Full time

Head Of IT And Digital (Interim)

Network IT

Warwickshire, Warwickshire, CV32 6SA

£550 - £650 per day

Posted: 12 August 2026 (Today)

Closing date: 11 September 2026

Ref: 60644711

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About the Role

The Head Of IT And Digital (Interim) position in Warwickshire is a full-time contract, paying £550-£650 per day inside IR35. This role leads a technical team through a multi-year, enterprise-wide transformation programme within a large, complex organisation. The assignment, initially for 9 to 12 months, will reshape the IT estate, operational processes, and corporate structure. The postholder must be a strategic leader, adept at managing significant change and stakeholder expectations. Onsite presence is required for three to five days weekly. We seek a candidate with a proven record of steering substantial digital overhaul projects and a precise fit for this demanding brief.

An fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced and strategically minded Head of IT and Digital, to lead an IT Team in what will be multi-year transformation programme within a large, complex organisation.
This will be an interim role, expected to be initially contracted for 9 to 12 months, with a range of challenges, but boiling down to supporting an organisation to work their way through an enterprise-wide transformation programme.
The work will affect the organisational structure, ways of working and IT estate. Our client is looking for a very specific profile fit for this role, so please review the details below!
Role: Head of IT and Digital Duration: TBC - expected to be 9-12 months
Rate: TBC
Status: Inside IR35
Location: Warwick
Working Practice: 3-5 days per week onsite, dependent on requirements
Key Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership for IT, digital and data services
Lead the development and execution of a defined transformation programme, delivering against agreed outcomes, timelines and benefits
Orchestrate complex organisational change, aligning technology, people, processes and governance
Ensure cyber resilience, robust data governance and secure service delivery
Oversee teams responsible for IT operations, architecture, applications, infrastructure and service delivery
Manage significant revenue budgets and capital investment aligned to transformation objectives
Build effective relationships across senior leadership, partners and delivery stakeholders

Essential Criteria - Candidate Profile:

Proven history in Head of IT / Data or IT Director level roles (not Programme Management as a Programme Manager will be appointed separately)
Demonstrable experience across both public and private sector environments
Proven track record of leading and directing major organisational transformation programmes, such as M&A activity, Multi-site / multi-organisation outsourcing or insourcing
Proven capability in orchestrating complex, enterprise-wide change programmes
Strong commercial, financial and strategic capability (Budget management of around £20-30million)
Experience leading geographically dispersed, multi-disciplinary teams
Outstanding communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with credibility at executive and board level
Able to communicate the technical challenges in IT, to non-technical stakeholders

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