Director of Digital & Data

Point 13 Jobs; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch provided

Free parking

Sports facilities

Discounted gym membership

Cycle-to-Work Scheme

Counselling

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Shrewsbury is seeking an experienced Director of Digital & Data to lead the digital strategy and enhance educational technology. The ideal candidate will have extensive senior leadership experience in IT and a strong background in cybersecurity and digital transformation. Responsibilities include providing operational leadership, managing a digital team, and ensuring robust strategic planning. This full-time, permanent position offers various benefits including free lunch and gym discounts.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level with a relevant qualification or demonstrable work experience.
• Extensive experience at a senior leadership level in IT or data function.
• Proven experience of developing digital transformation programmes.
• Up-to-date and relevant sector knowledge and experience.
• Extensive experience at a senior leadership level of leading an IT or data function.
• Proven experience of developing and driving the implementation of digital and data transformation programmes to deliver successful tangible outcomes.
• Stakeholder management experience with the ability to develop, maintain and strengthen partnerships with others inside or outside the Family of Schools.
• Experience of creating, communicating and delivering a clear vision and strategy for digital and data.
• Experience of negotiating, procuring and managing service contracts.
• Access to professional training & development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement an ambitious digital strategy.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership of digital infrastructure.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a professional Digital & Data team.
• Creating implementation plans for digital development that produce coherent operational and capex budgets over a three-to-five-year period.
• Defining and implementing a self-service culture for digital provision across pupils, staff and parents wherever possible.
• Ensuring that the business intelligence provision is forefront in the thinking and design of all digital developments.
• Ensuring that the current service delivery of digital networks, systems, hardware and software is maintained and enhanced through continuous improvement to meet the needs of pupils, academics, support teams and the future strategic direction of the Shrewsbury Family of Schools.
• Taking a risk-based approach to the continuity of services of digital systems and playing an active role in the Shrewsbury Risk and Capital Committees – with particular focus on digital security, recovery planning, and disaster preparedness.
• Recruiting, developing and leading a professional Digital & Data team charged with maintaining a market-leading provision for staff, pupils and parents, ensuring efficient and effective working practices through clear objectives, development opportunities and rigorous performance management.
• Providing strategic leadership and guidance to the Digital & Data team to ensure the right people, skillsets and roles are in place to deliver the digital strategy.

Skills

Cybersecurity

AI and digital technology

Stakeholder management

ITIL Service Management

Digital strategy development

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Vision and strategy for digital & data

Contract negotiation & procurement

Professional development

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Job description

Director of Digital & Data

Shrewsbury School - a thriving and inclusive boarding and day school - is seeking to appoint an experienced Director of Digital & Data to lead and implement an ambitious digital strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Contributing to the overall direction of the Family of Schools through horizon scanning, strategy design and business plan development, ensuring a robust response to future risks and opportunities.
• Developing an articulate and ambitious rolling three-to-five-year digital strategy for the Shrewsbury Family of Schools.
• Providing strategic and operational leadership of Shrewsbury’s digital infrastructure, support and services.
• Creating implementation plans for digital development that produce coherent operational and capex budgets over a three-to-five-year period.
• Defining and implementing a self-service culture for digital provision across pupils, staff and parents wherever possible.
• Ensuring that the business intelligence provision is forefront in the thinking and design of all digital developments.
• Ensuring that the current service delivery of digital networks, systems, hardware and software is maintained and enhanced through continuous improvement to meet the needs of pupils, academics, support teams and the future strategic direction of the Shrewsbury Family of Schools.
• Taking a risk-based approach to the continuity of services of digital systems and playing an active role in the Shrewsbury Risk and Capital Committees – with particular focus on digital security, recovery planning, and disaster preparedness.
• Recruiting, developing and leading a professional Digital & Data team charged with maintaining a market-leading provision for staff, pupils and parents, ensuring efficient and effective working practices through clear objectives, development opportunities and rigorous performance management.
• Providing strategic leadership and guidance to the Digital & Data team to ensure the right people, skillsets and roles are in place to deliver the digital strategy.

Skills and Experience

• Educated to degree level with a relevant higher level qualification (e.g. Computer Science or Information Systems) or demonstrable work experience.
• Experience with cybersecurity, AI and digital technology, management information and reporting, infrastructure and systems.
• Accreditation or practical understanding of ITIL Service Management.
• Up-to-date and relevant sector knowledge and experience.
• Extensive experience at a senior leadership level of leading an IT or data function.
• Proven experience of developing and driving the implementation of digital and data transformation programmes to deliver successful tangible outcomes.
• Stakeholder management experience with the ability to develop, maintain and strengthen partnerships with others inside or outside the Family of Schools.
• Experience of creating, communicating and delivering a clear vision and strategy for digital and data.
• Experience of negotiating, procuring and managing service contracts.
• Access to professional training & development.

Benefits

• Lunch provided while the kitchens are operational.
• Free parking.
• Sports facilities.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme.
• Counselling.

Contract and Hours: Permanent, full-time.

Location: Shrewsbury School, Shropshire, SY3 7BA.

Closing date: 9.00am, Monday 5th January 2026.

Seniority Level

• Director

Employment Type

• Full-time

Job Function

• Product Management, Education, and Information Technology

Industries

• Staffing and Recruiting, Primary and Secondary Education, and IT Services and IT Consulting