Chief Technologist - Cyber

Join our OCTO (Office of the CTO) team.

The OCTO is responsible for delivering world-class technology market insights and guidance to our customers and internal stakeholders.

We work with sales, services, vendors, customers, partners, analysts and Softcat's leadership teams to ensure that our propositions and capabilities remain relevant now and into the future.

Success.

The Softcat Way.

As the UK's largest technology solutions provider and a FTSE 250 listed company, we have built a reputation for excellence.

Our strategy is simple – we believe that highly engaged employees are the key to building customer trust and loyalty over the years.

This trust and loyalty, combined with our market leading growth and performance, enables us to invest in our technology and services capabilities.

In this senior role, w e are looking for a high impact , highly collaborative and highly experienced technology leader and Cyber expert to o wn the technology decisions for our Cyber Security proposition .

The ideal candidate will be a determined positive energising collaborator, who will set a clear and simple vision, will initiate and build trust amongst co lleagues , customers and partners , is comfortable with passionate debate and making decisions, is confident presenting to business and technical audiences, and who has a get it done , get it done together, and get it done well attitude. Above all, you will obsess over customer and colleague engagement, to ensure every interaction proves that we care.

As a member of the Cyber Security Technology Tower Council (TTC) , Product Council and Services Council , you will collaborate with colleagues to ensure that our proposition and execution is effective in the short-term, built for l ong -term success , and is change-ready .

In addition, you will be working with th e Office of the CTO (OCTO) to identify cross sell opportunities across all Softcat business lines , including workspace, hybrid platforms, networking and connectivity , and data, automation and AI .

As Chief Technologist, you'll be responsible for:

• Acting as an ambassador for Softcat's values (passion, fun, intelligence, responsibility, and community)
• Providing technology market insights and guidance for the Cyber Security TTC, and the Softcat leadership teams
• Identifying common customer problems and opportunities that will gain mainstream technology and services adoption
• Selecting the products and services that address those problems