Programme Manager - Digital Economy

Location: Flexible. The role may be contracted to either our Wilmslow or London office, however through hybrid working we offer flexibility over where you work. There will be times when you will be expected to attend the office due to business need.

The salary range for this role is £49,549(CB0) - £56,129(CB2) pa, with potential for further progression.

About us

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.

It is our goal to increase the public’s trust and confidence in how their data is used and made available. By staying up to date with evolving technology, we’re able to enforce the laws that we’ve helped shape whilst also providing an excellent public service.

Our work is interesting and immensely rewarding – it’s of national importance and increasingly in the public eye. As a result, more people than ever before are turning to us for help. As such, we’re growing and looking to add to our teams in many areas!

About the Digital Economy Department

The Digital Economy Department is a new function within the ICO’s Technology and Innovation Directorate, charged with influencing the most significant firms in the digital economy to demonstrate high standards of data protection across their full range of products and activities.

It does so in partnership with the UK’s other major digital regulators, including through the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum, which brings together Ofcom, the Competition and Markets Authority, Financial Conduct Authority and the ICO to maximise the synergies between our regulatory regimes.

Our work is high-profile and high-impact, shaping the experience of digital services for people across the UK.

About the role

As Programme Manager, you will manage a team of project specialists to design and lead a change project implementing recommendations on an enhanced ICO model of regulatory supervision for digital economy firms with the highest risk and reach. You will play a pivotal role in establishing a project plan and roadmap, securing cross-ICO support for implementation of recommendations, and ensuring activity is effectively managed, delivered and reported on.

You should be passionate about project delivery, motivating your team to work effectively, with clear objectives and deliverables, and ensuring that that recommendations are successfully implemented within agreed timeframes. Your role will be critical in continuing to ensure that the ICO is fully equipped to discharge its enhanced regulatory duties within the digital economy and well positioned to work collaboratively with other UK regulators in the digital arena.

Why work for the Information Commissioner's Office? 

Our new obligations and the increase in our regulatory remit means that you are joining the ICO at an exciting time when our work as the UK’s privacy and information rights regulator has never been more significant, far-reaching and visible.

We are proud to provide our people with a premium benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy: 

• The opportunity for your salary to increase through our pay progression scheme.
• A truly hybrid working model which allows you to work both from home and in the office with the option of flexible working or compressed working hours.
• Generous annual leave entitlement with 25 days’ paid holiday per year, increasing to 30 days after 5 years, plus privilege days/ public holidays with the option to buy, sell and bank days.
• With our flexi leave scheme, you can gain up to an extra 26 days of leave per year on top of your standard leave entitlement.
• The Civil Service Pension Scheme - one of the most favourable schemes in the UK, we contribute around 26.6% of your salary every month.
• Through our Health Cash Plan, you can claim money back on everyday healthcare costs including your trips to the dentist, opticians or physio (plus much more).

Further details can be found on the benefits section of the ICO website

The ICO is committed to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity and inclusion. We are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and together we are building an inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to progress, develop and make a real difference.

We are championing this through our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Board together with a number of staff networks. To find out more please visit the ICO website

If you are disabled and have difficulty using our online application system please email the People Services team at recruitment@ico.org.uk who can arrange for you to submit an application via an alternative method.

Closing Date

Please complete and submit our online application form prior to the closing date of 23:59, Tuesday, 19 April 2022.

Interviews are likely to take place w/c 2 May 2022.

For any further information about working at the ICO or any other roles please go to our website.