EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
- Expert agile programme and delivery management capability on significant projects and portfolios >£100m (10%)
- Experience of managing and governing delivery of complex portfolios with multiple programmes in parallel (10%)
- Experience of successfully engaging and reporting to senior stakeholders (CxO and SCS) level (10%)
- Extensive experience of Digital by Default (DbD) and the associated standards, assessment process, and spend controls (10%)
- Experience and demonstrable skills in digital transformation, transition and service management of complex digital services (5%)
- Experience in blending in-house and third parties to successfully source and deliver digital outcomes (5%)
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence external partners, suppliers, stakeholders and customers to secure mutually beneficial outcomes (5%)
- Proven track record of managing and mitigating risks and issues strategically (5%)
Nice-to-have skills and experience
- Experience of mentoring and coaching more junior resources to improve internal culture and capability
- Experience of digital transformation delivery across other government departments
- Experience in supporting procurement and commercial management functions to source required outcomes
- Ability to create concise and insightful communications for dissemination to all stakeholder groups
- Experience demonstrable of strategic business planning and financial control