Deputy Director

Description:

Deputy Director 

Contract: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

Responsibilities

• Lead and transform our digital, technology and information services across a complex and ambitious organisation ensuring they are aligned to organisational priorities, resilient to risk, and capable of supporting modern, agile service delivery
• This is a pivotal leadership role, combining operational oversight with strategic innovation, and offers a rare opportunity to shape how technology enables services, supports our workforce, and improves outcomes for residents across the Authority
• Be fully aware of every aspect of the Director’s priorities in order to drive through service improvement and business transformational change
• Oversight of Transformation and Business Services functions, with specific responsibility for the strategic management of ICT Operations, Cyber Security delivery and Scomis Business Unit
• Oversee an annual budget of approximately £5m, with influence over wider directorate and organisational investment decisions
• Influence corporate strategy and contribute to the Council’s approach
• Ensure robust, secure and sustainable digital foundations that enable transformation at pace

Experience

• Substantial and successful experience of managing large digital and ICT operations, projects, programmes and budgets bringing a wealth of technological experience
• Evidence of leading and directing complex services across digital and ICT services
• Strong Strategic leadership capability and experience across large, diverse and complex organisations, in a challenging and changing business environment
• Substantial management experience of strategy and policy development, and management of operational services at a senior level
• Ability to work across a complex, multidisciplinary, and sometimes ambiguous landscape