Head of Technology Operations & Strategy

We are transforming DCMS to meet the demands of an agile, delivery-focused department leading on some of the highest priority work for the government’s agenda to drive growth, enrich lives and level-up society.

Our modernisation plans include critical investment in our systems, ensuring they are fit for purpose and reducing the manual input required, as well as the ongoing development of a new central function to transform the way DCMS uses technology, data and digital services.

We also want to transform how we solve policy challenges by having user centred design and collaboration within multi-disciplinary teams at the heart of what we do.

This is an incredibly exciting time to join the team within DCMS. Our mission is to digitally enable how DCMS delivers its priority outcomes which can adapt and respond to the changing needs of the sectors and partners we work with. Can you help us get there? For more information about the role and how to apply, please visit www.civilservicejobs.gov.uk

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience, please note that the desirable skills will only be considered in the event of tied candidates:

Essential requirements:

• Experience working with public cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure and Google GCP)
• Experience defining and implementing technical strategies, roadmaps, standards, patterns and policies, and evidence of measuring success.
• Evidence of guiding operational decisions with high risk and complexity.
• Strong communication skills, with experience communicating with and influencing senior technical and non-technical stakeholders, mediating difficult decisions, and gaining support for complex initiatives.
• Experience supporting selection and procurement of technology systems and suppliers, managing supplier contracts and relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and review budgets/spending, and evidence capability to maximise investments.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary agile delivery teams.

Desirable skills

• Experience leading the identification and analysis of IT system capabilities, and the ability to explore, learn and apply new technologies.
• Experience producing technical documentation and architecture diagrams.
• Experience designing technical architecture for internal/public-facing systems, balancing technology against cost, user experience, operational support experience and strategic outcomes.

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by David Booth, and will take place on: Tuesday 28th July at 11.45

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this Registration form and you will be sent an invitation. Invites will only be sent after this deadline has passed. Please note that the session will not be recorded and will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to [email protected]