Jez Colburn

Head Of Product Development at FCDO Services

Jez Colburn has extensive work experience in various roles within the technology industry. Jez started their career as a Technical System Administrator at the Home Office in 1998, followed by a brief period of backpacking across Australia. In 1999, they worked as a Data Centre Engineer at Press Association.

Starting from 1999, Jez joined Capita and held several positions including Enterprise Solutions Architect, Senior Technical Consultant, Technical Solutions Manager, and Product Manager - Software & Services. In these roles, they were responsible for various aspects of product development and management, including roadmap creation, customer consultation, technical pre-sales, and project leadership. Jez also built strong relationships with stakeholders across departments and played a key role in the adoption of web-based Microsoft SQL applications. Jez worked at Capita until February 2017.

In 2017, Jez joined FCDO Services.gov.uk as a Senior Product Manager and later became the Head of Product Development in January 2019. The details of their roles at FCDO Services.gov.uk, including start and end dates, were not provided.

Jez Colburn completed a Higher National Diploma in Computer Science at Sheffield Hallam University. Additionally, they obtained various certifications throughout their career, including AI Startups & Innovation Programme from Imperial College London, Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance, ITIL Foundation from BCS, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Office SharePoint Server 2010 from Microsoft, and PRINCE2 Practitioner from AMPG.

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

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FCDO Services

For over 60 years, we have been keeping our customers’, assets and information safe all around the world. We are essentially a public sector organisation, which gives us a strong ethos of service. Yet we are commercial too. This rare blend of governmental stability and commercial drive allows us to be dynamic and keenly competitive within our markets. We do vital work on a global scale. We design and deliver secure services to high-level customers, such as governments and international organisations, all over the world – often in places that others don’t go. From personal and site security, to counter eavesdropping and sophisticated cloud solutions, our customers look to us to keep their information and assets secure in a constantly changing world. To respond, we need to continue to deliver solutions that are truly world class, We are an organisation of immense capability. Our work protects information, national interests and people worldwide. Our customers face ever-changing security challenges. We respond with speed, agility and technological innovation and are able to deliver solutions anywhere in the world. Our complex work is always important, and takes place on a global scale - often in very demanding environments. Join our diverse and accomplished team, and you’ll find careers with unparalleled variety and an ingrained culture of excellence, more than this, you'll find a job to be proud of. Many of our roles are truly international, but whatever you do here, you’ll support and deliver complex work that just matters more. Your contribution will help keep people safe, protect critical information and safeguard national interests. As such, your work will have greater significance. And the impact you make will reach further. Put simply, your job will be bigger. Our careers are as diverse as our organisation. Whatever your skills, find out where we might have a role for you.