Job description

About the company

IVY TECH LTD is a UK-based technology company specialising in AI-enabled monitoring and optimisation of high-value industrial assets. Our flagship platform, ORIV, combines advanced sensing, machine learning and industrial domain expertise to reduce downtime, improve safety, and optimise performance across advanced manufacturing and infrastructure sectors.

We are expanding internationally and are establishing a strategic delivery and growth hub in Sri Lanka to support global product development and regional market growth.

Opportunity

We are seeking an exceptional Head of Sri Lanka Operations to establish and lead IVY TECH’s Sri Lanka operation from the ground up.

This is a senior leadership role combining technical leadership, operational ownership, and commercial engagement. You will act as the founding leader of our Sri Lanka entity, building our engineering capability while supporting early business development and customer engagements in the region.

This role reports directly to UK senior leadership and will play a key role in shaping IVY TECH’s international growth.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Operational Leadership

• Establish and lead IVY TECH’s Sri Lanka operations as the country lead
• Define local operating model, governance, and delivery standards aligned with UK headquarters
• Build and scale a high-performing technical and commercial team

Technical & Product Leadership

• Own delivery of software and platform development for ORIV from Sri Lanka
• Ensure engineering quality, architecture alignment, security, and scalability
• Work closely with UK product leadership on roadmap, prioritisation, and innovation

Team Building & Culture

• Recruit, mentor, and lead engineering, data, and business staff
• Establish a strong engineering culture with high standards of delivery and accountability
• Develop future technical and managerial leaders

Commercial & Customer Engagement

• Support pre-sales, technical demos, and pilot deployments in Sri Lanka and the region
• Engage with industrial customers, partners, and government bodies
• Represent IVY TECH locally with professionalism and credibility

Growth & Expansion

• Help shape Sri Lanka as a long-term regional hub for technology and market expansion
• Contribute to international strategy and future regional scaling

Required Profile

Experience

• 10+ years’ experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or industrial technology
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and complex technology delivery
• Background in one or more of:
• Cloud platforms
• Data / AI / analytics systems
• IoT / industrial systems / asset monitoring

Leadership & Commercial Capability

• Experience operating in leadership roles with both technical and business responsibility
• Comfortable engaging with senior customers, partners, and executives
• Strong decision-maker in ambiguous, fast-growing environments

Personal Attributes

• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong ownership mentality
• High integrity, reliability, and ability to operate as a trusted representative of the company
• Excellent communication skills across technical and business audiences

Highly Desirable

• Experience working with UK, European, or multinational technology organisations
• Exposure to industrial, manufacturing, energy, or infrastructure sectors
• Experience in start-ups, scale-ups, or international delivery centres

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary and benefits
• Founding leadership role in an international technology expansion
• Direct influence on company strategy, product, and international growth
• Competitive senior-level compensation package
• Long-term career progression towards regional or global leadership roles
• Opportunity to build and lead a world-class technology hub in Sri Lanka