Deputy Director – Corporate Applications and Support Services in Edinburgh

Deputy Director – Corporate Applications and Support Services in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Full-Time 68205 - 68205 Β£ / year (est.) No working from home possible
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead the vision for a top-notch corporate platform and drive continuous improvement.
  • Company: Join a forward-thinking organisation focused on digital transformation.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a chance to shape technology.
  • Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to innovate and collaborate across teams.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact by optimising technology for better service delivery.
  • Qualifications: Proven leadership in IT ecosystems and experience with complex technology change.

The predicted salary is between 68205 - 68205 Β£ per year.

Responsibilities Help shape and communicate a clear vision for an optimised corporate platform, engaging senior stakeholders to encourage ideas, investment, and shared understanding.

Lead the selection, integration, and continuous improvement of platform technologies, ensuring they form a coherent and effective end to end ecosystem.

Build and develop capability across teams by creating aligned development and improvement plans, blending internal and external skills, and ensuring the organisation can fully own and operate its technology.

Oversee platform operations, including Saa S upgrades, system performance, and overall platform health, ensuring sustainability, security, accessibility, and timely enhancements.

Drive continuous improvement, proactively identifying opportunities to increase value, features, innovation, and service quality informed by customer feedback and user engagement.

Deliver a responsive, transparent support service and design the platform to be suitable for shared service use, supported by effective monitoring, feedback loops, and user centred processes.

Requirements Demonstrates strategic leadership across enterprise IT ecosystems and digital transformation programmes, with a proven ability to deliver complex technology change in large organisations.

Skilled at integrating diverse systems and aligning digital services with organisational and government standards.

Be digitally literate, with the ability to engage effectively with technical teams, suppliers and stakeholders to shape and define optimal service design approaches.

Brings demonstrable experience of agile delivery methodologies, open source technologies, cloud platforms and digital services at scale, alongside deep expertise in a relevant digital, data or technology domain.

Extensive experience in enterprise IT or digital transformation, ideally within public sector or large-scale organisations.

Experience managing complex application ecosystems, including Saa S, custom-built, and legacy systems.

Track record of leading cross-functional teams, including architecture, infrastructure, operations, and delivery.

Experience with procurement and vendor management, especially in selecting and integrating new technologies.

Familiarity with government digital service standards, accessibility, and sustainability principles.

Experience leading or supporting large-scale technology delivery projects. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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We think you need these skills to ace Deputy Director – Corporate Applications and Support Services in Edinburgh

Strategic Leadership
Enterprise IT Ecosystems
Digital Transformation
Technology Change Management
System Integration
Digital Service Alignment
Digital Literacy