Head of ICT & Digital Services Fixed Term

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced and strategically minded Head of ICT & Digital to lead the delivery of an enterprise-wide digital, data and technology transformation programme within a large, complex organisation.

This is a fixed-term appointment to April 2028, with a clearly defined outcome: to design, mobilise and deliver a step-change in digital capability, operating model, and ICT service performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for all ICT, digital and data services
  
  
• Lead the development and execution of a defined transformation programme, delivering against agreed outcomes, timelines and benefits
  
  
• Orchestrate complex organisational change, aligning technology, people, processes and governance
  
  
• Ensure cyber resilience, robust data governance and secure service delivery
  
  
• Oversee ICT operations, architecture, applications, infrastructure and service delivery
  
  
• Manage significant revenue budgets and capital investment aligned to transformation objectives
  
  
• Build effective relationships across senior leadership, partners and delivery stakeholders
  
  

• Significant senior leadership experience within ICT in large, complex organisations
  
  
• Demonstrable experience across both public and private sector environments
  
  
• Proven track record of leading and directing major organisational transformation programmes, including:-
  
  
  • Mergers and acquisitions
    
    
  • Multi-site / multi-organisation outsourcing or insourcing
    
    
• Proven capability in orchestrating complex, enterprise-wide change programmes
  
  
• Strong commercial, financial and strategic capability
  
  
• Experience leading geographically dispersed, multi-disciplinary teams
  
  
• Outstanding communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with credibility at executive and board level
  
  
• Relevant professional accreditation (e.g. Chartered IT Professional or equivalent), or commitment to achieve
  
  

• -120,000 - -140,000 + Senior Benefits Package