Head of IT (Interim)

Overview

The Head of IT (Interim) is a 12-month contract role based in the West Midlands, paying £580 per day. This position leads an IT department through significant organisational change, focusing on complex digital and data transformation. The successful candidate will drive forward IT performance, shape the future operating model, and enhance digital capability across the business. Strong communication skills are essential, as the role involves influencing non-technical stakeholders during key decision-making. The working pattern is full-time on a contract basis.

Details

Role: Head of IT

Duration: 12 Months

Rate: £580 per day

Status: Inside IR35

Working Practice: 3 to 5 days onsite

Location: West Midlands

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic / operational leadership, and direction for IT, digital and data.
• Line management of 5 IT leadership FTE’s in ICT operations, architecture, applications, infrastructure and service delivery.
• Support the leadership on developing and executing a defined transformation programme, against budget and within set timelines.
• Orchestrate complex organisational change, aligning technology, people, processes and governance.
• Ensure cyber resilience, robust data governance and secure service delivery.
• Manage significant revenue budgets and capital investment aligned to transformation objectives.
• Build and nurture relationships across senior leadership, stakeholders and users within the business.

Key Skills / Qualifications

• Demonstrable background of operating as an IT leader / Head of IT, within complex transformation programmes.
• Proven experience across both public and private sector environments.
• A background in leading IT departments through complex change, such as Mergers / Acquisitions / Insourcing / Outsourcing / Target Operating Model change.
• Proven capability in orchestrating complex, enterprise-wide change programmes.
• Strong commercial, financial and strategic capability.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders, and lead teams, able to translate complex requirements for non-technical stakeholders.

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