Head of Technology Delivery – Senior Leadership Role
QA Higher Education | Full-time & Permanent
Location: Birmingham – Hybrid
We’re looking for an experienced Head of Technology Delivery to join our ambitious and growing team. This is a pivotal leadership role where you’ll shape and deliver our technology roadmap, ensuring seamless collaboration across teams and partners to bring innovative, secure, and scalable digital solutions to life.
Shape the Future of Digital Education
Are you a tech-savvy project leader with a passion for innovation and impact? QA Higher Education is looking for a Head of Technology Delivery to establish and manage best-in-class processes across our tech delivery functions and spearhead the development of cutting-edge digital platforms that transform the student experience. From AI-powered portals to dynamic websites, you’ll lead projects that make a real difference.
Here’s a flavour of what’s involved: (click the link to read the full JD)
- Own and manage the technology delivery roadmap, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Coordinate releases, change management, and dependencies across multiple teams.
- Lead end-to-end delivery of student-facing web and portal initiatives, integrating AI features and ensuring GDPR compliance.
- Standardise delivery processes and champion agile methodologies.
- Oversee resource planning, finance reporting, and key MI for BAU teams.
- Drive insight-based decision-making using KPIs for engagement, conversion, and technical performance.
- Line manage Business Analysts and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
Bring your experience & skills:
- Proven experience in technical project or programme management, ideally within education, SaaS, or digital services.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft web technologies (CMS, APIs, cloud platforms, front-end frameworks).
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and their application in user-facing platforms (desirable).
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Agile/Scrum expertise and proficiency with tools like Jira and Trello.
- Relevant qualifications (Computer Science or related field) and certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile).
A little more about us:
QAHE is a private UK higher education provider working in partnership with UK universities to deliver programmes from foundation level to postgraduate degrees. We currently teach over 17,000 students from all over the world. Our mission is to make outstanding higher education accessible to everyone.
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Equal Opportunities: At QA Higher Education, we celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive environment for all.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake the Basic DBS Check
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