Public Digital

Senior Director – Global Impact

Public Digital

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £127,000 - £142,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead complex global engagements - Provide strategic leadership for major client engagements, guiding organisations through complex digital transformation challenges across diverse global contexts.
  • Build trusted client relationships - Develop strong relationships with senior leaders across governments, philanthropic foundations, multilateral organisations and international institutions.
  • Lead high-performing teams - Support and mentor multidisciplinary teams of designers, technologists, policy specialists and transformation practitioners delivering complex global work.
  • Ensure delivery excellence - Maintain strong portfolio health across engagements, ensuring delivery quality, commercial sustainability and positive client outcomes.
  • Shape new opportunities - Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships and contribute to the development of new proposals and partnerships.
  • Develop Public Digital’s service offering - Help evolve our capabilities in emerging areas such as digital public infrastructure, AI for public impact and digital sovereignty.
  • Support organisational growth - Contribute to the development of Public Digital’s people, culture and global reputation as a trusted partner for digital transformation.

Requirements

  • Senior leadership experience - You have operated at a senior level within consulting, advisory or transformation environments and are comfortable working with senior leaders in complex institutions.
  • Global transformation experience - You have experience supporting digital transformation in governments, international organisations or large institutions, ideally across multiple countries or regions.
  • Complex delivery leadership - You are experienced in leading multidisciplinary teams delivering complex programmes in challenging and fast-paced environments.
  • Commercial awareness - You are comfortable contributing to proposals, shaping programmes of work and navigating contracts, pricing and delivery models.
  • Strong relationship builder - You can build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and work effectively across diverse cultural and organisational contexts.
  • Influential communicator - You are able to communicate complex ideas clearly and confidently with a wide range of audiences.
  • Team leadership and mentoring - You enjoy developing others and helping teams grow and succeed.
  • Commitment to inclusive teams - You are committed to creating open, collaborative and inclusive working environments where people can do their best work.
  • Expertise we are particularly interested in
  • Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, particularly the responsible and practical application of AI in complex public systems.
  • Quantitative and economic analysis, including financial modelling, economic evaluation or data-driven approaches to policy and investment decisions.
Benefits
  • Opportunity to grow and progress rapidly within an engaged, supportive environment.
  • Be entrepreneurial and contribute to the growth and success of Public Digital.
  • Deliver high-impact work with leading institutions around the world.
  • Emphasis on learning, development, and progression.
  • Build and develop your expertise and profile through publishing blog posts, presenting at events, and sharing knowledge.
  • Empowerment to do your best work.
  • Home and remote working, with flexibility in how you deliver work.
  • Buddy system and prioritised mental health.
  • Generous holiday allowance of 30 days, plus an additional office closure over the Christmas period.
  • Private healthcare cover.
  • Flexible benefits allowance.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
digital transformationartificial intelligencequantitative analysiseconomic analysisfinancial modellingdata-driven approachesprogram deliverycomplex programme leadershipdigital public infrastructureemerging technologies
Soft Skills
strategic leadershiprelationship buildinginfluential communicationteam leadershipmentoringcommitment to inclusivitycollaborationcultural awarenessproblem-solvingadaptability