Deputy Director - DDaT Programme Delivery

Deputy Director – DDaT Programme Delivery

Would you like the opportunity to contribute to the fight against serious and organised crime?

Serious and organised crime is one of the gravest threats to the UK's national security. The National Crime Agency sits at the heart of the law enforcement response, protecting the public by disrupting and bringing to justice those serious and organised criminals who pose the highest risk to the UK.

Digital, data and technology is at the heart of everything we do within the NCA, from operations to the enabling services that allow the Agency to protect the public from serious and organised crime.

This is a senior leadership role within the National Crime Agency, responsible for the leadership and management of the DDaT Programme Delivery (DPD) department. The NCA has embarked upon a significant transformation programme across all aspects of its people, estates and ways of working. Digital, data and technology products and services are integral to this transformation journey, which requires DDaT to build, operate and sustain common IT services to support our operational ambitions.

The pace of change within the digital and tech world means we need to be agile and innovative in how we respond to threats while exploiting the opportunities this presents.

The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Directorate is responsible for creating a cutting‑edge technology and information environment that connects, empowers and enhances our officers’ crime fighting capabilities.

We are responsible for defining and delivering our data and technology strategy, policy and architecture, building and sustaining resilient services which are critical to our mission success.

We work closely with our operational teams to help them do their job in the most effective and efficient way, understanding their challenges and combining this with emerging technologies/ techniques to obtain and exploit data in innovative ways to ensure we stay ahead of the criminals who are committing some of the most serious crimes and inflicting harm to our society.

• Deliver effective business management to support the delivery of DDaT Programme Delivery.
• Lead and develop Agency process and procedure to drive operational outcomes.
• Act as a role model who leads, inspires, motivates, empowers and develops Officers within own team and across the Agency, and achieves high standards for both self and others.
• Inspire, empower, and develop team members while setting high standards, being passionate about diversity and developing people inclusively, strengthening their ability to deliver and enable them to grow in their roles and careers.
• Inspire confidence at the highest level. Regularly step outside own team and actively influences peers, senior leaders and key stakeholders to further NCA aims.
• Create and build constructive and positive partnerships, actively seeking to build collaborative working arrangements within the Agency, Home Office, wider Government and the Law Enforcement community in the UK and abroad.

• Champion delivery and implementation of the Digital, Data and Technology Strategy and DDaT Programme Delivery across the NCA, and provide overall lead and direction.
• Promote an energised culture focussed on collaborative working and strategic change aligned to the NCA Strategy and performance ambitions.
• Lead the delivery towers to provide the technical delivery skills to support all aspects of NCA work where there is an IT component that contributes to the delivery of NCA objectives, driving delivery at pace through agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Prioritise effective allocation of resources across DDaT DPD to ensure optimal delivery of benefits.
• Chair governance boards for taking decisions on DDaT DPD development in response to escalated risks or opportunities.
• Oversee assurance of Business Case decision points and overall DDaT DPD governance and progress.
• Ensure DDaT DPD evolves to reflect changes in strategic directives and business priorities.
• Manage the integration of DDaT DPD outputs and dependencies across the Agency and with external partners.
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