Deputy Director Technology Services - HM Land Registry - SCS1

Manchester Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HM Land Registry is seeking an outstanding technology leader to join as Deputy Director of Technology Services. This senior role leads ~300 IT professionals, oversees a ~£50m budget, and ensures secure, reliable, and responsive technology services for customers and colleagues.

Responsibilities include directing diverse technical staff, maintaining core systems, managing budgets and suppliers, and driving security.

Qualifications

• Broad enterprise-level understanding of technology and infrastructure.
• Broad enterprise-level understanding of cyber security.
• Experience leading large IT teams and complex change initiatives.
• Strong supplier, contract management and commercial awareness.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and leadership to a broad group of technical staff across multiple technologies.
• Ensure core systems performance supports major change activities and continuous improvement.
• Manage large IT budgets (circa £50m) and suppliers in line with government guidance.
• Ensure appropriate security solutions and services are deployed to protect the organisation.
• Collaborate with technical architecture to shape the future direction of infrastructure.
• Be an active member of the leadership team, promoting organisational values.
• Communicate with executives, staff and external stakeholders to drive partnerships.
• Serve as Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for relevant projects or portfolios.
• Create an environment where the team can succeed through clear delegation and performance criteria.

Skills

Enterprise tech leadership

Cyber security

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Job description

Location

Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS

About The Job

Job summary

HM Land Registry is looking for an outstanding technology leader to join us as Deputy Director of Technology Services. This is a significant senior leadership role, with responsibility for the performance, security and resilience of the technology services that underpin our organisation and the wider conveyancing market. You will lead a function of around 300 IT professionals, oversee budgets of approximately £50 million and ensure our critical technology services remain secure, reliable and responsive to the changing needs of our customers and colleagues.

Job Description

Millions of people and businesses rely on HM Land Registry every year for guaranteed and trusted information on property ownership which covers properties worth around £8 trillion. Understanding and protecting the nation’s land ownership, and its potential use and value, is vital to a successful economy and a sustainable future.

As our Deputy Director Technology Services, you will be responsible for:

• Provide direction and leadership to a broad group of technical staff, demonstrating familiarity and competence with a range of technologies.
• Ensure the performance of core systems continues to meet the needs of the organisation whilst supporting major change activities and continuous improvement.
• Manage large IT budgets (circa £50m) and suppliers in accordance with wider government guidance, driving value for money and savings.
• Ensure appropriate security solutions and services are deployed to protect the organisation from malicious attacks.
• Work closely with technical architecture to ensure the future direction of infrastructure meets the expectations of the organisation.
• Be an active and supportive member of directorate and wider organisation leadership team, promoting and demonstrating organisational values.
• Communicate with a wide range of HMLR executives, staff and external stakeholders, driving partnerships, setting the agenda and influencing the wider development of the property sector.
• Serve as Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for projects or portfolios that are relevant to the role.
• Create an environment where our people can succeed, effectively leading and developing your senior management team through clear delegation of responsibilities and agreement of performance criteria.

Person specification

To be successful in this role, you will be required to demonstrate the following criteria throughout the recruitment process.

Essential Technical Skills And Qualifications

• Broad understanding of technology and infrastructure at an enterprise level.
• Broad understanding of cyber security at an enterprise level.

Essential Experience

• Demonstrable experience of successfully leading infrastructure teams at an enterprise level.
• Successful oversight of large scale technology projects or change activities.
• Experience of cyber security in a low risk enterprise environment.
• Experience of effectively managing relationships with and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness and experience of leading commercial negotiations and contracts.
• Experience of successfully leading and developing large and complex groups of technical professionals.