Leading digital transformation for a modern, inclusive Sheffield

Are you a strategic digital transformation leader who can turn ambition into delivery? This is an exciting opportunity to lead major digital and technology-enabled change across Sheffield City Council, improving services for residents, businesses and staff.

ICT & Digital Innovation is central to how Sheffield City Council modernises services, improves access and delivers better outcomes for the city.

What we do

Design digital-first, accessible services centred on user needs.
Deliver programmes that improve efficiency and deliver measurable benefits.
Using data and insight across the organisation.
Ensure services are customer-first, data-driven and digitally enabled.
Provid modern tools, systems and digital skills.
Keep services running – Ensuring secure, resilient, 24/7 ICT services.

Key responsibilities

In this role, you will lead the Council’s digital transformation and major programme delivery, ensuring change is well governed, outcome-focused and aligned to strategic priorities where you will.

Lead the digital transformation programme and major projects across the council
Drive service redesign, efficiency and benefits realization and measurable improvement
Embed governance, assurance and performance management and performance reporting
Build strong partnerships across services and externally
Ensure digital transformation improves services for residents, businesses and staff

What we’re looking for

A collaborative and strategic digital and delivery-focused leader with the experience and credibility to lead complex digital transformation at scale. You will bring:

Senior leadership experience in digital, ICT, transformation or programme delivery within a large, complex organisation.
A strong track record of delivering major programmes that improve services, efficiency and outcomes.
Excellent governance, assurance, risk management, performance and benefits realisation experience.
The ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead inclusive, resident-focused digital change.

If you are ready to lead ambitious digital transformation that makes a real difference for Sheffield, we would welcome your application.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Ben Marston, Director of ICT and Digital Innovation at Ben.Marston@sheffield.gov.uk .

Selection Process

Initial assessment activities (via Teams): w/c 10 August 2026

Final Panel Interviews (in-person): 20 or 21 August 2026

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.