Deputy Director of Digital Portfolio and Capability - Crown Prosecution Service - SCS1

Location

This role can be based in any CPS Area, with regular travel required, particularly to London.

About the job

Job summary

The Crown Prosecution Service is seeking a strategic and inclusive senior leader to become our Deputy Director of Digital Portfolio and Capability. Reporting to the Chief Digital and Information Officer and serving on the Digital Senior Leadership Team, you will strengthen the performance and organisational effectiveness of the Digital and Information Directorate.

This is a broad leadership role spanning portfolio management, governance, business relationship management, workforce planning and organisational performance. You will ensure that demand for digital services and change is prioritised effectively, resources are directed to greatest value, and the directorate has the skills and capacity needed to deliver its objectives.

The Crown Prosecution Service operates across England and Wales, and this role can be based in any CPS office within these locations. Please note that regular travel will be required as part of the role, and it is subject to the CPS hybrid working policy. 

As part of this role, you are expected to undertake direct line management responsibilities.  

This is an exciting and fast-paced role with a real opportunity to make a difference.  Find out more about the Crown Prosecution Service.

Job description

Your roles and responsibilities:

• Lead the Digital and Information Directorate business plan and contribute to the organisation’s Digital and Technology Strategy.
• Own the digital portfolio, aligning investment, delivery capacity and resources with strategic priorities.
• Lead governance, assurance and performance frameworks, providing clear insight on risk, dependencies, benefits and delivery confidence.
• Build trusted relationships across the CPS and with external partners, translating business needs into coherent digital roadmaps and investment plans.
• Lead workforce strategy and capability planning, including recruitment, succession, talent, learning and development and specialist digital career pathways.
• Direct financial and resource planning, ensuring affordability, value for money and effective use of people, budgets and suppliers.
• Provide visible, inspirational leadership to senior managers and multidisciplinary teams, fostering an inclusive, user-focused and continuously improving culture. 

Person specification

You must clearly demonstrate evidence of the following essential criteria, which are assessed throughout the selection process, including at the shortlisting and interview stages.

Essential criteria:

• Significant senior leadership exposure within a complex digital, transformation, programme, or corporate environment, with a track record of improving organisational performance and leading change across multiple functions. 
• Proven experience of portfolio, demand, and resource management, including prioritising competing requirements, workforce planning, investment decisions and ensuring capacity and capability are aligned to future demand. 
• Strong experience of governance, assurance, financial management and organisational performance, with the judgement to introduce appropriate controls while remaining pragmatic, outcome-focused, and able to operate at pace. 
• Demonstrable ability to build trusted relationships and influence at senior level, acting as a credible partner across digital, policy, operations and corporate functions and effectively unblocking complex organisational issues. 
• Experience of leading significant programmes and cross-cutting change, with the ability to operate as an SRO or senior accountable leader across organisational boundaries and connect digital, data, and technology activity to wider business outcomes. 
• A strong track record of building organisational capability, including workforce and succession planning, developing teams, shaping new roles, and operating models, and creating the skills and capability needed for the future.