Director of Digital Government for Business Programme

Director of Digital Government for Business Programme

Employer: Government Recruitment Service

Location: Birmingham

Pay: £100,000 to £162,500 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Disability Confident: Yes

Closing Date: 02/07/2026

About this job

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is leading a cross government programme to radically improve how businesses interact with government digital services. This work will provide a single digital platform and a simpler, proactive and more joined up way to access those services via GOV.UK and its channels. The programme is central to DBT's role in driving economic growth and improving the UK's business environment, and it supports wider government ambitions to modernise public services and strengthen digital government.

Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Ownership

Set a clear, compelling vision for a unified digital experience for businesses, aligned with DBT and wider government priorities.

Act as Senior Responsible Owner, accountable for strategic outcomes, business case, delivery confidence and benefits realisation.

Provide visible, inspirational leadership across departments to maintain alignment, pace and ambition.

Programme Governance and Delivery Oversight

Establish robust governance, ensuring effective assurance, risk management and decision making in a complex, cross government programme.

Act as an intelligent client to digital delivery partners (including Government Digital Service), ensuring requirements are clearly defined and delivered effectively.

Ensure the programme is strategically controlled, with appropriate programme management, reporting and performance oversight.

Cross Government Leadership & Engagement

Build and maintain effective relationships with senior leaders across government, including DSIT, Cabinet Office, HM Treasury, HMRC and Companies House, to secure commitment and alignment.

Engage confidently with Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Directors General, senior stakeholders and business representatives, providing clear advice and securing decisions.

Broker solutions across organisational, policy and delivery boundaries.

Delivery Mobilisation & Capability

Design and mobilise a sustainable delivery model, ensuring the right skills, capability, structure and governance are in place over the Spending Review Period and beyond.

Lead workforce and resourcing strategy across multiple organisations and delivery partners.

Ensure long term capability building, value for money and scalable service delivery.

Benefits, Value & Outcomes

Ensure delivery of measurable benefits for businesses, government and the wider economy.

Champion user centred design, inclusion, security and trust.

Embed evidence based decision making and continuous improvement.

Leadership & Culture

Build and lead an inclusive, high performing team across organisational boundaries, creating a culture that supports collaboration, accountability and innovation.

Role model Civil Service Leadership Standards and DBT values.

Contribute to DBT's senior digital leadership and broader transformation agenda.

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