Deputy Director Information Technology - #1758886

We’re looking for a forward-thinking, impactful Deputy Director of Technology to lead our Technology and Facilities teams at a time of exciting digital transformation and organisational change.

As a key member of the Finance and Resources Directorate leadership team, you will drive the delivery of progressive, secure, and high-performing digital services that support our mission and strategic goals. You’ll bring visionary leadership to a multidisciplinary team of around 50 specialists across functions such as IT Systems & Governance, Security, Support & Operations, Business Engagement, Contract & Financial Management, and Facilities.

This is a high-impact leadership role where you will:

• Develop and deliver our technology and security strategy, championing modern, scalable and secure digital services.
• Lead the continuous improvement of IT infrastructure, ensuring robust governance, performance, and innovation.
• Shape and embed a customer-first mindset, aligning digital solutions with the Fund’s broader goals.
• Be accountable for cyber security assurance, ensuring compliance with frameworks
• Oversee strategic facilities management, aligning estate operations with Government Property Agency standards and national property controls.

You’ll also manage a significant budget (approx. £10m), ensuring cost-effective and impactful investments in people, systems, and services.

Interview Date: 22nd and 23rd July – ideally in person, Birmingham

Location: UK - We have a hybrid approach to working, work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices, these are Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Newcastle and Newtown.

On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below

Essential criteria:

• Experienced forward-thinking leader who is able to develop the professional capabilities of teams to deliver a modern first-class service and user experience.
• Significant experience at a senior level in IT, and a practiced understanding of the “enabling partner” role IT can play within an organisation.
• A genuine passion for advancing the IT profession, embracing new ideas, innovative thinker and providing healthy challenge to the established ways of doing things
• Significant experience of delivering large scale technology and cyber security initiatives that have a demonstrable, customer focussed impact which adds demonstrable value.
• Experience in leading and managing end-to-end change programmes to create efficiencies and improve working practices.
• Experience of utilising expert knowledge to drive the strategic direction for technology and ability to maximise benefits from supplier partnership relationships.
• A strong working knowledge of key IT metrics and budget management.
• Experience in developing and leading strategies that have an impact across the whole organisation

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)