Strategic Digital Transformation Director

Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Services Ltd; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Services Ltd in Essex is seeking a Digital Transformation Director to lead a major organisation through a strategic digital shift. This senior role reports to the CEO and focuses on shaping strategy, driving measurable benefits, and delivering scalable, data-driven improvements across multi-site operations.

The role emphasizes governance, change management, and collaboration with executive teams to prioritise investments and realise tangible ROI while enabling

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large-scale digital transformation or technology-enabled change programmes.
• Previous experience at Director, Executive or equivalent senior leadership level.
• Proven track record delivering measurable operational improvements, cost efficiencies or commercial benefits.
• Experience working within complex, multi-site or service-led organisations.
• Strong commercial awareness with ability to assess investment priorities and ROI.
• Experience improving business processes through automation, digital systems and data.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management and change management skills.
• Experience working with executive teams and influencing strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the organisation's digital transformation strategy aligned with wider business objectives.
• Collaborate with the CEO and Executive Team to prioritise digital investments and opportunities.
• Lead major digital transformation and technology-enabled change across multiple functions.
• Improve operational efficiency through automation, system integration and data use.
• Ensure digital investments deliver measurable improvements in performance and profitability.
• Support development of new services and operating models with effective digital solutions.
• Reduce duplication across systems and processes for consistency and collaboration.
• Establish governance and performance measures for transformation programmes.
• Work with senior stakeholders to ensure change is adopted successfully.
• Support longer-term growth through scalable digital solutions.

Skills

Large-scale transformation leadership

Executive/Director experience

ROI and commercial gains

Automation and data systems

Cross-functional leadership

Communication to non-technical

Change management

Strategic business partnering

Stakeholder management

Collaborative approach

Job description

Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Services Ltd in Essex is seeking a Digital Transformation Director to lead a major organisation through a strategic digital shift. This senior role reports to the CEO and focuses on shaping strategy, driving measurable benefits, and delivering scalable, data-driven improvements across multi-site operations.

The role emphasizes governance, change management, and collaboration with executive teams to prioritise investments and realise tangible ROI while enabling