Description
This is a new role for the organisation. The DMO is looking to enhance and develop its technology service to ensure that it continues to support the delivery of the DMO's critical business objectives, whilst providing a clear strategy and roadmap for the future.
The Managing Director, Technology (MD, Technology) is a senior leadership role that is accountable for setting out a medium and long-term technology strategy, driving innovation and digital transformation, alongside overseeing the maintenance of a secure, resilient, and scalable technology environment that meets the critical business needs of the UK Debt Management Office (DMO).
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and delivering a comprehensive and unified technology strategy that aligns with and supports the DMO's business aims, strategic objectives, and evolving operating environment.
- Leading the development of enterprise and solution architectures ensuring technology remains resilient, secure, scalable, and fit for future business needs.
- Advising the DMO executive committee and other stakeholders to identify actual and emerging technology risks, opportunities, and industry trends.
- Leading the DMO technology area to establish direction, best practice, and innovation in all aspects of technology delivery.
- Establishing technology roadmaps that drive innovation and exploration of new technologies and methods that support business priorities and deliver measurable improvements in capability, resilience, and efficiency.
- Providing executive oversight of the management, availability, performance, and resilience of the DMO's current technology estate.
- Ensuring appropriate governance is in place for operational resilience, development methods, business continuity, contingency and recovery, and incident management.
- Driving modernisation of legacy systems where appropriate, balancing innovation with operational stability and eliminating platform obsolescence.
- Overseeing development of an information management framework, data architecture, data governance, data quality, and enterprise information lifecycles.
- Working closely with the Head of Cyber Security, ensuring the implementation of an effective and mission-appropriate enterprise cybersecurity architecture, threat management, access controls, and security operations.
- Providing executive oversight of technology compliance, ensuring technology in the DMO continues to meet legal, regulatory, and internal governance requirements.
- Leading technology investment planning, budgeting, forecasting, and portfolio prioritisation with clear business value measures.
- Overseeing the management of strategic technology suppliers and partners ensuring value for money, effective risk management, and strong beneficial commercial relationships.
- Demonstrating and visibly role modelling the highest standards of personal behaviour, values, and integrity, developing a team culture which ensures that each person is supported and achieves their personal best.
- Providing strategic leadership for the entire technology function, fostering a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
- Leading and developing the senior technology leadership team, ensuring the organisation has the capability and skills required to meet current and future business priorities.
The successful candidate will have significant executive leadership experience leading a technology function within a complex, operationally critical, or highly regulated environment. They will have proven experience of developing and successfully delivering a technology strategy aligned to organisational objectives, maintaining secure, resilient, and business-critical technology services whilst delivering complex technology change.
Alongside a salary of £140,000 - £160,000 per year, the UK Debt Management Office contributes £40,558 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.