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Technical Director (Maritime)

ExperisPortsmouth, Hampshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 23 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

As a Technical Director, you'll lead a significant maritime technology program for a high-profile organization, shaping the future of defense technology and driving innovation with emerging tech like AI and ML. This hybrid leadership role is perfect for someone with a strong background in enterprise architecture and experience with UK military or MoD projects, offering a chance to make a substantial impact on national security. Join a dynamic team and advance your career by applying for this exciting opportunity.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Leader

Job Description

Our client, a high profiling technology organisation, urgently require an experienced Technical Director to run a major Maritime programme that they are delivering.

In order to be successful, you will have the following background:

  • Background within either UK Military, or working with the Military/MoD as a customer
  • Experience of acting as a senior technical authority, providing architectural leadership
  • Enterprise Architecture background across software engineering and platform delivery, including cloud-hosted services, APIs, DevSecOps, CI/CD and test automation
  • Experience of introducing emerging technologies including AI, ML and data enabled services
  • Strong and robust stakeholder management skills
  • SC Cleared

Within this role, you will be responsible for:

  • Senior leadership role within a multi-year delivery environment, supporting thousands of uniformed personnel and civil servants
  • Set the technical direction for the software house, ensuring digital products and services are aligned to MoD priorities and wider defence policy
  • Define and maintain technical architecture roadmap
  • Translate operational and business needs into coherent technical strategy
  • Ensure that platforms, products, data, integration patterns and engineering approaches support long-term mission outcomes as well as immediate delivery priorities
  • Provide technical leadership across complex code, low-code, data and platform services
  • Work with stakeholders across MoD organisations
  • Lead the approach surrounding modern engineering and emerging technologies
  • Provide governance, assurance and risk management across the delivery portfolio
  • Tech: Python, TypeScript, React, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, Tekton and associated DevSecOps toolchains, Saas platforms, Microsoft Power Platform, Palantir Foundry

This represents an excellent opportunity to secure a long term role, within a high profile and dynamic organisation.

If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.


Skills

Docker
Kubernetes
Python
React
Stakeholder Management
TypeScript

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