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An individual with the vision to shape IT polices and deliver direction to bring true value to the business. Gravitas to lead and to motivate. An individual to control costs and mitigate risk. An individual to make critical decisions and ultimately take responsibility. Negotiator, persuader, custodian of a company's technology capability. This is the role of the IT Director.

IT Departmental Head. Depending on the scope of your IT requirements, you may need an IT Manager to act in a multi-faceted role to be responsible for your entire IT function and to look after infrastructure, software, out-sourcing, budgets and staffing. If you are running a significant facility you may have or need several dedicated departmental heads. Typically, on the applications side, these will be individuals with a deep understanding of your vertical market and associated business applications, together with a strong awareness of architectural development methods and the SDLC. Typical role titles may be: Head of Development, Head of Architecture & Design, Head of Testing.

On the operational / infrastructure side, departmental heads will be adept at looking after large 24/7 production environments, security, disaster recovery and data management. Typical role titles include: Operations Manager, Networks Manager, Head of Infrastructure Support.

Programme and project assurance, Prince 2 adherence, team management, stakeholder liaison, delivery milestones, project scoping through to UAT and implementation. Programme Managers and Project Managers come in many forms. Some have risen up from hands-on technical delivery roles and as such as suited to the roles of Development Project Manager or Infrastructure Project Manager where a strong understanding of items such as RUP, RAD or Iterative methods is needed or a perhaps a knowledge of ITIL or SOX compliance is necessary.

And let's not forget other equally important IT Management roles such as Change Manager, QA / Test Manager and Tools Manager.

Today's IT management roles require more than technical ability. Individuals at this level need to be able to display true business sense, commercial awareness and the right personality mix. The team at Deerfoot genuinely includes some of recruitment industry's most experienced and well connected recruiters.

Many recruiters find short-listing candidates for top end IT roles difficult. We know what to look for, we know what questions to ask, we know how to find the most appropriate individuals for critical senior IT posts.

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