Interim Chief Digital Officer

Starfish Search is supporting a London Borough to appoint an Interim Chief Digital Officer.

This is a key leadership role, providing strategic oversight of the council’s digital, ICT and information governance functions while ensuring critical services remain stable during a period of organisational change.

Key requirements:

• Provide strategic leadership across the council’s digital and ICT services
• Oversee the delivery of a proposed service restructure and consultation process
• Maintain stability across live operational services and transformation programmes
• Work closely with Corporate Directors, Members and key partners
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• Interim Chief Digital Officer experience within a local authority is preferable
• A senior digital or technology leader with experience leading large-scale transformation
• Strong knowledge of ICT, cyber security, information governance and data management
• Comfortable operating at executive level within complex organisations, ideally in the public sector
• A collaborative leader who can balance strategic change with operational delivery

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