Job Title - Deputy Director Commercial Software & Cloud Services

Salary

• £101,000 - £131,000, GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 20% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.

Location

• Wiltshire (MOD Corsham)
• Bristol (MOD Abbey Wood)
• London (MOD Westminster)

About the Role

Defence Digital Commercial is the core team responsible for delivering outstanding outcomes and value for Defence across its exploitation of digital and information technologies, through our oversight and management of all third-party IT spend for Defence.

We are responsible for a large portfolio of complex contracts worth £4.7bn a year, through more than 300 suppliers. We have implemented Category Management and operate across five categories – Networks, Hardware and Services, Space, Software and Professional Services – engaging with suppliers of all sizes and specialisms across the Defence landscape.

It is an exceptionally exciting time within Defence Digital Commercial and we are seeking procurement experts to join us to share knowledge and experience. Working collaboratively with multiple key internal stakeholders, you will deliver the Commercial approach to new and exciting projects, driving innovation, value and agility through strategic Category Management.

Person Specification

Typically, the key responsibilities in this role may include (but are not limited to):

• Providing advice and using commercial expertise and digital-specific data and insights to inform judgements in markets, sectors, policy, delivery mechanisms, and suppliers.
• Leading a cross-government Enterprise Category and managing the benefits, risks and issues of a category management approach for digital and technology spend.
• Leading the development and stewardship of a Digital and Technology Pathway Playbook, providing practical guidance on Digital Categories, Digital Ways of Working and Category specific procurement routes.
• Developing and maintaining an Enterprise digital procurement pipeline, improving visibility of upcoming technology and digital requirements, reducing duplication and proactively shaping market engagement.
• Designing and delivering industry engagement and market-shaping activity (for example themed roundtables) to strengthen government–industry relationships and stimulate capability for digital services.
• Creating strategies and influencing departmental culture that values effective commercial input into digital delivery, procurement excellence, supply chain management/supplier ecosystem management and innovation adoption.
• Lead on the implementation of government commercial policy in digital contexts and articulating technical and procurement requirements to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Managing the development and execution of supplier management strategies tailored to digital suppliers to maximise commercial leverage and service resilience.
• Ensuring relevant issues are fed into Category strategy and big picture considerations.
• Establishing and implementing negotiation strategies and commercial models (e.g. outcome-based contracts, managed services) with clear parameters that reflect digital delivery risk and incentives.
• Researching, encouraging and applying new ideas, agile contracting approaches and ways of working to maximise value for money and speed of delivery.
• Applying robust programme and visual project management approaches, and developing commercial resource plans including people, systems and infrastructure to deliver effective digital commercial outcomes.
• Securing insight into customers, citizens, services and markets for digital products and services, and using that insight to inform sourcing and contract decisions.
• Providing commercial advice on major digital investment appraisals and decisions.
• Critically assessing digital supply chains to identify resilience risks, concentration issues and opportunities to strengthen the department’s position.