Digital Transformation Director

About the Role

We're seeking a visionary Digital Transformation Director to lead esynergy’s growth within Private and Public Sector practices, driving our next phase of digital evolution both as a company and with our customers. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on experience in modern digital practices to deliver organisational change and exceptional business value.

As Digital Transformation Director, you'll be responsible for orchestrating our organisation's journey within consulting, aligning technology initiatives with business objectives, and fostering a culture of innovation. You'll work closely with C-level executives and cross-functional teams to implement transformative changes which are underpinned by our ambition to deliver £100m of value to our customers.

Responsibilities 🌟

• Develop and execute a comprehensive digital transformation strategy that drives business growth and operational efficiency
• Lead the modernisation of our offerings around technology stack and digital capabilities, while ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Champion agile methodologies and product-centric approaches across our organisation and within customer accounts
• Establish and oversee domain-driven design practices to create scalable, maintainable solutions
• Spearhead AI and automation initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and create new business capabilities
• Build and mentor high-performing digital teams while promoting a culture of continuous improvement
• Proposals, pitches, co-creating the teams (with talent, delivery & consulting), leading and shaping engagements with our community of lead associates.
• Drive the adoption of modern engineering practices and cloud-native technologies
• Manage stakeholder relationships and communicate transformation progress to executive leadership
• Co-create new offerings to support our customers achieve better business outcomes & creating value with consulting and our leads.

Required Experience & Skills ✔️

• 10+ years of experience in digital transformation and technology leadership roles
• Proven track record of successfully leading large-scale digital transformation programmes
• Deep understanding of product management principles and experience building product-led organisations
• Expert knowledge of agile methodologies and experience scaling agile practices across enterprises
• Strong background in domain-driven design and its application in complex business environments
• Strong experience in designing and implementing modern delivery platforms and DevOps practices
• Demonstrated expertise in AI strategy and successful implementation of automation initiatives
• Experience in measuring and demonstrating business value through digital initiatives
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Track record of building and leading high-performing digital teams

Desired Qualities ✔️

• Strategic mindset with ability to balance long-term vision with practical execution
• Strong business acumen and ability to align technology initiatives mapping that back to business outcomes and value within Private or Public Sector
• Innovation-focused approach with experience in emerging technologies
• Deep understanding of AI/ML capabilities and their practical business applications
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to navigate complex organisational challenges
• Love for building long term meaningful relationships and what it takes to drive culture change in government through digital transformation
• Experience in managing and leading large/complex delivery teams within multi-supplier engagements.
• Evidence of being able to communicate and negotiate effectively and credibly. Strong commercial awareness and sound understanding of project challenges, particularly in a multi-supplier environment
• Alignment to esynergy values; honesty, collaboration and growth

Values:

Our values define how we do business and interact with our community.

• Honesty
• Collaboration
• Growth

Diversity, Belonging & Inclusion:

We welcome all applicants from all backgrounds. esynergy are proud to hire on potential, not specific experience or qualifications so feel free to reach out if this sounds like you but less experience.

Benefits:

We are proud of our inclusive benefits including unlimited holiday, wellbeing budget, LGBTQ+ inclusive parental leave to name a few. Checkout our full list of benefits here.

About us 🔓

esynergy is a technology consultancy and we build products, platforms and services to accelerate value for our clients.