Digital Strategy Lead - Transformation and Projects

Vanrath; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

32 days annual leave increasing with 3

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Healthcare cashback plan

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Professional development and clear car

Job summary

VANRATH is seeking a Digital Strategy Lead - Transformation and Projects to drive technology-led change across a multi-site UK and Ireland business. You will translate strategy into practical projects, own initiatives from concept to handover and deliver measurable business benefits through ERP, CRM, and Power Platform solutions.

You will collaborate with senior leadership, coordinate internal teams and external suppliers, manage budgets, and ensure successful implementation and user adoption

Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Technology or related discipline or equivalent practical experience.
• Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or PMP.
• Proven experience managing digital transformation or IT/business change projects end-to-end.
• Experience with ERP, CRM, intranets, automation or core business systems.
• Strong understanding of business process improvement and requirements gathering.
• Experience managing project scope, budgets, resources, schedules, risks and dependencies.
• Experience developing business cases and presenting progress reports to senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience facilitating workshops and gathering requirements from business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate the organisation's digital transformation strategy into practical projects and deliverables.
• Take ownership of projects from concept through to implementation and handover.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, introduce automation and implement digital solutions.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers, manage budgets and ensure user adoption.
• Facilitate requirements workshops and coordinate cross-functional activities with stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Process redesign

Change management

Communication

Leadership

Education

Degree in Business, Technology or related discipline

Tools

ERP

CRM

Power Platform

Job description

Job Description

My client, a leading UK and Ireland-based manufacturing group, is hiring a Digital Strategy Lead - Transformation and Projects to join its senior team. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of digital transformation initiatives across a large, multi-site organisation, working closely with senior leadership to improve business performance, streamline processes and deliver technology-led change.

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• 32 days annual leave, increasing with service
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Private medical insurance
• Healthcare cashback plan
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Professional development and clear career progression

You will be joining an established and growing organisation with operations across multiple sites in the UK and Ireland. The business is committed to innovation, continuous improvement and investing in technology to enhance its operations and customer experience.
As a Digital Strategy Lead - Transformation and Projects, you will work closely with senior leadership to translate the organisation's digital transformation strategy into practical projects and deliverables. You will take ownership of projects from initial concept and business case development through to implementation and handover.
You will identify opportunities to improve business processes, introduce automation and implement digital solutions across the organisation. This will include working with technologies such as ERP, CRM, Microsoft Power Platform, AI and data analytics, ensuring projects deliver measurable business benefits.
The role will involve working with stakeholders across multiple business functions, facilitating requirements workshops, coordinating internal teams and external suppliers, managing project budgets and ensuring successful implementation and user adoption.
The Person

• Degree in Business, Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or PMP.
• Proven experience managing digital transformation, IT or business change projects from initiation through to implementation and handover.
• Experience delivering projects involving ERP, CRM, intranets, automation or core business systems.
• Strong understanding of business process improvement, requirements gathering and process redesign.
• Experience managing project scope, budgets, resources, schedules, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Experience developing business cases, maintaining project documentation and presenting progress reports to senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience facilitating workshops and gathering requirements from business stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior leaders.
• Experience coordinating internal technical teams, third-party suppliers and external partners.
• Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working within a multi-site or multi-brand organisation would be advantageous.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel to sites across the UK and Ireland.

Successful applicants may be required to satisfactorily complete pre-employment checks (such as references, criminal record checks, right to work checks) in line with the client or VANRATH's policy.