 2 days a week, and help us position the Company for a period of rapid scaling.  This role will be key in shaping our technology function and strategy, and in ensuring that our technology resources are scalable and aligned with our business needs. 

Our ideal candidate will have had a wide exposure to different functions within the field of technology and will be as comfortable advising on strategic objectives as they are working on the hands on day to day.

Key Accountabilities

Reviewing and making recommendations on the following:

  • Review and propose recommendations for a scalable technology function for Fideres, including outsourced IT support, information security, cyber security, and internal software/data engineers
  • Develop business plans for technology to support Fideres’s strategy
  • Act as the key point of contact for our current and future outsourced IT support providers
  • Ensure robust cybersecurity measures are in place
  • Work closely with the COO to ensure technology solutions align fully with business needs
  • Prepare and run RfPs for future technology needs
  • Work closely with our Head of People and COO to on staffing, training and hiring plans
  • Coach and mentor key stakeholders
  • Other IT related projects as required

Key Skills and Attributes

The successful candidate will have:

  • Prior experience in a CTO or similar role for a research driven consulting business
  • In depth knowledge of software infrastructure and IT support
  • Strong commercial awareness and ability to align strategy and business needs
  • Ability to explain complex topics to non-specialists
  • Relevant academic credentials
  • Willing to be both strategic and hands-on
  • Commercial and intellectual acumen
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Able to handle relationships and change management sensitively
Department
Back Office
Locations
London

Why Fideres

Fideres’s vision is to become the leading litigation-only economic consulting firm, free of corporate conflicts.

Following years of growth, over the past two years Fideres has started to expand internationally and we now have offices established in London, New York, Rome and Madrid. We plan to open an office in Australia and to grow our presence in Germany.

We are looking for candidates, who are committed to Fideres’s strategy and values, and who are willing to grow in this phase of our company’s expansion.

Our Benefits

Transparent Pay

We have a transparent and internally published pay structure by role, we do this as part of an equal pay initiative across our offices.

Continuous Learning

We offer all our employees a learning and development budget to spend flexibly on role relevant training needs. Support for further professional qualifications, apprenticeships and further education is also available. There is no risk of being pigeon-holed at Fideres as our employees are able to reach for opportunities as they see them without being restricted by corporate bureaucracy.

Benefits

We offer all normal standard benefits such as a competitive holiday allowance with the opportunity to purchase 10 days additional holiday, monthly social events, private medical insurance, a gym subsidy, equal family leave for all employees, along with other benefits.

What We Offer

You will get to work in a highly innovative environment where training and development is put at the top of the agenda to ensure that our staff are at the leading edge of their academic knowledge, and where rapid career progression is available to proactive employees who reach out for opportunities.

We offer flexible working hours and hybrid remote working, competitive salaries and bonuses, and competitive benefits.

We are proud of our values and our diverse and international workforce, and we are committed to building a working environment where employees feel safe, welcome and able to have an open and respectful dialogue on diversity issues.

Our Application Process

Applying

To apply, you will need to send us your CV and cover letter via the application form below. Please note that we consider a thoughtful and well considered cover letter to be an integral part of our application process.

Pre-Interview Assessments

Depending on the role you are applying for, you may be asked to complete a pre-interview assessment relevant to the role. This allows us to see if you have some of the necessary technical skills required for the role, and it can also give you an idea of some of the skills that would be required.

Interviews

For the majority of our roles, we have a three stage interview process. The main purpose of our interviews is to further assess your technical skills, your communication skills (team and client) and make sure that you have sufficiently researched what we do and the role itself. More generally it is a chance for us to get to know each other better.

A typical interview process would look a bit like this:

  • First Interview: Technical with a team member
  • Second Interview: Cultural fit interview
  • Final Interview: Technical interview

Questions

If you have any questions about our process, please contact us at careers@fideres.com.

Back Office · London

Head of IT/CTO (Part-Time)

We are looking for an experienced and innovative Head of IT to lead the development of our technology function and strategy.

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