Role Responsibilities Lead both the Digital function of c.5,000 people, as the Digital professional lead in the department, and as a visible and credible Digital leader across the wider department. Shaping the digitalisation strategy for DWP, driving and embedding a Digital First mindset and working across different lines of business to deliver policy intent through user-centered digital services. Ensuring that the right processes, procedures and technologies are designed, used and integrated to make sure that digital becomes ingrained in the business. Role modelling the desired leadership behaviours and creating the culture and conditions to empower people to work across organisational boundaries, in multi-disciplinary teams, in service of our strategic priorities. Promoting new ways of working and information technology-enabled innovation, including exploring and delivering responsible AI to drive and build sustainable digital capability across the Department to support Civil Service Reform and Digital Strategy priorities, developing a culture which is able to build, attract and retain talent across the function. Providing assurance that strategic risks are identified and managed and where appropriate escalated and shared with Senior Stakeholders, including Ministerial teams. This role will require an ability to work confidently with Ministers and engage with them to deliver their priorities. Developing collaborative strategic partnerships working across Government including Cabinet Office, Treasury, Government Digital Service and other Departments in service of dealing with the most complex issues, sharing best practice and deploying shared services. Leading the delivery of digital and information systems and services to 90,000 DWP colleagues. Managing a budget of 1 billion in a sustainable and compliant manner. Establishing strategic, sustainable relationships with partners and vendors. Contribute to and actively participate in the executive leadership of DWP as we deliver unprecedented change to the welfare system, and to the products and services it delivers; working in close partnership with Director General colleagues on transforming our services and transforming how we as a Department operate. Deliver high quality, stable and resilient live IT services and lead the strategic management of the supplier contract. Person specification Essential Criteria The successful candidate must be an effective business and digital services transformation advocate, experienced at operating at the most senior levels, and able to demonstrate their knowledge, experience and skills against the following essential criteria: Extensive experience leading, developing and implementing transformational digital strategies to scale in complex private or public organisations. Proven leadership across the full suite of a technology and digital function, both financially and with a significant team, with a track record of leading at scale, setting a clear vision and role modeling an inclusive, collaborative culture which focuses on building current and future capability through developing and championing professionalisation, and creating an environment where high performing teams thrive. A track record of building and managing complex senior stakeholder relationships, channeling differing or conflicting views, to ensure that both the digital and broader business directorates are brought into the digitalisation strategy and are therefore moving in the same direction. Proven experience to grasp complex business processes and provide insight on how they might be enabled through digitalisation. Crucially to achieve the spending review commitments, a proven history of aligning business strategies with financial challenges and the ability to combine an understanding of the customer into how digital technology will reimagine customer experiences. A track record of establishing meaningful business case and performance metrics by which digital effectiveness and value is, or could be, achieved coupled with a flair to engage, communicate and influence to demystify digitalisation and further embed it within the organisation. Benefits Alongside your salary of 200,000, Department for Work and Pensions contributes 57,940 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. DWP have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours. Generous annual leave at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (prorata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave. Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme. Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly). Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 years continuous service. Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes. An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Womens Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more. Things you need to know Selection process details To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process outlined below. A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. 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