IT Change Director

SF Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Recruitment in Birmingham is seeking an IT Change Programme Director on a permanent basis. Hybrid working, £110,000 base plus £9,000 car allowance and a 15% bonus.

You will lead enterprise-scale IT portfolio management and multi-year change programmes, aligning with global governance, PMO practices, and investment decisions. The role requires strong leadership to build high-performing teams, manage external partners, and drive benefits realisation, risk management, and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading enterprise IT portfolios and multi-year delivery.
• Strong governance, PMO practices, and financial management insight.
• Proven ability to manage risk, dependencies and ambiguity at portfolio level.
• Stakeholder engagement with senior leaders and cross-functional alignment.
• Leadership of managers, building high-performing teams and partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-scale IT programmes and change delivery on multi-year horizons.
• Governance, PMO, portfolio prioritisation and benefits realisation.
• Identify and manage delivery risks, dependencies and priorities.
• Engage stakeholders across IT, business functions and external partners.
• Direct externally managed service providers and drive supplier performance.
• Champion continuous improvement and adoption of new technologies.

Skills

IT portfolio management

Change delivery leadership

Governance frameworks

PMO practices

Financial management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional leadership

Leadership development

Supplier performance management

Commercial acumen

Contract negotiation

Education

PM qualification or certification

Experience with COBIT/ITIL/TOGAF

Agile experience

Job description

Working with a leading brand in Birmingham in their search for an IT Change Programme Director to join them on a permanent basis. Paying £110,000 base + £9,000 car allowance + 15 bonus. Hybrid working.

• Extensive experience in enterprise scale IT portfolio management and change delivery, with accountability for complex, multi year programmes
• Strong knowledge of governance frameworks, PMO practices, and financial management, including portfolio prioritisation, benefits realisation, and investment decision making aligned to functional and enterprise strategy.
• Demonstrable experience in anticipating, assessing, and managing operational and portfolio level delivery risk, applying sound judgement to navigate ambiguity, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Expertise in stakeholder engagement and cross functional integration, influencing senior leaders and facilitating alignment across IT, business functions, and external partners to achieve shared outcomes.
• Proven capability in leading through managers, building high performing teams, developing leadership capability, and holding leaders accountable for delivery, performance, and cultural outcomes.
• Expertise in managing external service providers and strategic partners, with strong commercial acumen across contract negotiation, supplier performance management, and value optimisation.

Demonstrated ability to lead change at scale, championing continuous improvement, modern delivery practices, and adoption of new technologies to enhance business outcomes.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and influencing skills, including the ability to challenge constructively, manage difficult conversations, and negotiate trade at executive level.
• Qualifications in project/programme management and experience of working with other frameworks/methodologies such as COBIT, ITIL, Agile and TOGAF.