Job Details
Location: Glasgow or Darlington or Llandudno - SLC offer a blended working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home.
Pension: A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%. Please refer to the Civil Service Pensions website for more information.
Type: Full time (12 months fixed-term)
Closing date: 12 June at 23:59
Position Overview
We’re looking for a senior digital leader to shape and deliver high‑impact, service‑centric platforms at scale, owning the full lifecycle from strategy through to continuous improvement. You will lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver resilient, secure, and accessible digital services, using data, user insight, and performance metrics to continuously optimise and scale self‑service experiences.
Acting as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, you’ll build strong cross‑government and partner relationships, aligning delivery with policy, transformation roadmaps, and enterprise priorities. You’ll drive the introduction and integration of new technologies (including COTS and SaaS), ensuring seamless adoption while maintaining strong architectural integrity and operational performance. This role will champion enterprise agility—embedding standards, influencing governance, and enabling consistent, value‑driven delivery across portfolios and teams.
You’ll also play a key role in evolving capability, shaping workforce strategy, and uplifting digital delivery maturity across disciplines. If you’re ready to influence at system level and leave a lasting mark on how digital services are delivered, we’d welcome your application.
Qualifications
- Demonstrable experience leading agile, multi‑disciplinary digital delivery teams in complex or regulated environments, with expertise in enterprise‑scale delivery approaches
- Proven track record of delivering large‑scale digital products and services, driving agile cultures and continuous improvement through data, KPIs and OKRs
- Demonstrable understanding of agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and modern product‑centric delivery models
- Experience of modern technology delivery, including cloud platforms, APIs, integration and reducing technical debt
- Demonstrable ability to influence at senior level, building effective relationships across business, government and external partners
- Deep knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD and platform operations, with the ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes
- Experience of portfolio, vendor and financial governance, ensuring effective prioritisation and value for money
- Demonstrable leadership capability, including workforce planning, developing multi‑disciplinary teams and driving digital culture change
Benefits
- 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
- Option to buy/sell annual leave
- Flexi‑time and enhanced flexible working options available
- Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme
- Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary
- Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption
- Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme
Legal and EDI Statements
We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some background checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include employment history, criminal record check, credit reference check and fraud check.
Disability Confident Leader – We’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that empowers people of all abilities. Our team actively promotes accessible hiring practices, supports candidates with disabilities throughout their employment journey to help build a diverse equitable workplace at SLC. SLC will make reasonable adjustments for those who consider themselves to have a disability or long‑term condition in line with the Equality Act 2010. Our application process provides candidates with the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments but if you would like to discuss this in more detail, please email ask_recruitment@slc.co.uk.
