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# Head of IT

- **Company:** Asset Resourcing Limited
- **Location:** Leicester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £117,000.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Azure, Cyber Security, Information Technology Operations, Windows Servers, Azure Active Directory, Software Vulnerability Management, Microsoft InTune, Cloud Migration
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/head-of-it/57257056

## About the Role

* Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, ideally including cloud migration work
 * Microsoft 365 administration and support experience
 * Familiarity with Entra ID, Intune, Defender or similar endpoint security tools
 * Solid Windows Server experience
 * A track record of leading IT support or ServiceDesk teams in a small or mid-sized organisation
 * Confidence managing suppliers, budgets and stakeholders without hand-holding
 * A calm, practical, get-it-done approach; this is a role for someone who thrives in a lean team

You won't need to be strong on every point above. A leader with less recent hands-on depth but a strong operational and team leadership track record is just as welcome as a hands-on technologist stepping up into a leadership-heavy interim role., * head of it

 * Azure Active Directory
 * Cybersecurity
 * Leadership
 * Supplier Account Management

## Description

Interim Head of IT - Leicester (Hybrid, 3 days/week) | 6 months contract | c£450/day inside IR35

Run IT. Lead the team. Keep the lights on and the systems tight, while helping shape what comes next.

An established UK organisation is looking for a hands-on Interim Head of IT to take charge of its technology function during a period of change. You'll be the senior point of accountability for IT service delivery, leading a small ServiceDesk team while staying close to the tools and systems yourself; this isn't a role where you sit above the detail.

You'll report directly to the CIO, run day-to-day operations, manage key suppliers, and give clear, practical input into how the IT function should be structured going forward.
What you'll be doing:

 * Leading a structured handover and building a clear picture of systems, suppliers, contracts and licences
 * Managing and developing an IT ServiceDesk team of two
 * Owning day-to-day IT operations: incidents, service requests, changes and problem management
 * Staying hands-on across Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Windows Server and networking
 * Overseeing identity and endpoint tools including Entra ID, Intune and Cynet
 * Driving cyber security, patching and vulnerability remediation, and supporting ISO27001 and Cyber Essentials renewals
 * Managing supplier relationships and holding partners to account on performance
 * Delivering monthly reporting and a live operational/cyber dashboard to the CIO, * Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours, hybrid with a minimum of three days a week in the Leicester office
 * Occasional out-of-hours work during major incidents or upgrades
 * Scope may flex as the organisation reviews its future IT structure


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