Head of Fixed Connectivity, Defence Digital

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 249437**Salary**:

- £86,000 - £117,800**Job grade**:

- SCS Pay Band 1**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Digital
- Information Technology
- Project Delivery
- Senior leadership**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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**Job summary**:

- The role of Service Executive, Head of Fixed Connectivity is crucial to providing digital strategic leadership to the delivery and throughlife management of one of the largest telecoms networks in Europe; the delivery of the Next Generation of Data and Voice networks (including 5G and other innovative technology); and the realisation of the Service Executive Model in Defence Digital Delivery. The role includes annual budgetary responsibility for £320m, and leadership of c.200 personnel across numerous disciplines.**Job description**:
The role is also a key part of the Defence Digital Senior Leadership Group (SLG), as well as the Delivery Directorate senior leadership team within Service Delivery and Operations. The successful

The role of ‘Service Executive, Head of Fixed Connectivity’ will provide senior strategic and technical leadership. It will also hold highlevel service ownership that enables communications streams over fixed cable and voice services across Defence. The portfolio includes management (including obsolescence) of the current Global Connectivity services, delivery of the Next Generation
Communications Network and Integrated User (Fixed Voice) services.

The role is both a technical service owner and a digital portfolio manager, and requires excellent senior digital technology leadership and delivery management skills. The role is responsible for ensuring customer and service management requirements are informed and met as well as aligned with Defence Digital, Strategic Command and the Defence programme. The role sits within the Core Information Services directorate, one of two 2* directorates that form the Delivery Directorate within Service Delivery and Operations, and reports to the Director for Core Information Services. This is one of ten Service Executive Head roles in Defence Digital.

**Responsibilities**
- Accountable for the Fixed Connectivity annual budget of £320m +
- Leadership of c.200 civilian, military & contracted personnel across DDaT, project delivery, engineering, logistics, support & safety
- Develop, set / agree and deliver the Fixed Connectivity Strategy & Roadmap. Set policy and processes for the management and utilisation of Fixed Connectivity’s outputs and data.
- Bring up to full working order and govern a brand new, high-quality Fixed Connectivity end to end service for Defence Digital and wider Defence, and customers. Managing the risks effectively, whilst identifying and enabling opportunities for improvement and innovation.
- Manage, develop, and enhance supplier and contract relations (including legal, standards and policy assurance), replacing and improving contracts and programmes to allow for innovation and service improvement.
- Play an active role in the Delivery senior leadership team alongside a complex array of military, civil servant and public stakeholders.
- Provide effective technical network leadership, whilst managing numerous priorities including: Govern and deliver all run and change teams across Fixed Connectivity, account for numerous products and channels for current service provisions, whilst designing and delivering the future design of Fixed Connectivity.
- Ownership of risk and issues management, as well as decisions on escalations on behalf of the Director for Core Information Services.
- Drive coherence and be an active senior leader across and within Delivery. Working alongside, and leading, military and civil servant colleagues from other service executives, and taking responsibility for ensuring delivery and continual improvement of services.
- Senior stakeholder engagement: The role will work across Defence to the highest level, including Senior MoD officials (across all military services and UK Strategic Command), approvals boards, the IAC, across Government, the Treasury and Cabinet Office, as well as briefing Senior Civil Servants, Military Officials and Ministers.

**Person specification**:

- A strategic leader who is focused on outcomes; develops ambitious and bold visions/strategies; can prioritise and build capability in other team members
- Where appropriate, applies an agile mindset, including appreciation for the importance of using the most appropriate delivery approach for each project or project phase.
- Understands the variety and complexities of digital contexts within Defence, and can design large complex services to meet them.
- Understands the granularity of financial ownership in Defence including prioritised spending based on ROI, value added and risk mitigation experience.