Head of Technology

Technical Director

Prevail is a security and intelligence company that uses technology and data to inform analysis and decision-making. The data platform, and the talented team that is now 14 people and growing, sits at the heart of the company delivering excellent support across the company and clients. Prevail is now investing more in this function to super‑charge the capability by recruiting a dedicated Technical Director/ Head of Technology, focussing the team, and directing financial resource.

The role:

We are looking for someone to implement our technology strategy and lead our growing team of 14 talented data professionals. Reporting to the Executive Team, you will be playing a critical role in leading on the growth of our tech offering, data capabilities, people & organisational strategy, helping to transition our service business in the Defence, Intelligence and Security industry.

We envision that this role will deliver a critical impact as we upscale our technical service offering and continue to grow the company over the next 3-5 years.

These are the key things that you are responsible for delivering within your role. There will be activities and tasks in addition to this list that are expected from you but most of your time will include:

• Developing and executing a comprehensive data, analytics, and AI strategy aligned with our business objectives. Working closely with the executive team on building the company's technology offer as part of our strategic direction.
• Leading and building our high‑performing Tech Team encompassing data analysts, data engineers, and AI professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
• Overseeing the implementation of data and AI projects, ensuring successful delivery, adherence to quality standards, and alignment with business requirements to improve service delivery to clients.
• Leading the identification and prioritisation of data and AI initiatives that deliver tangible business value, collaborating closely with cross‑functional teams to ensure alignment with company goals.
• Keep abreast of emerging data and AI technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on our business and identifying opportunities for innovation and competitive advantage.
• Have ultimate accountability for technology strategy and execution whilst contributing to the longer‑term vision, delivering the highest impact for our customers, balanced with maturing the technical capabilities across our diverse portfolio.
• Steer day-to-day execution of our technical support to our service delivery. Through overseeing of team planning and dynamic prioritisation of opportunities.
• Manage the longer‑term development roadmap, including resource allocation, and longer‑term strategic consideration
• Lead and manage third‑party partnership, including the necessary planning and integration work when required.
• Collaborate closely with the commercial team to shape technical solutions for business development opportunities and bid tenders, providing strategic technical leadership, feasibility assessments, and resource planning to strengthen proposals and win new business.
• You are a leader, with previous working experience managing tech teams as a technology lead or a key technology role and with the appropriate levels of empathy to guide and develop existing technology and data professionals.
• You are an entrepreneur, thriving in ambiguous environments, embracing the start‑up culture as a "doer", aspirational and resourceful
• You are commercially astute, capable with costing models, and proposal inputs.
• You are an effective communicator, able to contribute fully to corporate discussions with direct technical expertise.
• You’ll have many years in a senior or leadership position and at least one role that was for a start‑up, small business, or autonomous business unit
• Technical skills:
  You have a computer science background and aptitude for big data and AWS environments.

Prevail Partners delivers high quality intelligence, and security consultancy services to clients ranging from governments and multinational corporations to non‑governmental…