Head of Digital, Data and Technology

Job title:
Head of Digital, Data and Technology

Role profile: Head of Digital, Data and Technology Role Profile

Directorate:

Finance and Corporate Services

Salary: £75,000 per annum

Hours:

Full-time, 37 hours per week

Closing date:31 August 2026

Permanent or Fixed Term:

Permanent

Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer. Together, we can change this.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a charity dedicated to funding research so that you and those you love live longer healthier lives, free of cancer.

Thanks to supporters, the charity funds vital cancer research and pioneers innovative new services for people with cancer. These life-giving medical breakthroughs are helping more people survive cancer – in Yorkshire, and beyond.

As an inclusive employer, our aim is to ensure our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is vital to us taking action to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer more effectively in Yorkshire. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.

We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do, and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As a Head of Digital, Data and Technology, you will put people in Yorkshire at the heart of everything you do, unite with colleagues and other organisations in this cause, and dare to think big and bold to make positive solutions happen.

To find out more about our values and how important they are to us, please read the role profile linked above.

We offer a wide and generous range of benefits designed to support our employees through every stage of life.

As a Head of Digital, Data and Technology
, you will provide leadership for the charity’s digital, data, technology, CRM, AI and cybersecurity agenda, ensuring systems, platforms and data are secure, accessible, user-centred and aligned to organisational priorities.

Specifically, you will:

• Define and lead the charity’s digital, data and technology strategy, ensuring it supports organisational priorities, strengthens delivery and aligns with the long-term operating model.
• Develop and maintain an enterprise architecture and technical roadmap so systems are integrated, scalable, secure, cost-effective and future focused.
• Advise senior leadership and trustees on digital trends, risks, opportunities and investment priorities.
• Lead the charity’s data strategy, treating data as a strategic asset that enables insight, improved outcomes and informed decision-making.
• Develop and embed data governance frameworks covering stewardship, quality, lineage, lifecycle management, ethical use and reporting standards.
• Lead the charity’s approach to artificial intelligence, ensuring AI is used safely, ethically, transparently and in line with organisational values, risk appetite and data protection obligations.
• Identify opportunities for AI and automation to improve productivity, supporter experience, insight, service delivery and operational effectiveness, with appropriate human oversight and accountability.
• Build AI literacy and confidence across the charity, including practical guidance on appropriate use, limitations, data quality, confidentiality, intellectual property and over-reliance risks.
• Lead the charity’s information security, data compliance and cyber risk frameworks, ensuring proportionate controls are in place to protect systems, funds, sensitive data and digital assets.
• Own and develop the charity’s cybersecurity strategy, ensuring cyber risk is actively managed as an organisational risk aligned to the charity’s size, complexity, data assets, retail operations and digital ambitions.
• Maintain cyber resilience across infrastructure, cloud services, endpoint devices, CRM, finance systems, retail technology and third-party platforms, with effective prevention, detection, response and recovery arrangements.
• Lead the CRM and data management function, ensuring the system supports fundraising, engagement, supporter experience, reporting and operational efficiency.
• Oversee CRM integration with…