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IT Director We offer leading-edge capability, technology and innovation to enable companies to take products into clinical trials and provide clinical, process development, manufacturing, regulatory, health economics and market access expertise. Our aim is to make the UK the most compelling and logical choice for UK and international partners to develop and commercialise these advanced therapies. Leadership of the IT group to service external and internal customers. Our Client is seeking to recruit an IT Director with exceptional credentials and expertise in setting up the planning and strategy framework for the company going forward. You will have at least 10 years expertise at a senior level. Key Accountabilities: • Working with the CFO and Operational leaders set the strategy and objectives • Select the right people, develop, and coach the team • Support internal customers through effective business partnering • Deliver IT services to customers/collaborators resident at the company locations including access/integration to Company business systems and infrastructure (communication/hardware) • Ensure security of data and systems balancing effectiveness with the need for collaboration internally and with customers • Deliver continuous improvement of services for internal and external stakeholders and Collaborators • Ensure IT Services and are delivered efficiently and effectively • Manage delivery of services within the agreed budget Required Experience: • A minimum of ten years' experience leading IT at a senior management level • Track record of delivering results quickly • Experience in delivering IT services to customers • Work in a GMP or highly regulated environment Preferred Experience: • Experience of agile product development • Experience of Lean Six Sigma • Infrastructure delivery (networking, hardware) to customers • Experience with data science project delivery Knowledge / Skills / Competencies: • Highly motivated, pragmatic, and practical to support the mission of the Company to accelerate the development of a commercial cell and gene-based therapy industry in the UK. • High level interpersonal, communication (oral and written) skills. • Resilient, with the ability to manage multiple and varied tasks and prioritise workload within a fast-paced professional environment, with a strong attention to detail. • Flexible and pragmatic, able to learn quickly and respond flexibly to project needs and priorities. • Project ownership and pride in its delivery. • Ability to work well under pressure, to work independently and to be able to take the initiative when completing tasks. • Ambitious, collaborative, driven. • Comfortable operating autonomously once goals and objectives are set. • Able to evaluate complex situations and find solutions for them in a professional manner. • Ability to quickly establish credibility and build rapport and trust. • Proven ability to engage constructively with colleagues at all levels across different departments to deliver objectives and to respond to a wide range of customer and management needs. • Proven diplomacy skills with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders. • High degree of motivation, problem solving skills and innovative thinking. • A good team player with a hands-on approach, and adaptable to new challenges. • A positive attitude towards learning, personal and professional development. • Keeps up to date with professional knowledge, expertise, and best practice. • Willingness to travel. • Proven coaching/mentoring ability. • Strong presentation skills. • Sincere and secure - accepts own mistakes - prioritises team over personal goals. • Driven and proactive - goes above and beyond the call of duty to achieve company results. • Astute and persuasive - leads and inspires colleagues. • Strong influencing and leadership skills. Understands influencing, stakeholder management and negotiation strategies. The Client is ideally seeking someone from a Pharmaceutical or Bio Science background and who understands how to work with the government and government funding. This position will manage 15 people within the IT team. Qualifications: Degree level qualification MBA preferred IT qualifications preferred but not essential Location and Travel: • Contracted location Stevenage • Ability to travel to Company locations The role will be based near Stevenage with hybrid working. Salary will be £110K - £130K + Benefits Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Mission au sein de la Direction Informatique d'un client grand compte du secteur Assurance, au sein de l'équipe Communication & Expérience Utilisateurs. Cette équipe a pour rôle de rendre l'IT plus accessible, utile et autonome pour l'ensemble des collaborateurs. Le poste combine une expertise en Data Analyse, un rôle de pilotage produit et une animation transverse orientée résultats, au service de la qualité de service et de l'amélioration continue. La mission implique des déplacements ponctuels sur différents sites. Rôle et responsabilités principales • Porter la vision produit Qualité & Expérience Utilisateur, alignée avec les enjeux métiers et SI • Construire, maintenir et prioriser le backlog d'amélioration continue (irritants utilisateurs, qualité de service, performance des processus) • Animer la Squad Qualité Amélioration Continue : rituels agiles (backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, rétrospectives) et coordination des contributeurs (IT, métiers, support, ingénierie) • Arbitrer les priorités selon la valeur utilisateur, l'impact qualité et les capacités de l'équipe • Garantir la livraison des améliorations et la mesure de leur efficacité • Définir, challenger et faire évoluer les KPI qualité et satisfaction utilisateur • Piloter les actions d'amélioration continue via des méthodes de type Lean Management • Présenter les avancées, analyses et plans d'actions en comités de pilotage Livrables attendus • Backlog d'amélioration continue structuré et priorisé • KPI qualité et satisfaction utilisateur définis et suivis • Analyses de données par typologie d'incidents et segmentation utilisateurs (personae) • Supports de Data Visualisation pour communication orientée décision • Plans d'actions présentés en comité de pilotage

IT Director We offer leading-edge capability, technology and innovation to enable companies to take products into clinical trials and provide clinical, process development, manufacturing, regulatory, health economics and market access expertise. Our aim is to make the UK the most compelling and logical choice for UK and international partners to develop and commercialise these advanced therapies. Leadership of the IT group to service external and internal customers. Our Client is seeking to recruit an IT Director with exceptional credentials and expertise in setting up the planning and strategy framework for the company going forward. You will have at least 10 years expertise at a senior level. Key Accountabilities: • Working with the CFO and Operational leaders set the strategy and objectives • Select the right people, develop, and coach the team • Support internal customers through effective business partnering • Deliver IT services to customers/collaborators resident at the company locations including access/integration to Company business systems and infrastructure (communication/hardware) • Ensure security of data and systems balancing effectiveness with the need for collaboration internally and with customers • Deliver continuous improvement of services for internal and external stakeholders and Collaborators • Ensure IT Services and are delivered efficiently and effectively • Manage delivery of services within the agreed budget Required Experience: • A minimum of ten years' experience leading IT at a senior management level • Track record of delivering results quickly • Experience in delivering IT services to customers • Work in a GMP or highly regulated environment Preferred Experience: • Experience of agile product development • Experience of Lean Six Sigma • Infrastructure delivery (networking, hardware) to customers • Experience with data science project delivery Knowledge / Skills / Competencies: • Highly motivated, pragmatic, and practical to support the mission of the Company to accelerate the development of a commercial cell and gene-based therapy industry in the UK. • High level interpersonal, communication (oral and written) skills. • Resilient, with the ability to manage multiple and varied tasks and prioritise workload within a fast-paced professional environment, with a strong attention to detail. • Flexible and pragmatic, able to learn quickly and respond flexibly to project needs and priorities. • Project ownership and pride in its delivery. • Ability to work well under pressure, to work independently and to be able to take the initiative when completing tasks. • Ambitious, collaborative, driven. • Comfortable operating autonomously once goals and objectives are set. • Able to evaluate complex situations and find solutions for them in a professional manner. • Ability to quickly establish credibility and build rapport and trust. • Proven ability to engage constructively with colleagues at all levels across different departments to deliver objectives and to respond to a wide range of customer and management needs. • Proven diplomacy skills with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders. • High degree of motivation, problem solving skills and innovative thinking. • A good team player with a hands-on approach, and adaptable to new challenges. • A positive attitude towards learning, personal and professional development. • Keeps up to date with professional knowledge, expertise, and best practice. • Willingness to travel. • Proven coaching/mentoring ability. • Strong presentation skills. • Sincere and secure - accepts own mistakes - prioritises team over personal goals. • Driven and proactive - goes above and beyond the call of duty to achieve company results. • Astute and persuasive - leads and inspires colleagues. • Strong influencing and leadership skills. Understands influencing, stakeholder management and negotiation strategies. The Client is ideally seeking someone from a Pharmaceutical or Bio Science background and who understands how to work with the government and government funding. This position will manage 15 people within the IT team. Qualifications: Degree level qualification MBA preferred IT qualifications preferred but not essential Location and Travel: • Contracted location Stevenage • Ability to travel to Company locations The role will be based near Stevenage with hybrid working. The rate will be competitive - circa £1000 per day. This will be a 12 month contract assignment. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your rate and availability.

Nos collaborateurs, présents dans 34 pays et 5 continents, proposent des solutions intégrées à l'ensemble des acteurs du cycle d'investissement (intermédiaires financiers, investisseurs institutionnels, grandes entreprises et émetteurs). Depuis 2018, l'IT est engagé dans la Transformation de ses équipes à l'Agilité, et depuis 2021 dans la transformation au DevOps et à l'utilisation de la Toolchain en favorisant notamment les pratiques de crafmanship. La mission consiste en : Accompagnement de certaines équipes d'un des domaines de l'IT dans leur transformation en les coachant sur les bonnes pratiques de Craftsmanship (tests, automatisation, qualité de code, gestion de l'obsolescence, dette technique, sécurité, cloud…) – notamment en leur prodiguant des formations, kata sur ces sujets. Les résultats seront du ressort de l'équipe ; garantir les moyens mis à disposition. Support technique aux équipes du Domaine dans leur utilisation des plateformes d'intégration continue et les outils standards Participation aux actions transverses de l'équipe de transformation notamment l'initiative de continuous testing (shift left) en amenant les équipes à utiliser les pratiques appropriées : BDD, TDD, stratégie d'automatisation… et les bons outils (selon la grille recommandée par le Groupe) Contribution active aux communautés de pratiques Craftsmanship, agile… Suivi de la bonne planification et exécution des éléments du modèle de transformation en étant le garant de cette méthode dans les équipes ; Collaboration avec les autres coaches de la Transformation (Agile, DevOps, Lean) présents en France, au Portugal et en Inde dans l'application et l'amélioration de la méthode ; -Bonne implication des équipes avec un mindset et des pratiques agiles

Nous recherchons pour l'un de nos clients, acteur majeur engagé dans une transformation agile à l'échelle, un Scrum Master SAFe expérimenté pour accompagner une équipe dans l'ancrage des pratiques Lean & Agile, la fluidification de la collaboration et l'amélioration continue de la performance. La mission s'inscrit dans un environnement exigeant, orienté produit, data et innovation, avec une forte dimension de transformation. Le démarrage est souhaité dès que possible, idéalement en septembre au plus tard. Description du posteEn tant que Scrum Master SAFe, vous jouerez un rôle clé de servant leader auprès de l'équipe. Vous accompagnerez les membres dans la compréhension et l'application du framework agile, tout en veillant à ce que chacun comprenne son rôle, ses responsabilités et sa contribution à la valeur produit. Vous serez en charge d'organiser, préparer et animer les cérémonies Scrum, en garantissant un cadre structuré, rigoureux et efficace. Vous accompagnerez également l'équipe dans l'identification de ses axes d'amélioration, la résolution des obstacles et la mise en place de pratiques favorisant la collaboration, la transparence et la performance collective. Vous interviendrez dans un contexte de transformation, avec pour objectif de renforcer l'autonomie de l'équipe, de soulager le leadership opérationnel existant et de faire respecter les rôles au sein du dispositif agile. Vous devrez être capable d'aller chercher les parties prenantes, de les embarquer, de les intéresser et de les aider à s'inscrire pleinement dans leur rôle. Vos principales responsabilités seront notamment de porter les valeurs Lean & Agile, de protéger l'équipe des interférences externes, de fluidifier la communication intra et extra-équipe, de créer des indicateurs visuels et supports d'information, ainsi que de piloter le suivi des obstacles et de la performance. Vous accompagnerez également le Product Owner dans l'amélioration de la structure du backlog, la rédaction, le découpage et l'estimation des User Stories. Vous contribuerez à maximiser la valeur produite à chaque itération et serez garant du suivi budgétaire des projets.

Job Title: Leadership & Culture Change Manager Contract Length: 12 months, with possibility of extension Location: Suffolk / London Clearance Level: BPSS Start Date: October 2026 Sector: Nuclear Energy / Construction Role Purpose The Leadership & Culture Change Manager will be accountable for overseeing the planning, coordination and delivery of the Leadership and Culture Programme. The role will be responsible for ensuring that quality, time and budget targets are achieved, while effectively managing associated risks, dependencies and benefits realisation without compromising safety. This includes developing and supporting the implementation of change management strategies and plans that maximise employee adoption, minimise resistance and enable effective and sustainable programme and project change outcomes within BAU operations. The role will also involve managing external partners and suppliers to support the successful delivery of the Programme's outcomes and benefits. Key Responsibilities Planning * Work with Programme workstream leads and business stakeholders to develop and maintain the Programme schedule. * Identify dependencies across Programme workstreams, internal programmes and projects, and BAU activities. * Identify and record risks and issues, ensuring appropriate management and mitigation strategies are in place. * Undertake stakeholder identification and mapping, including internal and external interested parties. * Develop and maintain a benefits realisation plan. * Establish and maintain an effective Programme operating rhythm. * Establish Programme governance committees as required, including the development of associated Terms of Reference. Programme Coordination and Delivery * Manage Programme workstreams in line with the agreed operating rhythm. * Coordinate Programme status updates and delivery communications. * Ensure Programme benefits are realised in line with the agreed benefits realisation plan. * Record, track and manage Programme and workstream actions. * Support the sourcing, procurement and implementation of technology solutions that form part of the agreed scope of the Leadership and Culture Programme. Programme Change Management * Develop and support appropriate change management strategies and plans, ensuring these are incorporated into the overall Programme schedule. * Support the Programme Lead and Communications Lead in the development and delivery of wider Programme communications. * Support employee adoption and engagement to help embed and sustain change. Programme Governance * Ensure timely Programme communications, reporting and governance. * Identify and manage risks and issues, escalating where appropriate to minimise impact on delivery. * Identify and manage dependencies across the Programme and BAU activities. * Manage and report on financial budgets and cost control. * Manage contracts, suppliers and external vendors in accordance with internal policies and guidelines. * Manage Programme governance forums, including Steering Committees where required. * Ensure appropriate project and quality assurance controls and gateway checks are undertaken to minimise risks to delivery, cost and quality. Change Control * Identify proposed changes to scope, budget or schedule and seek appropriate approval. * Communicate and manage approved changes across the Programme. * Ensure appropriate change control processes and governance are followed. Reporting * Develop and report individual workstream status updates. * Develop and report the overall Programme status to Executive and Leadership teams. * Support the Programme Lead in developing presentations and reporting materials for Executive and Leadership teams. * Provide clear and accurate reporting on Programme progress, risks, issues, dependencies and benefits. Leadership * Demonstrate best practice in programme, project and change management. * Guide and coach team members to support successful Programme delivery and wider organisational goals. * Build collaborative relationships across cross-functional teams and stakeholder groups. Key Outcomes * Programme and workstreams delivered to agreed time, scope and budget, including the effective management of approved change controls. * Agreed Programme benefits successfully realised. * Successful transition of Programme outcomes into BAU operations with minimal business disruption. * Effective change management resulting in successful adoption, embedding and sustainability of change. Knowledge, Skills and Experience * Proven experience in large-scale programme or project management within energy, infrastructure, engineering or similarly complex environments. * Strong experience across planning, scheduling, cost management, risk management, stakeholder coordination and business transformation. * Experience delivering organisational, business process and technology change and implementation. * Professional certifications or qualifications in programme, project or change management, such as MSP, PMP, PRINCE2 or Prosci. * Strong communication, leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at different levels. * Ability to produce clear, accurate documentation, presentations and Programme reports. * Experience using project and programme management tools and software. * Experience using data and analysis to support decision-making. * Knowledge or experience of continuous improvement methodologies, such as Lean Six Sigma. * Knowledge of sourcing and procurement processes. * Experience in contract, supplier and external vendor management. * Demonstrated success in developing and delivering change management strategies and implementation plans, including communications, stakeholder engagement, education, training, embedding and sustaining change. * Demonstrated success in achieving agreed business benefits and outcomes through programme and project-based change management. * Experience developing interventions to address complex change challenges within dynamic environments. * Strong analytical, conceptual and innovative problem-solving skills. * Excellent verbal communication, facilitation and organisational skills. * Strong focus on meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external stakeholders. * Collaborative approach with the ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships. * Experience working directly with business stakeholders and management at all levels to implement and embed change. * Advanced working knowledge of recognised change management approaches, principles, methodologies and tools, including Prosci or similar frameworks. * Exposure to safety-critical or operational environments would be beneficial. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance. A multiple award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over consecutive years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience. Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.

Senior Agile CoachIntroduction & Summary:We are seeking a Senior Agile Coach who specializes in Product & Engineering transformation. This role requires an individual capable of supporting tech teams by facilitating meaningful changes in operations rather than merely conducting traditional agile ceremonies. The ideal candidate should be pragmatic and impact-driven with the ability to facilitate collaboration between Product and Engineering teams, utilizing KPIs to measure their effectiveness. Main Responsibilities:Support the rollout of an effective Product & Engineering operating model. Enhance team collaboration by focusing on shared goals, priorities, and commitments. Strengthen collaboration methods across discovery, delivery, planning, and continuous improvement. Assist teams in transitioning from activity-based delivery to outcome-based delivery. Establish and apply relevant KPIs to enhance delivery flow, predictability, and quality. Identify performance blockers, dependencies, and systemic issues. Coach Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Scrum Masters. Facilitate alignment on priorities and decision-making between leadership and teams. Promote team autonomy, accountability, and delivery maturity. Offer constructive challenges to existing processes and provide actionable recommendations. Key Requirements:Extensive experience as an Agile Coach or in a similar role. Strong background in a technology or product-driven environment. Credentials in collaborating with Engineering teams with insights into software delivery constraints. A solid understanding of product management practices including roadmaps and prioritization. Proficient knowledge in agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean. Experience in defining and utilizing KPIs (lead time, cycle time, quality, etc.). Adept at interpreting team dynamics and fostering collaboration. Excellent facilitation, coaching, and stakeholder management abilities. A comfort level in coaching both teams and senior leaders. Confident in presenting structured, pragmatic recommendations to senior stakeholders. Nice to Have:Experience in sectors such as SaaS or fintech is advantageous. Familiarity with advanced analytics and data visualization tools. Other Details:This position is remote and is expected to evolve, adapting to the organization's needs. The aim is to achieve a higher maturity in product delivery and team autonomy.