Head Of Projects And Transformation

Head of Projects & Transformation

Function: IT
Reports to: IT Director

Job Summary:
Leading IT Projects and Transformation initiatives, managing resources, prioritising projects, facilitating business engagement, ensuring compliance, and driving value outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Programme & Project Management: Overseeing project delivery.
• Change Management: Planning and implementing transitions, stakeholder engagement.
• Strategic Planning: Aligning actions with business objectives.
• IT Resourcing: Acquisition, onboarding, and deployment of resources.
• Workforce Planning: Estimating demand, bridging skill gaps, and influencing policies.
• IT Portfolio Management: Aligning investments with strategies, ensuring effective delivery.
• IT Governance: Executing operating framework and managing relationships.
• Acceptance Testing: Validating systems and services against acceptance criteria.

Key Relationships:
Managing relationships with business stakeholders and collaborating with various IT functions.

Measures of Success:
Achievements in IT resourcing, change management, testing efficiency, strategic planning, ROI, program/project delivery, governance compliance, and leadership performance.

Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Relevant certifications preferred.
• Strong financial analysis skills required.
• Experience in project management, risk assessment, strategic planning, and portfolio management required.
• Demonstrated success in senior IT leadership roles required.
• Effective stakeholder management, people management, and commercial acumen required.
• Hands-on understanding of project management methodologies, IT quality assurance, risk management, and transition to support approaches required.
• Proven track record in managing and deploying mission-critical IT solutions required.

Key Competencies:
Communication, integrity, planning, informed decision-making, solution-oriented mindset, customer focus, future-focused mindset.

Due to the high volume of applicants, unfortunately we wont be able to respond to everyone.