Deputy Director – Corporate Applications and Support Services

Scottish Development International

Deputy Director for Corporate Applications transforming corporate technology for the Scottish Government. Leading improvements in application landscapes and enhancing operational effectiveness.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeEdinburgh • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLead💰 £97,819 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudOpen Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help shape and communicate a clear vision for an optimised corporate platform, engaging senior stakeholders to encourage ideas, investment, and shared understanding.
Lead the selection, integration, and continuous improvement of platform technologies, ensuring they form a coherent and effective end to end ecosystem.
Build and develop capability across teams by creating aligned development and improvement plans, blending internal and external skills, and ensuring the organisation can fully own and operate its technology.
Oversee platform operations, including SaaS upgrades, system performance, and overall platform health, ensuring sustainability, security, accessibility, and timely enhancements.
Drive continuous improvement, proactively identifying opportunities to increase value, features, innovation, and service quality informed by customer feedback and user engagement.
Deliver a responsive, transparent support service and design the platform to be suitable for shared service use, supported by effective monitoring, feedback loops, and user centred processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrates strategic leadership across enterprise IT ecosystems and digital transformation programmes, with a proven ability to deliver complex technology change in large organisations.
Skilled at integrating diverse systems and aligning digital services with organisational and government standards.
Be digitally literate, with the ability to engage effectively with technical teams, suppliers and stakeholders to shape and define optimal service design approaches.
Brings demonstrable experience of agile delivery methodologies, open source technologies, cloud platforms and digital services at scale, alongside deep expertise in a relevant digital, data or technology domain.
Extensive experience in enterprise IT or digital transformation, ideally within public sector or large-scale organisations.
Experience managing complex application ecosystems, including SaaS, custom-built, and legacy systems.
Track record of leading cross-functional teams, including architecture, infrastructure, operations, and delivery.
Experience with procurement and vendor management, especially in selecting and integrating new technologies.
Familiarity with government digital service standards, accessibility, and sustainability principles.
Experience leading or supporting large-scale technology delivery projects.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working options depending on the needs of the role, including Flexi-leave.
Supportive and inclusive working environment.
Wide range of employee benefits.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Digital TransformationSystem IntegrationCloud PlatformsOpen Source TechnologiesApplication Ecosystem ManagementTechnology Change DeliveryUser-Centered DesignPerformance MonitoringAccessibility StandardsSustainability Principles

Soft Skills

Stakeholder EngagementCross-Functional Team LeadershipCommunicationProactive Problem SolvingCustomer Feedback Utilization