An fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced and strategically minded Head of IT and Digital, to lead an IT Team in what will be multi-year transformation programme within a large, complex organisation. 

This will be an interim role, expected to be initially contracted for 9 to 12 months, with a range of challenges, but boiling down to supporting an organisation to work their way through an enterprise-wide transformation programme.

The work will affect the organisational structure, ways of working and IT estate.  Our client is looking for a very specific profile fit for this role, so please review the details below! 
 
Role: Head of IT and Digital Duration: TBC - expected to be 9-12 months
Rate: TBC 
Status: Inside IR35
Location: Warwick
Working Practice: 3-5 days per week onsite, dependent on requirements

Key Responsibilities 

• Provide strategic leadership for IT, 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 teams responsible for IT 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

• Proven history in Head of IT / Data or IT Director level roles (not Programme Management as a Programme Manager will be appointed separately)
• Demonstrable experience across both public and private sector environments 
• Proven track record of leading and directing major organisational transformation programmes, such as M&A activity, Multi-site / multi-organisation outsourcing or insourcing 
• Proven capability in orchestrating complex, enterprise-wide change programmes 
• Strong commercial, financial and strategic capability (Budget management of around £20-30million) 
• Experience leading geographically dispersed, multi-disciplinary teams 
• Outstanding communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with credibility at executive and board level 
• Able to communicate the technical challenges in IT, to non-technical stakeholders