Head of IT Delivery and Strategic Partnering
We are looking for a strategic and delivery-focused Head of IT Delivery & Strategic Partnering to lead the interface between IT and business directorates. You will ensure technology-enabled change is delivered effectively, on time, and aligned with organisational priorities.
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Technology, Change & Governance, you will translate business strategies into executable technology delivery plans, prioritise initiatives, and drive benefits realisation across the organisation. This is a pivotal leadership role with responsibility for shaping a delivery culture, embedding governance, and ensuring successful adoption of new technologies.
What You’ll Need
We are looking for someone with a strong record in delivering large-scale IT change programmes, who can combine strategic thinking with hands-on leadership. You will bring:
- Proven experience in programme and project delivery, managing multi-disciplinary IT programmes on time, within scope, and budget.
- Expertise in technology transformation, including digital, cloud, or infrastructure initiatives, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and dependencies.
- Strong capability in governance, risk, and compliance, including KPI tracking, reporting, and assurance in complex or regulated environments.
- Experience in budget and resource management, including forecasting, resource planning, and optimising spend.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and leadership skills, able to influence senior leaders, build high-performing teams, and communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to lead change management and benefits realisation, with awareness of modern IT landscapes and emerging technologies.
What you’ll do
- Provide strategic leadership and oversight of the organisation’s programme and project delivery function, ensuring initiatives are delivered to agreed scope, time, cost, and quality parameters.
- Lead, coach, and develop programme and project managers, providing guidance on planning, risk, and benefits realisation.
- Own and evolve programme and project governance frameworks, ensuring accountability, timely decisions, and effective assurance.
- Drive IT business partnering, translating business needs into prioritised, sequenced, and deliverable portfolios.
- Oversee business analysis capability, ensuring requirements are fully captured, validated, and traceable through project lifecycles.
- Contribute to organisational strategy as a member of the Leadership Team, building inclusive, high-performing teams and embedding delivery excellence across the function.
About You
You will be an experienced delivery leader who is strategic, hands-on, and commercially aware. You have a track record of successfully delivering complex IT programmes and are comfortable operating at both an operational and executive level. You are collaborative, results-driven, and able to inspire teams to achieve ambitious outcomes.
Why Join Us?
At Peabody, we are guided by our values: Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. You will join a team committed to inclusion, innovation, and meaningful impact.
What We Offer
- 30 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Two paid volunteering days per year
- Flexible benefits scheme, including family-friendly options and access to a discount portal
- 4x salary life assurance
- Up to 10% pension contribution
Please read before applying
Interviews will be held in person at Westminster Bridge Road on Thursday 11th December 2025
For questions, contact Talent Specialist Victoria at victoria.wilson1@peabody.org.uk
How to Apply
If this sounds like the right opportunity and you want to lead IT delivery at Peabody, please apply by submitting an anonymised CV, and a supporting statement explaining why you are the ideal candidate