Connecting Talent to opportunity

Connecting Talent to opportunity

Deputy Director - Strategy & Plans, Data Transformation

Expired

Job Description:

Summary
This role will lead work on conceptual development, experimentation & piloting and portfolio performance, setting the context for programme and project activity, informing priorities, supporting innovation, driving and monitoring performance against objectives & outcomes and assuring coherence & value.
 
Job description
The post-holder may also lead discrete project or programme activities that are delivered organically. The objectives, responsibilities and deliverables are:

Strategy - Agree a data vision, strategy and high-level data transformation plan for the department that supports data compliance, revenue collection and protection, operational efficiency and user experience.

Business Case(s) - Lead the development and approval of the portfolio business case and support the development and approval of programme-level business cases within or complementary to the portfolio.

Communications and Stakeholder Management - Ensure stakeholder interests are identified and addressed. Segment and manage multiple stakeholder groups appropriately in complex environments. Build consensus across a large and often diverse group of stakeholders and develop strategic relationships with internal and external suppliers. Work closely with the Portfolio director and SRO to co-manage senior stakeholders. Establish and maintain a stakeholder dashboard to support engagement across the team.

Leadership and Guidance - Provide leadership, guidance and development to the team and more broadly across the portfolio, group, department and government.

Resource Management - Build and sustain a strong delivery-focused portfolio team. Provide leadership and direct larger multi-disciplinary teams to deliver successfully.

Risks and Issues - Ensure strategic and operational risks and issues are identified, understood and managed, briefing upwards and across as appropriate, employing risk management specialists as appropriate.

Benefits realisation - Lead benefits evaluation and prioritisation for the portfolio and monitor & assure benefits realisation plans and performance.

Portfolio Performance and Controls - Agree success criteria, set portfolio controls, monitor & assure performance, embracing external assurance requirements and opportunities.

Dependency Management - Maintain robust dependency management, working with senior stakeholders to avoid or resolve issues

Responsibilities Person Specification

Essential:

• Extensive knowledge of HMRC processes, services and systems, including data dependencies and interdependencies; 
• Proven practical proficiency in managing the end-to-end change life-cycle, with particular leadership experience of the conceive, initiate, design and refine stages; 
• Demonstrable understanding of portfolio management best practice; 
• A track record for successfully directing, managing and delivering data or data-related programmes and projects; 
• Evidence of strong team and thought-leadership and the ability to inspire and influence.

Desirable:

• Experience of complex programme delivery and / or programme delivery in complex situations. 
• MPLA / PLP qualifications
 

Core Civil Service Behaviours: 

• Seeing the Big Picture 
• Making Effective Decisions 
• Communicating and Influencing 
• Delivering at Pace