Here's what you'll be doing
Lead the Future of Digital Innovation. Shape Technology that Powers Human Experience.
Are you ready to lead at the intersection of cutting-edge technology, behavioural insight, and operational excellence? We are looking for a visionary Director of UK Technology Delivery to drive transformational outcomes across our UK business. This is a rare opportunity to deliver world-class digital products and services that are not only technically outstanding but deeply intuitive and emotionally resonant for the people who use them.
As Technology Director, you will be at the forefront of shaping how technology drives business growth, not just by solving problems, but by anticipating human behaviour and creating seamless, engaging experiences. You'll champion a product-led, DevOps-enabled model and be a key architect of our technology strategy, ensuring we stay ahead in a fast-evolving digital landscape.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead the design, development, and lifecycle of scalable, secure, and customer-centric digital products and platforms.
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Champion a forward-looking technology strategy aligned to business growth, leveraging emerging technologies like AI, ML, IoT, blockchain, edge computing, and real-time analytics.
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Embed automation and innovation across the product lifecycle to deliver scalable, efficient, and human-focused experiences.
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Drive a culture of DevOps, agile delivery, and continuous improvement across internal teams and external partners.
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Build and lead a high-performing, multidisciplinary team to maximise the value of our digital and technology capabilities across the UK business.
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Partner closely with UK Digital & Technology (DT), Emerging Digital Technologies (EDT), and external partners to deliver growth-enabling, tech-driven solutions.
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Oversee the resilience, security-by-design, and performance of the entire technology ecosystem, including SaaS and third-party platforms.
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Lead the democratisation and secure integration of emerging technologies across the organisation.
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Reduce technical debt and improve efficiency through automation, analytics, and modern platform engineering.
What we need from you
- Senior-level leadership experience within the UK energy sector or a closely related digital/regulated industry.
- Strong understanding of the UK energy market, government policy, and the evolving UK energy system.
- A proven track record of leading large-scale digital and technology transformation initiatives, with a strong background in software engineering, cloud technologies, and emerging tech (AI, automation, analytics).
- Experience designing and scaling secure, resilient technology ecosystems with modern architectural practices (e.g. microservices, CI/CD, DevOps).
- A clear innovation mindset with a demonstrable history of adopting and embedding emerging technologies to drive business outcomes and customer value.
- Experience in product-led organisations, working closely with product, design, and behavioural insight teams to create intuitive and impactful customer experiences.
- Proven ability to build, lead, and inspire diverse technology teams, collaborating effectively across business units, senior stakeholders, and external partners, up to board level.
- Strategic thinker with a commercial mindset, able to connect technical delivery with business value, manage risk proactively, and align with business priorities.
- Must be UK-based with the ability to travel to office locations and work in a hybrid environment (office and remote).
Here’s what you need to know
- Award-Winning Workplace - We’re proud to be named a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 and the Best Place to Work for 16–34-year-olds.
- Outstanding Benefits - Enjoy 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous pension, life cover, bonus opportunities, and access to 20 flexible benefits with tax/NI savings.
- Flexible & Family-Friendly - Our industry-leading hybrid and family-friendly policies earned us double recognition at the Personnel Today Awards 2024. We’re open to discussing how flexibility can work for you.
- Inclusive & Diverse - We’re the only energy company in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers. We’re also proud winners of Best Employer for Women and Human Company of the Year—recognising our inclusive, people-first culture.
- Support at Every Stage of Life - We’re Fertility Friendly and Menopause Friendly accredited, with inclusive support for everyone.
- Accessible & Supportive - Do you consider yourself as having a disability? As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and will make any adjustments needed during the process.
- Invested in Your Growth - From inclusive talent networks to top-tier development programmes, we’ll support your growth every step of the way.
At E.ON, we recognise and reward talent with a comprehensive benefits package, including:
26 days holiday plus bank holidays each year
Company Car or car cash allowance
Private Medical Cover for you and your immediate family.
Generous pension scheme (you contribute 5%, we contribute 6%, increasing to 10% after 2 years)
Excellent parental leave allowance
Access to our award-winning Flexible Benefits package, including the option to buy up to 10 additional holiday days per year
Exciting career development opportunities, with open-access talent networks that support learning, skill-building, and career progression at every stage