Chief Data Officer - DV Cleared

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Reporting directly to the 2* Defence CTO (Director Digital Enablement), as a core member of their senior leadership team, the Chief Data Officer will lead a team of Digital and Information professionals who play a critical role at the heart of driving forward Defence's Digital agenda to become a data driven organisation. Client DetailsMODDescriptionReporting directly to the 2* Defence CTO (Director Digital Enablement), as a core member of their senior leadership team, the Chief Data Officer will lead a team of Digital and Information professionals who play a critical role at the heart of driving forward Defence's Digital agenda to become a data driven organisation.Defence's vision puts modern digital capability at the heart of how it operates to create wining advantage, driven by the underpinning premise that emerging technology - together with the effective capture, analysis and use of information at all security classifications - will enable transformative, winning performance in the business and battle space.

Expressed in Five Enduring Digital Goals:

* Digitise the Battlespace

* Responsive Cyber Defence

* Promote information-led Wider Business Transformation

* More Effective and Efficient IT Services

* Capable and Cohesive Function

The role requires a charismatic and collaborative leader, effective at partnering with key stakeholders across defence, government and industry to deliver innovative business and military capability.

S/he will lead pan defence on the Digital Data and Information strategy and execution, in particular data: governance, control, monitoring, lifecycle and data sourcing to drive effective information exploitation. ProfileActively promote the Departments reputation externally and internally, publicise successes wide Communicate with conviction and clarity in the face of tough negotiations or challenges Influence external partners, stakeholders and customers successfully secure mutually beneficial outcomes Provide advice without full consideration of risk, scenarios and options Identify and implement different ways of working deployed in other sectors e.g. using resources, assets and commercial arrangements Promote a strong focus on the needs of customers, suppliers and other delivery partners to develop new commercial models for the delivery of policy and business goals Manage strategic commercial relationships and delivery arrangements actively and effectively to provide ongoing value for money to the tax payer Ensure teams appreciate how market demands, investment decisions and other commercial considerations such as funding and pricing models influence suppliers and the delivery of services Make and encourage strategic choices on spend, challenge high risk costly projects and forgo non-priority expenditure Understand and manage the risks and cost-drivers for own areas of responsibility in the context of strategic priority Facilitate flexible use of resources across grades through innovative structuring of teams and resources within own area Use customer insight to determine and drive customer service outcomes and quality throughout own area Translate complex aims into clear and manageable plans and determine resource requirements to support implementation Translate strategic priorities into clear outcome-focused objectives for managers and provide the energy and drive in achievement of these objectives Drive a performance culture within own area and support and encourage a focus on performance and priorities Act as a role model for delivery by injecting enthusiasm and energy to achieve results Job OfferOpportunity to shape Data & Digital Strategy in the MOD