Group Head of Corporate IT & Networks

Do you have deep experience leading global Corporate IT, infrastructure, and network organizations?

If you're excited about shaping a secure, scalable, and high-performing enterprise technology environment for a growing global company - this role could be for you.

We’re looking for a Group Head of Corporate IT & Network who will define and execute evoke’s global technology strategy, ensuring a reliable, cost-effective, and future-ready foundation that supports business growth, operational excellence, integrations, and an exceptional colleague experience.

What you will be doing:

• Set the strategic direction, principles, standards, and multi-year roadmaps for Corporate IT, network, and workplace technologies, aligned with business priorities.
• Drive operational excellence and ensure availability, performance, and a high-quality colleague experience across infrastructure, networks, EUC/workplace, and service operations.
• Implement strong SLO/SLA discipline, lead incident/problem/change management, and continuously improve service operations.
• Partner with the CISO to embed security controls, policies, and risk management frameworks across all regions.
• Ensure global business continuity, resilience, and audit readiness.
• Lead governance and investment prioritization, ensuring clear value tracking, risk management, and informed recommendations to the CIO and ELT.
• Oversee technology and process integrations related to operating-model changes, M&A, and post-merger integration.
• Manage vendor relationships, shape the partner ecosystem, negotiate value, and own a significant multi-year budget with a focus on cost control and productivity.
• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing global team and leadership bench, fostering accountability, collaboration, and a strong people-first culture.
• Translate strategy into measurable outcomes, communicate clearly during change and incident situations, and align stakeholders across Product & Tech and Corporate Functions.

Who we are looking for:

• 15+ years of experience in Corporate IT, Infrastructure, Network, or Workplace domains, including 7+ years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven track record managing global, multi-site teams across geographies and time zones (mandatory).
• Experience owning enterprise-scale, mission-critical environments with strong service-management outcomes.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including managing a large multi-year budget and driving cost optimization.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence C-suite and senior stakeholders, make crisp decisions, and effectively manage risk.
• Familiarity with service-management and governance frameworks such as ITIL.
• Relevant academic degree or equivalent practical experience.
• BONUS: Experience driving culture change, global technology transformations, and post-merger technology integrations.

What success looks like:

• High stability, availability, and improved colleague satisfaction with corporate technology services.
• Consistent improvement in service KPIs (SLA/SLO performance, MTTR, change success rate).
• Delivery of multi-year roadmaps on time and within budget, with visible risk reduction and business value.
• Positive audit outcomes and stronger resilience posture across all global sites.
• High engagement, retention, and development of talent within Corporate IT & Network.
• Demonstrated budget stewardship and measurable year-over-year productivity gains.

What we offer:

Our roles offer more than just a job, you’ll become part of the evoke family! We have created an environment where our people can thrive. Check out some of the fantastic benefits on offer:

• Hybrid work model
• Free parking in the building + free electric car charging
• Refer a friend – bonus or gift card
• HitechZone membership
• Birthday gift + day off during your birthday month
• Gifts on holidays and life events
• Broad collective health insurance (with options for family members and extensions)
• Ten Bis

More about evoke

We’re a business that embraces change and progress. The power behind big name brands William Hill, 888 and Mr Green, evoke is the new name for 888 Holdings. Marking a new sense of purpose, direction and ambition for the business, there couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us as we accelerate our journey to bring even greater delight to our customers with world-class experiences. That’s the future. That’s evoke.

At evoke, you’ll benefit from flexibility and a culture built on trust. We’ll give you the space to be yourself and the tools you need to protect our customers while they play. We’ll invest in your future to help you develop your unique strengths and build a career that’s right for you.

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At evoke, we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion for the benefit of our company, employees, and communities. We foster a welcoming and safe workplace that values all forms of diversity and provides opportunities for growth.

Sounds good? Then you belong at our place! The first step in the recruitment process is kickstarting your application, followed by an initial screening call and an interview stage.

Apply today to kickstart your application with evoke!