Vocative Consulting

Head of IT Transformation £80,000 - £90,000 + car Hybrid (Somerset 2 days/week) Job Purpose The Head of IT Transformation is accountable for driving technology-enabled change across the organisation, delivered primarily through a structured ecosystem of third-party suppliers and technology partners. This is not a traditional IT operations role. The successful candidate will be a commercially astute transformation leader who can define the technology change agenda, commission and govern delivery through external partners, and maintain clear accountability to the Executive and Board for outcomes, pace, and value for money. Reporting and Structure Reporting Line: Chief Financial Officer Direct Reports: IT Programme Manager, Project Manager, Business Analysis Manager, Data and Insights Manager Key Accountabilities Transformation Strategy and Roadmap • Own the organisation's technology transformation roadmap, aligned to business strategy and agreed with the Executive Team and Board. • Identify and prioritise change initiatives that drive operational improvement, service quality, and organisational resilience. • Translate business requirements into clear technology change briefs suitable for external delivery partners. • Maintain a forward view of the technology landscape, bringing relevant innovation and best practice to leadership attention. Supplier and Partner Governance • Act as the primary accountability owner for all third-party technology suppliers and delivery partners, ensuring contractual obligations, performance standards, and value for money are consistently met. • Lead supplier selection, commercial negotiation, and ongoing contract management across the change portfolio. • Establish clear governance frameworks for partner-delivered programmes, including assurance gates, escalation routes, and executive reporting. • Manage supplier relationships at a senior level, holding partners to account for delivery quality and pace. Programme Oversight and Assurance • Maintain single-point accountability for the end-to-end delivery of the IT change portfolio, whether delivered internally or through third parties. • Ensure robust programme governance, risk management, and dependency oversight across all active workstreams. • Provide regular, board-ready assurance reporting on portfolio status, risks, investment, and outcomes. • Lead escalation management where supplier performance or programme risks require executive intervention. Stakeholder and Business Engagement • Act as the senior technology change interface for all Heads of Department, Operational Leads, and the Executive Team. • Ensure business functions are engaged, prepared, and supported through change, with technology adoption embedded effectively across services. • Build trusted relationships with non-technical colleagues, making technology change accessible and relevant to operational audiences. Financial Oversight • Own the IT transformation budget, including capex and opex across all change programmes. • Provide final sign-off on technology investment proposals and ensure spend is aligned to strategic priorities and delivers measurable return. About You You are a commercially minded technology transformation leader with a proven track record of governing complex, partner-delivered change programmes. You are as comfortable negotiating with a supplier as you are presenting to a Board, and you understand that in a third-party-led delivery model, clarity of requirements, strong governance, and commercial leverage are the levers that determine success. You do not need to be a hands-on technologist. You do need to be an expert at commissioning, managing, and holding accountable the people and organisations who are. Essential Experience and Skills • Proven track record of governing technology transformation programmes delivered by third-party suppliers and managed service partners. • Experience defining technology change roadmaps and translating business strategy into supplier-deliverable requirements. • Strong commercial acumen: supplier selection, contract negotiation, and performance management. • Experience preparing and presenting investment cases, portfolio dashboards, and assurance narratives to Executive and Board audiences. • Demonstrated ability to manage a complex portfolio of concurrent change initiatives, balancing pace, risk, and budget. • Confident stakeholder leader, able to influence at Executive and Board level and engage non-technical audiences across operations. • Experience managing and developing high-performing internal teams alongside external delivery partners. • Familiarity with IT governance frameworks, risk management, and change control best practice. Desirable • Familiarity with digital care, workforce, or back-office system transformation programmes. • PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, or APM/PMP qualification. Compensation and Benefits • Salary: Up to 90,000 per annum plus car allowance of 5,000 and annual bonus of 5%. • Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. • Leave: 28 days plus bank holidays, with additional days accruing after 5 years of service. • Pension: 7% matched contribution. • Private healthcare with BUPA. • Life cover: 2x salary. • Access to employee assistance programme, Wagestream, and retail discounts platform.

M365 Lead - London (hybrid 1dpw) - £75K+ - Permanent role Lead a small team and manage external partners to ensure the successful delivery of multiple projects across a multi-year M365 transformation. Based in London, this financial services business is engaged in a large and complex cloud transformation. As part of that work, they have a multi-year roadmap for M365. With a small internal team and third party offshore partners delivering the bulk of the technical work, they are looking for an experienced candidate to join them to lead the team and manage the partners. You'll need to be an experienced candidate with deep technical know-how across the M365 landscape; Exchange, Sharepoint, InTune, SCCM, Teams and AVD plus other relevant technologies. You'll have had previous experience of implementing 365, and migrating from existing on-prem systems into new cloud environments. You don't need to have had significant managerial experience - this is an opportunity to grow your skills in that area - but working directly with stakeholders, challenging and managing the work of external vendors, and scoping and agreeing roadmaps will be a core part of your skill set, alongside your technical capability. The role is London based - you'll need to be in the office once every week or two. It's a permanent role and will pay around £75K base. For more details, and a confidential discussion, please contact Justin Sleep with a copy of your resume.

VP Solutions - SAP Transformation - Permanent - Hybrid/Midlands - £130K base Working for a household name enterprise organisation, this is an opportunity to lead a very significant SAP Transformation Programme across multiple business units. The initial programme roadmap is 5+ years and Phase 2 beyond that is already in planning; in this role you will have the opportunity work with C-level stakeholders, lead a blended in house and consultancy team, and deliver both process transformation and a migration into a new SAP S/4 HANA environment. This is a high profile role with a long term and significant impact across the organisation. You'll lead discovery, design and implementation phases, understanding and taking account of strategic business goals and turning them into actionable deliverables for your team. You'll play a key role as part of the technology SLT within the organisation. You'll need significant experience in similar programmes from previous roles. Having successfully delivered large scale SAP transformations end to end is a key requirement for success, and experience running large programmes, providing oversight and governance is essential. A track record of leading and developing high performing teams, and taking responsibility for portfolio budgets and financial reporting is important. The role is hybrid and will require 3 office days a week in the East Midlands; you may also need to travel to London and more widely on occasion. Please note this position is subject to UK Security Clearance. You'll need to meet the eligibility criteria, including UK residency, to be considered. It's a permanent role and will pay £130K plus a generous package. For more details please contact Justin Sleep with a copy of your profile.

Data Engineer - Hybrid (East Yorkshire - 1 day/week on-site) - £70,000 with great benefits We're looking for a Data Engineer to join a fast-growing technology business that builds and runs the data platforms behind a global operation supporting thousands of customers. This is a genuine opportunity to get hands-on with a modern Azure and Snowflake-based stack, working alongside a collaborative data team that's actively investing in better tooling, cleaner pipelines, and smarter ways of turning data into decisions. You'll be involved in designing, building, and improving data pipelines and warehouse solutions, not maintaining legacy spaghetti, but contributing to a platform that's evolving, with real scope to bring in new ideas around Azure Fabric, Azure Data Factory, and even AI-driven tooling like Snowflake Cortex if that's an area that interests you. The team is small enough that your work will have visible impact, and supportive enough that you won't be thrown in the deep end as there's a genuine "ask for help, share what you know" culture. We're more interested in attitude than a perfect tick-list: curious, proactive, happy to dig into a problem. What you'll be doing Designing, building, and optimising data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows across SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Snowflake Owning small-to-medium pieces of work end-to-end, with support from more experienced colleagues when you need it Collaborating with the wider data team on architecture, code quality, and best practice Helping shape how the platform evolves, including exploring newer tools like Azure Fabric and Snowflake Cortex Supporting and sharing knowledge with colleagues earlier in their data engineering journey What we're looking for Solid hands-on experience with T-SQL and SQL Server Experience building real-world data pipelines pulling from varied sources (APIs, FTP, direct integrations) Some exposure to Snowflake, or a genuine appetite to get stuck in A curious, proactive mindset, comfortable owning problems but happy to ask for help when needed What's in it for you Hybrid working with just one day a week in the office Extra holiday that grows with service, plus your birthday off Enhanced family leave (maternity, paternity) and sick pay Wellbeing support, including local gym membership and an EAP Free on-site parking If you're a data engineer who wants to do meaningful, modern work without the bureaucracy of a huge corporate, we'd love to hear from you.