Head of Technology, IG Group
Institutional, Prime Brokerage & Emerging Markets
+ Performance-related bonuses
3 days a week in office (Cannon Street, London)
The UK's No.1 trading provider
Open for applications
The UK's No.1 trading provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Performance-related bonuses
3 days a week in office (Cannon Street, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To power the pursuit of financial freedom for the ambitious.
Role
Who you are
- People-focused leader who builds strong teams and a positive culture
- Visionary with a practical focus on daily improvements
- Committed to continuous improvement in tech, leadership, and collaboration
- Strong communicator, able to inspire and engage at all levels
- Maintains pace while balancing well-being
- Client-focused with a long-term perspective
- Strong interpersonal skills and relationship builder
- Clear, solution-oriented thinker
- Passionate about technology and its potential to deliver business value
- Senior leadership experience with deep knowledge of B2B/B2B2C tech platforms and end-to-end client journeys
- Proven track record in tech strategy, architecture, software engineering, and IT leadership
- Strong focus on customer-centric design and experience across the full journey
- Skilled in prioritising product change portfolios to balance client value and business ROI
- Combines technical expertise with commercial acumen to shape business strategy, including hands-on product lifecycle experience
- Experienced in driving organisational change, leading global IT teams, and developing talent
- Skilled in managing third-party suppliers and hybrid delivery models to maximise value through effective commercial arrangements
What the job involves
- Reporting to the Group CTO and MD of Prime, this role is pivotal in driving the growth and diversification strategy of IG
- As the Head of Technology for Institutional, Prime Brokerage and Emerging Markets, you will bridge technology and business, ensuring that our technology teams deliver divisional priorities swiftly and with high quality
- You will optimise team skills, provide innovative solutions, and accelerate the delivery of MVPs to clients
- By implementing effective measurement and feedback mechanisms, you will align our ways of working with divisional preferences and manage dependencies across divisions and tech domains
- Your leadership will inspire the creation of an ambitious technology and digital strategy, showcasing the art of the possible
- You will champion modern practices, enabling fast feedback loops and real testing insights
- This role offers the opportunity to drive engineering best practices, foster a culture of inclusion and experimentation, and lead product and capability improvements that significantly impact IG's overall business performance
- Assess and guide the feasibility, viability, and progress of initiatives
- Drive solution-focused approaches for rapid product delivery
- Flag critical decisions to unblock progress and maintain momentum
- Deliver early demos/MVPs and ensure testing and measurement are in place
- Define a divisional tech strategy that enhances client value, flexibility, and delivery efficiency
- Champion engineering best practices and domain ownership (incl. SLAs, KPIs)
- Lead modernisation strategy and continuous tech improvement via DORA metrics
- Promote innovation, experimentation, and modern ways of working
- Design teams for flow, empowerment, minimal dependencies, and resilience
- Own architectural direction, tech selection, and delivery pipeline optimisation
- Act as a trusted advisor through strong commercial and product insight
- Translate tech strategy into actionable outcomes and customer value
- Build and maintain high-impact stakeholder relationships
- Use data to drive aligned, strategic decisions
- Champion market innovation and strategic tech partnerships
- Support cross-team delivery of measurable business improvements
- Design lean, high-value organisational structures
- Define and uphold engineering standards aligned to SDLC
- Lead confidently through ambiguity and complex change
- Model integrity, transparency, and enterprise-first decision-making
- Inspire innovation and transformation aligned to company growth
- Role-model IG’s culture, values, and behaviours
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, high-performing environment
- Develop and retain diverse talent with empathy and humility
- Communicate clearly and consistently across all levels
- Build strong, authentic relationships with emotional intelligence
- Inspire followership through passion, influence, and trust
- Celebrate team successes and promote shared ownership
- Create a unifying purpose that drives engagement and alignment
- Communicate persuasively to influence stakeholders and teams
- Encourage continuous tech innovation to gain a competitive advantage
- Partner across teams to explore new tech-enabled opportunities
- Stay open to fresh ideas from both internal and external sources
- Drive a culture of curiosity and creative problem-solving
- Apply innovative thinking to push industry and business boundaries
- Who you’ll be working with:
- The Chief Business Officer & MD of Prime
- CTO and Technology Leadership
- Key Divisional leaders in Product, Marketing and Client Roles
- Key stakeholders and partners in the wider organisation
- Technology and Delivery Teams
- Technology Platform Teams and Infrastructure Teams
- External relationships with senior technologists, networks and key technology vendors, etc
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded in 1974 by Stuart Wheeler as a UK-based spread betting company for gold, IG Group, abbreviated from Investors Gold Index, was initially set up to allow people to speculate and trade on the price change of gold without owning physical gold. And in the year 2000, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and its gradual evolution into the world of fintech began.
By 2011, the company had played a part in numerous international buyouts before narrowing its focus down to financial wagers. During the latter half of that decade, IG shut down its binary options trading platform and focused instead on building an investment portfolio with partner BlackRock Investments, all whilst maintaining its Forex and CFD trading processes. Since then, it has become a fast-paced market leader in the investment space.
In recent years, IG Group has developed major platforms for various trading actions and has grown profit and revenue significantly. Alongside this it has acquired a number of companies, including tastytrade and Freetrade, and launched its own crypto product, making it the first UK-listed company to launch crypto trading to retail investors. This further proves how much of a staple IG Group is in the world of financial trading.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company values
- Think big
- Deliver at pace
- Raise the bar
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Breon Corcoran
(Group CEO)Joined IG Group as CEO in January 2024. Prior to this, they were the CEO of WorldRemit and a Non-Executive Director at Tilney Group.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at IG Group
- Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture.
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