24 strategic lead jobs found in London

We’re Hiring: Head of Emerging Technology – Band 8b Location: South London Sector: NHS / Healthcare Digital Transformation Contract: 4 months Rate: £43.00 per hour Part time 03 days per week IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Engagement Type: Direct Engagement We are currently looking for an experienced Head of Emerging Technology to support a leading NHS healthcare organisation with its digital innovation and transformation agenda. This is an exciting opportunity for a senior digital leader with strong experience in AI, emerging technologies, digital transformation, innovation portfolio management, stakeholder engagement and healthcare technology adoption. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving forward digital innovation across the organisation, supporting the move towards modern, data-led and technology-enabled healthcare services. Key experience required: ✅ Senior leadership experience in digital transformation, healthcare innovation or emerging technology ✅ Strong...

Job Description CCL Global is supporting a major public sector organisation in the appointment of an experienced Deputy Commercial Director (Works) to provide strategic commercial leadership across a significant portfolio of capital works, infrastructure and estate programmes. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced commercial professional with extensive knowledge of NEC contracts, public procurement regulations, and the management of high-value works and construction procurements. Working within a fast-paced and complex stakeholder environment, you will lead commercial delivery activities, support procurement strategy, manage commercial teams, and provide expert advice to senior decision-makers. Location: London, UK. Type of Contract: 6 Month contract(Inside IR35) Key duties will include: * Provide subject matter expertise across NEC contract forms and contracting strategies. * Lead the development and implementation of commercial and procurement...

Lead Cloud Architect - Azure Transformation Location: Central London or Sheffield (Hybrid - 2 days onsite, with some travel between both sites) Contract: Initial 12 months with extensions (2-3 year transformation programme) Rate: £750-£900 per day (Inside IR35) Shape the Future of Cloud at one of the UK's Largest Organisations Are you an experienced Senior Cloud Architect with deep knowledge of Azure based cloud transformations? Do you have exceptional stakeholder engagement skills and a track record of significant contributions to complex, enterprise-scale environments? If so, apply now for this new role. We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Cloud Architect / Senior Azure Architect to play a pivotal role in a major enterprise-wide digital transformation programme. The successful Senior Cloud Architect / Senior Azure Architect will be an energetic, enthusiastic and charismatic leader, who can build key relationships with senior stakeholders as well as key internal...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced PMO Lead to establish, lead and continuously enhance portfolio governance, planning, reporting and delivery oversight across a Technology Products function. As the PMO Lead, you will be responsible for driving best practice project and portfolio management standards across a diverse portfolio of technology initiatives. Working closely with senior technology leaders, product teams, project managers and business stakeholders, you will provide strategic oversight of delivery performance, financial management, resource planning and governance, ensuring successful execution of key technology programmes and product-driven initiatives. This role requires a highly organised and influential PMO professional who can operate at both strategic and operational levels, providing leadership across portfolio management processes while delivering meaningful insight to support executive decision-making. Essential Experience Significant...

Digital Delivery Manager £700 per day (Umbrella) | Inside IR35 | 6-Month Contract | DV Cleared | Hybrid (London/Northwood)   Overview A leading government defence organisation is seeking an experienced Digital Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of critical digital and technology programmes within a highly secure environment. The chosen candidate must have DV clearance, coupled with experience working within a multidisciplinary team interacting with End Users across Digital products, ideally within the defence sector who is happy to travel onsite 2 to 3 days per week in London.   The successful candidate will possess a strong background delivering complex digital transformation initiatives within defence, national security, government, aerospace, or other highly regulated sectors.   Key Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end delivery of digital projects and services. Develop and maintain delivery plans, schedules, milestones, and reporting frameworks. Manage project...

Senior Delivery Lead (Cognitive Automation Ecosystem) 6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - market rate Heathrow based - hybrid working - up to 3 days a week onsite About the Role The Cognitive Automation Ecosystem team turns agentic automation and AI from isolated initiatives into a safe, scalable, enterprise capability. It provides the platform, guardrails, and shared services that agentic delivery and run teams rely upon to scale safely and effectively across the business. This is a hands-on delivery role for someone who genuinely enjoys bringing order to complexity. You'll lead delivery across multiple technology programmes, where competing priorities, shared resources, and fast-moving timelines are the norm, not the exception. You'll work through influence rather than authority, earning trust quickly, pushing back when needed, and keeping the squad moving without creating bureaucratic drag. There is no dedicated product lead, so you'll work closely with the Technical Lead to...

Regeneration Manager - Major Development Programme (£1bn Estate Regeneration) Rate: £700 per day Duration: 6 Months (Initially) Location: Uxbridge (Hybrid) IR35: Inside (Must use an umbrella company) Role Purpose The Regeneration Manager will play a key leadership role in the delivery of a £1bn, campus-led regeneration and development programme within a higher education setting. The role is focused on developing and implementing a funded strategy that enhances the university estate, improves student and key worker accommodation, and leverages institutional land and assets to support wider economic growth and placemaking objectives. The postholder will lead the development and delivery of regeneration schemes from inception through to completion, ensuring high-quality outcomes for students, staff, residents, and stakeholders, while supporting the long-term strategic vision of the university estate. Key Responsibilities Strategic Regeneration & Pipeline Development...

Job Title: Senior Service Designer (Fixed Term Contract) Location: Hybrid Working (Minimum 1 day in office at Welwyn Garden City) Contract Length: 6 Months Daily Rate: £550 - £750 per day Inside IR35 Are you passionate about shaping exceptional service experiences in the retail industry? Our client, a leading player in the supermarket sector, is seeking a talented Senior Service Designer to join their innovative team! This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on services that affect millions of customers, colleagues, and partners every day. ### What You'll Do: Lead Strategic Initiatives: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for enhancing service quality across various product areas. Facilitate Workshops: Design and run workshops to map current and future state services, ensuring all voices are heard and critical decisions are made based on solid evidence. User Experience Mapping: Create comprehensive user experience maps that...

Lead Solution Architect Location: Luton - Hybrid – 2 to 3 days per week onsite Start Date: ASAP Contract Rate: £500–£545 per day inside IR35 Duration: 12 months initially Role Overview Our client is seeking an experienced Lead Solution Architect to drive end-to-end solution design across a strategic programme within the airline operations domain. This is a high-impact role where you will define the architecture vision, align multiple product teams, and ensure scalable, cohesive, and business-aligned solutions. You will operate at the intersection of architecture, delivery, and product, setting technical direction, establishing guardrails, and enabling teams to deliver effectively while maintaining architectural integrity. Key Responsibilities * Provide architecture leadership across a mission-level initiative, defining and owning the overall solution vision * Shape end-to-end solutions spanning multiple teams, platforms, and technology domains * Establish...

Product Owner - Cloud Hosting Rate: £80-£84 per hour (Inside IR35) Contract: Initial 6 months, rolling extension Location: Reading (Hybrid - 3 days onsite per week) Security Clearance: Active MOD SC Clearance Required Overview We are seeking an experienced Product Owner with a strong background in Cloud Hosting, Defence, and secure technology environments to join a major aerospace and defence programme. This is an excellent opportunity for a Product Owner who can bridge business and technical teams, drive cloud platform strategy, and deliver secure, scalable cloud hosting solutions within highly regulated environments. Key Responsibilities Define and own the Cloud Hosting product vision, strategy, and roadmap. Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to gather and prioritise requirements. Translate business needs into Epics, Features, and User Stories. Manage and prioritise the product backlog, balancing business value, dependencies, and team capacity. Lead...

My high performing local authority is looking to recruit an Interim Head of Revenues and Benefits to lead and develop it's large team as well as overseeing the full scope of statutory Revenues and Benefits functions including Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing Benefits, Local Council Tax Support and the Council's Corporate Fraud Team. This is a senior leadership role with a strong focus on the Collection Fund, policy development and service transformation. The successful candidate will act as the Council's lead expert on Revenues and Benefits legislation, advising senior leadership and driving performance, compliance and financial stability across a large and complex service. The Role Lead and manage the Council's Revenues and Benefits service, overseeing c90 staff across multiple teams delivering Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing Benefits, Local Council Tax Support and Corporate Fraud. Take strategic responsibility for the Collection Fund, ensuring effective billing,...

Job Description CCL Global is supporting a major public sector organisation in the search for an experienced Procurement Manager to join a high-profile commercial team on an interim basis. This role will support senior commercial leadership across the full procurement lifecycle, from pre-procurement planning through to contract award and handover. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing procurement strategies, managing procurement activities, ensuring governance compliance, and supporting business-critical commercial decisions. Location: Primarily remote, with occasional travel to London for team meetings. Contract: 6 Months (Inside IR35) Key Responsibilities * Support the Commercial Lead across procurement delivery, governance, and commercial activities. * Develop procurement strategies, sourcing plans, routes to market, and procurement timetables. * Conduct market analysis, supplier engagement, and options appraisals to inform...

Senior QAT Analyst Remote £440 per day inside ir35 6 months duration Active SC clearance required We are currently seeking an experienced Senior QA Test Analyst to join a high-profile digital transformation programme within a secure government environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a quality-focused professional who thrives in complex technical environments and enjoys working closely with both technical teams and business stakeholders to deliver robust, high-quality solutions. You'll play a key role in shaping testing strategies, driving quality assurance best practices, and ensuring critical services meet both functional and non-functional requirements. What You'll Be Doing Leading the design, development and execution of comprehensive test plans and test cases. Ensuring quality is embedded throughout the software delivery lifecycle. Working with stakeholders to understand business requirements and identify quality risks. Managing, reporting and driving the...

Senior PM London contract - INSIDE IR35 £(Apply online only)/DAY Senior Supervision PM would be a typical PM type. * Lead the strands under the Supervisory Strategy workstream focussed on: * Supporting the AE in developing a robust strategy & delivery plan on the supervisory capability * Plan and deliver a Supervisory Playbook with supervision SMEs on how we will run the supervision of any scheme * Plan and deliver the operating model for the supervision team * Plan and deliver a change & technology workstream working with supporting organisations and business SMEs, to define, build, test & mature data collections, internal and external reporting capabilities, dashboards and tools to enable the supervisions teams to understand, monitor & drive supervisory intervention on scheme execution * Planning and monitoring of early supervision activities * Transition planning &mgmt. from developing the supervisory capability into standalone supervision in...

Data Management Specialist Location: London (Hybrid 2 days per week in Bishopsgate) Rate: £428 /day Inside IR35 Clearance: BPSS Duration: Contract - 3 months Overview We're looking for a Data Management Specialist to support the development of enterprise-wide data management capabilities within a major insurance transformation programme. This is a strategic, framework-focused role centred around defining operating models, governance standards, ownership structures, and data management best practices across the insurance value chain. Working closely with the Head of Data Management, you'll help shape scalable governance and data management approaches across underwriting, claims, policy, finance, and distribution domains. Key Responsibilities Define and evolve enterprise data management frameworks covering:o Data governance o Data quality o Metadata & cataloguing o Master & reference data Develop target operating models and governance approaches Define...

Agentic Platform Lead 6 months London £Negotiable rate per day (Inside IR35) Scope of work: The consumption layer that determines how agents query and use the graph. RESPONSIBILITIES Defines tool-calling schemas, RAG pipelines, and context strategies. Builds hallucination guardrails and agent evaluation harnesses. Integrates the graph with enterprise agentic platforms. KEY SKILLS LLM integration RAG architecture Tool / function calling Cypher Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We...

Test Assurance Manager Rate: £700-£800 per day (Inside IR35) Location: London (1 day per week onsite) Duration: Initial 6 months We are seeking an experienced Test Assurance Manager to join a major transformation programme within a globally recognised organisation. This role will play a key part in establishing and governing the programme's testing approach, ensuring all testing activities are delivered to the highest standards and provide the confidence required for successful programme delivery. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior testing professional who enjoys operating at a strategic level, defining frameworks, challenging assumptions, identifying risks and providing assurance across complex programmes. Key Responsibilities Define and maintain the programme Test Strategy and Test Assurance Framework. Establish testing standards, governance processes, quality gates and assurance principles. Review test coverage, completeness, traceability and overall quality...

Data Engineer Lead - Tier 1 Bank - London - 6 months Role - Data Engineer Lead Rate - £700 per day (Inside IR35) Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Liverpool Street - 3 days per week in an office in Liverpool Street (London) Role The Data Engineer Lead is responsible for designing, building, and supporting modern data platform, with a particular focus on Databricks, cloud-based data engineering, and leading the migration of legacy Oracle systems into scalable, cloud-native environments. The role supports the organisation's data strategy especially on Finance and Regulatory domain by ensuring high-quality, reliable pipelines and data models that enable analytics, regulatory reporting, and data-driven decision-making. The post holder plays a key leadership role within the Data Engineering function, shaping architectural direction, ensuring engineering excellence, and partnering with Technology, Architecture, and Business teams across the...

Role: Buyer – Projects Location: Greenwich Rate: £40–£45 per hour (Inside IR35) Start Date: ASAP Duration: Initial 6 months (extension subject to project demand) Determination: Inside IR35 Company Overview Our client operates within a large-scale industrial environment, delivering complex infrastructure and capital projects across the UK and internationally. With a strong focus on operational excellence, procurement plays a critical role in ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. The Role We are seeking an experienced Buyer with a strong background in project-based procurement to support ongoing and upcoming projects. This role will involve sourcing and managing suppliers, negotiating contracts, and ensuring continuity of supply for key goods and services. You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to deliver value-driven procurement solutions across multiple projects. Key Responsibilities *...

My client within Investment Banking is currently seeking for an SRE Lead. I'm working on an SRE Lead role within a banking/payments environment that I thought might be of interest. You'd lead SRE strategy, driving automation, observability, and reliability by design, with a focus on reducing incidents and improving recovery. Looking for someone with 8+ years' experience in SRE, strong resilience engineering background, and the ability to scale operations in complex environments. Logistics: Up to £1000 p/d inside IR35 3 Days a week Bromley 12 month contract Please click to find out more about our Key Information Documents. Please note that the documents provided contain generic information. If we are successful in finding you an assignment, you will receive a Key Information Document which will be specific to the vendor set-up you have chosen and your placement. To find out more about Huxley, please visit Huxley, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as...