Digital, Data & Technology Director

East West Railway Company

Provide strategic and operational leadership across digital, data, technology for East West Railway. Shape the digital foundations of a modern railway organisation.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeMilton Keynes • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

- Define and deliver an enterprise wide digital, data and technology strategy aligned to EWR Co’s mission and future operational needs.
- Lead the development and implementation of a digital, data and technology operating model in conjunction with multiple partner organisations operating across multiple digital and cyber environments.
- Act as strategic owner of EWR Co’s digital ecosystem, ensuring coherence and interoperability across platforms, architecture, governance and standards.
- Shape EWR Co’s organisational strategy by being a thought leader and championing the best use of moder, scalable digital and data practices and building a user-focused and ‘digital first’ culture.
- Be a trusted adviser to the Board, Executive and Senior Leaders in the business.
- Lead and own digital delivery across the organisation, ensuring digital services and ways of working support both infrastructure delivery and future railway operations.
- Identify and develop new digital capability and systems that build on and complement existing digital engineering excellence, for example through our Building Information Management and Digital Twin tools.
- Oversee and prioritise digital investment, making sure spend delivers clear value.
- Lead on the implementation of AI tools to enable the organisation to deliver more efficiently and effectively.
- Deliver a data and information strategy and operating model that is scalable, flexible and can interoperate with multiple partner organisations.
- Develop East West Rail’s data capabilities and embed a data led culture including treating data and information as strategic assets.
- Set data, information and quality standards and establish effective data and information governance and control across corporate systems, project and the supply chain, for example in line with ISO 19650.
- Deliver high quality data models – getting the best out of our Microsoft Azure environment and recent adoption of Microsoft Fabric.
- Enable high quality analytics and insight capabilities – making sure information is trusted, accessible and fit for purpose.
- Embed robust information security standards and practices.
- Ensure relevant asset and operational information is available and in suitable form for bringing the railway into operation and handing the physical asset over to the Assed Owner in a highly regulated environment.
- Deliver secure, resilient and scalable technology platforms, including an efficient, interoperable and effective technology architecture.
- Lead and own cyber security and information risk management, strategy and operations – building on our existing Secure by Design status to make sure East West Rail is a cyber secure organisation.
- Deliver a high-quality IT operational service to the organisation including end user computing, incident management, service desk, vendor performance and Disaster Recovery.
- Responsible for managing and supporting direct reports including: coaching and developing team members to drive individual growth and operational excellence.
- Leading continuous improvement, through regular performance management and ensuring compliance with organisation policies and updating relevant systems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

- Deep expertise across digital, data, technology, information management and cyber security.
- Proven ability to build and mature digital capability and operating models from the ground up.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- Experience working across programme delivery, corporate functions and 3rd parties.
- A collaborative, adaptable, outcomes‑focused mindset with the confidence to challenge, innovate and set high standards.
- Experience in transport, infrastructure, construction or other regulated and safety‑critical sectors. (Desirable)

Benefits

Comp & perks

- Competitive salary that reflects your skills and experience
- Up to 12% employer pension contribution to support your future
- 36 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus the option to buy up to 2 extra days
- 2 volunteering days, a chance for you to give back to the community
- Enhanced family-friendly policies to support you and your loved ones
- Life assurance (4x your annual salary) for peace of mind
- Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support when you need it
- Access to Perkbox for a wide range of discounts and wellbeing benefits
- Recognition programme, including on-the-spot and annual awards
- Advanced learning and development opportunities to help you grow.

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Hard Skills & Tools

digital strategydata strategytechnology strategydigital operating modeldata governanceinformation managementcyber securitydata modelingMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft Fabric

Soft Skills

leadershipstakeholder engagementinfluencingcollaborationadaptabilityoutcomes-focused mindsetcoachingperformance managementcontinuous improvementstrategic advising