Methods are looking to speak to experienced Technical Directors/CTO's regarding a new contract opportunity. This role will require an on-site presence 3 days. Tuesday will be a mandatory day in the office and this is non negotiable.

We're looking for a charismatic and experienced CTO/Technical Director to lead the end-to-end technical and non-technical delivery.

This role demands a seasoned leader with deep expertise in Azure-based micro services architecture, a strong Java engineering background (Desirable), and the presence to lead in a multi-supplier, highly regulated environment.

Role Duties:

• Lead the design and evolution of Azure-native micro services architecture, with an emphasis on interoperability, resilience, and compliance.
• Provide authoritative leadership in a complex multi-supplier environment, managing dependencies, conflicts, and alignment across delivery partners.
• Act as a trusted advisor and translator between technical teams and senior non-technical stakeholders
• Oversee end-to-end delivery, from architecture and engineering through to release, integration, support, and continuous improvement.
• Drive stakeholder engagement, manage risks, and own resolution paths for architectural and delivery issues.
• Foster a high-performing culture across mixed-supplier and internal teams, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, clarity, and accountability.
• Engage regularly with governance, security, data, and policy leads to ensure architecture is robust and audit-ready.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Significant experience in Criminal Justice environments - with a deep understanding of justice system processes, data, and compliance needs.
• Strong track record in enterprise-level architecture, particularly in large-scale transformation or platform delivery within government.
• Expert-level understanding of Microsoft Azure, including platform services, networking, identity, security, and DevOps tooling.
• Experience leading delivery in a micro service-based architecture ecosystem, including containerisation, API design, and integration patterns.
• Hands-on familiarity with Java programming and associated build and deployment pipelines. Alternatively, experience in object-orientated, Back End language such Kotlin, Scala or C#.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement, communication, and negotiation skills - able to bridge between executive, policy, and technical domains
• Demonstrated success working within multi-vendor delivery environments; able to align diverse partners around a common architectural vision.
• Proven strength in conflict resolution, decision-making, and influencing at senior leadership level.
• Strong understanding of public sector technology standards, information governance, and procurement processes.
• Understanding of user-centred design and service design thinking in government.
• Experience working with agile governance frameworks (eg GDS Service Standards, DDaT roles).
• Experience of working in an environment that is product led.
• Strong understanding of security standards within the UK Government Sector and Private Sector, such as Secure-By-Design.

Please apply now, due to the expected interest in this role, if you do not have experience in Government Sectors & Criminal Justice knowledge, we will not be able to consider you for this role.