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Head Of IT And Digital (Interim)

Posted: 12/08/26
Recruiter:Network IT
Reference:3154747996
Type:Permanent
Disciplines: Chief Technical Officer
Salary:£550 - £650 Daily
Location:Warwickshire
Description: 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
Essential Criteria - Candidate Profile:
  • 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

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