Location: London, United Kingdom

Employment: Full-time | Hybrid

Seniority: Director Level

Salary: £170,000 gross annual base + Bonus + Stock

At Doghouse Recruitment, we're partnering with a fast-growing international technology company developing an AI-powered platform that helps governments and enterprises navigate complex global supply chains, international trade and national security challenges.

As part of their continued expansion, they're looking for a Vertical Technology Lead – Policy & National Security to lead technical strategy, delivery and operations across their UK and allied national security customers.

This is a senior leadership position combining technical expertise, government operations, customer engagement and commercial collaboration.

You'll take ownership of technical outcomes across the vertical, leading complex government programmes, supporting technical proposals and ensuring solutions are delivered securely, effectively and in line with customer requirements.

Working closely with commercial leadership, engineering, product and security teams, you'll also build and develop a technical delivery organisation capable of supporting highly sensitive and mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy, solution architecture and delivery outcomes across the Policy & National Security vertical.
• Lead the technical and operational aspects of government proposals, bids and capture activities, including solution design, security, staffing and delivery planning.
• Partner with commercial leadership to translate customer requirements into credible technical solutions and delivery strategies.
• Oversee complex government implementations, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and in compliance with contractual obligations.
• Design and manage operational processes for government customers, including security, accreditation, procurement and regulatory compliance.
• Lead, hire and develop technical delivery teams, including Implementation Delivery Managers and engineering specialists.
• Manage resource allocation, delivery priorities and technical quality across multiple customer programmes.
• Act as a senior technical partner for government stakeholders, defence organisations and national security customers.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and platform operations teams to address technical challenges and drive product improvements.
• Build scalable delivery processes and operational structures to support the long-term growth of the vertical.

Who Are We Looking For?

• 12+ years of technical experience, including leadership of technical teams and complex customer-facing implementations.
• Strong background in public sector technology delivery, particularly within defence, intelligence, government or national security.
• Proven experience managing operational systems and technical programmes for government customers beyond initial implementation.
• Experience leading technical aspects of proposals, bids or capture activities, including solution architecture, security, staffing and operational planning.
• Strong understanding of solution architecture, cloud technologies, data engineering, system integrations and secure deployments.
• Demonstrated experience leading, hiring and developing technical delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of government procurement processes, cybersecurity requirements and compliance within regulated or classified environments.
• Ability to work closely with commercial stakeholders and translate technical capabilities into viable customer solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging senior government and executive stakeholders.
• Strategic, autonomous and comfortable managing complex programmes in environments with evolving requirements.
• Based in the UK with the right to work, and willing to work onsite with customers when required.
• Must hold, or be eligible and willing to obtain, UK Security Check (SC) clearance.

Nice to Have's

• Existing UK SC or Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.
• Direct experience working with the UK Ministry of Defence, Home Office or intelligence community.
• Background in government technology consulting, systems integration or defence technology.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, Databricks, Spark, Kubernetes or similar technologies.
• Previous responsibility for technical capture targets, proposals or commercial expansion.
• Experience building or scaling technical delivery organisations.
• Background in senior technical consulting leadership, professional services or public sector solution architecture.

Benefits & Package

• £170,000 gross annual base salary.
• Performance bonus and stock/equity participation.
• Hybrid working flexibility in London.
• Opportunity to lead technical delivery across strategically important national security programmes.
• Director-level responsibility with significant autonomy and influence.
• Opportunity to build and develop a technical delivery team.
• Close collaboration with senior leadership, engineering and commercial teams.
• Exposure to advanced AI technology and mission-critical government environments.
• Long-term career growth opportunities within an expanding international technology company.

Location: London, with hybrid flexibility. Candidates should be within commuting distance of the London office and available for customer-site work as required.