Overview In this role you will steer a large-scale digital transformation programme to move services from legacy infrastructure to modern SaaS/PaaS and supplier-hosted hosting. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, suppliers, and governance bodies to create a deliverable, phased plan and ensure dependencies, risks and budgets are managed. You will translate technical and commercial detail into actionable decisions and smooth transition to business as usual. This is a dynamic, cross-organisational delivery role with a focus on realising tangible change and service readiness.
Pay / Benefits - competitive rewards package
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 after five years)
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- flexible working including hybrid working
Responsibilities - Convert portfolio into a deliverable plan with clear sequencing and owners
- Coordinate with technical teams, service owners, suppliers, Finance, Procurement and IG
- Manage dependencies, risks, issues, budgets and decisions; surface problems early
- Guide routes for complex migrations, including procurement, data migration and architecture considerations
- Provide senior stakeholders with a clear, actionable view of progress beyond standard status reports
- Coordinate testing, cutover, service readiness and transition into business as usual
- Collaborate with architects and technical specialists to create a conducive delivery environment
Key requirements - Degree-level education or equivalent in a related discipline
- Experience managing multiple complex projects and delivering significant organisational or technology change
- Strong project management skills across planning, governance, risk/issue management, financial management, change management and benefits realisation
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with senior and cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience delivering complex digital/ICT projects and working with suppliers and procurement
- strong communication
- influencing and negotiation
- stakeholder management
- planning and governance
- risk and issue management
- financial management
