Chief Information Officer (CIO)

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Chief Information Officer(CIO), Teddington

Client:

National Physical Laboratory

Location:

Teddington, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

11

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

Job Description:

About the Role

Through our vital research, the National Physical Laboratory is helping support scientific and commercial innovations, international trade, environmental protection and health and wellbeing. As technology advances, we’re able to use this to take even larger strides in delivering demonstrable scientific impact. As our Chief Information Officer, you’ll lead in this pioneering collaboration role working with other UK and international science, engineering, and technology organisations to maximise the benefit of the digital transformation.

This is a critical management role delivering the value of the organisation's digital systems with a focus on areas such as Data, Customer, ERP, Cloud, AI, and linking to Cybersecurity. You’ll own the digital modernisation strategy and drive the technical direction – future-proofing the architecture for digital alignment. You'll also drive employee contribution and engagement through a people-centric culture that builds on the organisation’s values.

This strategic leadership role involves developing and executing the digital strategy that drives long-term success: enabling research, science, engineering, and operations. Whether you’re selecting and implementing suitable technology to increase efficiency; owning the portfolio of IT activities to optimise performance; or analysing costs, values, and risks of information technology to shape decisions — you’ll be spearheading the function and collaborating across the organisation as a key enabler.

Heading up a team, you’ll motivate and inspire them to deliver your vision, whilst developing and fulfilling their potential. As a member of the senior leadership team, you’ll build strategic customer and stakeholder relationships, act as a brand ambassador for NPL, and work across the organisation to drive change and promote NPL’s values.

About You

You are an exceptional digital leader with a background in transforming a business’s performance by embracing new and emerging technologies. Highly technical, you’re also very commercial and a confident communicator. A natural leader, you have superb people management skills and are able to take complex subjects and convey them in an audience-appropriate way.

Beyond that, we’re looking for someone who’ll thrive in an environment like ours — ideally, with proven and relevant experience of working within science and technology organisations. A genuine passion for science and technology and a drive to excel in this field will be essential for success.

You will be an inspiring and empowering digital leader who:

• is committed to their organisation’s purpose
• is a highly skilled communicator and collaborator
• is a strategic thinker and planner with the ability to take a holistic view
• solves complex problems and makes decisions in dynamic environments
• expertly manages stakeholders and is dedicated to customer success
• enables their business to evolve and change with the support of technology

You will be an inspiring and empowering functional leader who:

• delivers digital and IT strategies across a diverse organisation
• delivers an operational IT portfolio, conducting financial forecasting, managing budgets, and managing IT supplier frameworks
• drives standards and governance to achieve commitments
• adapts their organisation to anticipate and meet changing business needs
• is focused on their employees’ engagement and development as a basis for overall success

Note: We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that nationality, residency, and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS security clearance.