Vivace - Head of Technology

at  QinetiQ

Vivace Head of Technology – Accelerated Capability Environment
London/hybrid working 2-3 days in office.
Vivace is a QinetiQ Business Unit that is the Private Sector Partner for the Home Office’s Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE). ACE was set up to bring industry and academia closer to government and National Security problems, and stimulate the flow of innovative, agile and flexible solutions to problems in the digital environment, delivering real impact for mission users.
Vivace works in partnership with its Home Office and wider government partners, helping to identify threats, risks and areas of need, then works with a diverse range of organisations representing big tech, large system integrators, consultants, SMEs, start-ups and academia – called the Vivace Community.
The ACE Head of Technology provides the technical leadership and assurance to ensure the effective and safe running of the capability. Working with internal ACE colleagues and external partners, you will set strategic technical direction for ACE, manage the delivery of supporting services to ensure that ACE is able to deliver continued mission impact, whilst remaining within an agreed Home Office/ QinetiQ risk appetite.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE:

Technical Leadership: Ability to provide strategic leadership and direction for all technical matters within ACE. Working with senior Home Office, external Government and Industry and ACE colleagues, able to set direction, and delivery capability.
Thought Leadership : Credible in the wide Digital and Data domain with an ability to provide Thought Leadership at senior levels in Government and in Industry / Academia.
Technical Assurance: Knowledge of technical assurance. Set the boundaries, allow appropriate reviews and know when intervention is required.
Information Technology: Understanding of risks and opportunities within modern, cloud-based IT environment. Able to engage credibly with suppliers service delivery partners.
Information Assurance and Engineering: Able to understand the Information environment within ACE and deliver an appropriately assured environment. Needs to consider both security and legislative requirements (e.g. GDPR).
Technical Management: Able to provide management for the supporting technical specialists within ACE (e.g. the data analytics team). Cohere the individuals into more than the sum of their parts and ensure appropriate deployment of skills to support ACE delivery.