Chief Digital and Data Officer; share

The Independent Football Regulator

The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) has been established to protect and promote the sustainability of English football, for the benefit of fans and the local communities football clubs serve. The IFR will help improve financial sustainability of clubs, ensure resilience across the leagues, and safeguard the heritage of English football. It will operate a licensing regime; set corporate governance standards and monitor, protect, and promote financial resilience.

It will also enforce compliance with requirements on financial regulation, club ownership and directors, fan engagement, and heritage protection. The IFR will also have powers to prohibit clubs from joining competitions that are not fair or meritocratic, or that threaten the heritage or sustainability of English football.

This role is offered as a job share alongside the existing Chief Digital and Data Officer (CDDO). The current post-holder works Monday to Wednesday; this position will work Wednesday to Friday. Wednesday is a shared working day to ensure continuity, collaboration and joint leadership.

• The role oversees a complex and high-profile portfolio, including all organisational technology, regulatory systems, CRM, end-user compute, data and digital strategy, cyber security, data protection and information security.
• As a newly established organisation, this role offers a unique opportunity to shape and deliver digital and technology capability from the ground up, leading major digital transformation programmes, managing multi-million-pound contracts, and building a strong, inclusive and high‑performing team culture as the organisation matures.
• The post-holder will bring strong commercial awareness, programme and project management expertise, and digital transformation leadership, operating confidently in a fast-changing regulatory environment.

Manchester

Part time, Permanent

Chief, Data, Digital, Officer

Flexible working, Hybrid

23/02/2026