Assistant Director - Digital Planning & Development

Cardiff University is seeking an Assistant Director (Planning & Delivery) to provide the strategic leadership of the development, delivery and operation for a new Planning & Delivery team within University IT.

Us

We want to make Cardiff University an institution that is respected the world over. Our vision is to be a world-leading, research-excellent, educationally outstanding university, driven by creativity and curiosity, which fulfils its social, cultural and economic obligations to Cardiff, Wales, the UK and the world. Our ambitious strategy to 2035 (Our Future Together) will enable the university to co-create and share new knowledge, to deliver a better world for future generations. We aim to rank consistently in the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK.

Opportunity

The successful candidate will work within University IT alongside well-established Infrastructure, Solutions, and Service and Operations teams to create a new Planning and Delivery team. This new team is being formed to support the management of departmental demand, workload, and delivery, and will support the operational and strategic delivery activity for the entire department.

You will provide the strategic leadership of the development, delivery and operation of the Planning & Delivery team, with responsibilities including:

• oversight, delivery, communication and end user enablement for agreed IT/Digital projects and programmes, including the delivery of the Digital Plan;
• financial planning and effective management of budgets;
• the provision of the management of demand and resourcing functions;
• effective communication of departmental activity, strategic engagement with colleges, schools and professional services;
• oversight of department governance and assurance functions, including departmental risk, audits, and mitigating actions.

You will ensure that the services of the team are developed and delivered in alignment to the strategic goals and objectives of the University while also ensuring that services are highly available, sustainable, innovative, secure and offer an attractive value proposition for the University.

What we offer

Cardiff University can offer many attractive benefits to its employees, including a competitive salary, 37 days annual leave per annum and a generous pension scheme. More information on what we can offer can be found at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/what-we-can-offer.

To provide the strategic leadership of the development, delivery and operation of the University Digital Planning & Delivery team. Responsible within University IT for:  

• oversight, delivery, communication and end user enablement for agreed IT/Digital projects and programmes, including the delivery of the Digital Plan; financial planning and effective management of budgets;  

• the provision of the management of demand and resourcing functions;  

• effective communication of departmental activity, strategic engagement with colleges, schools and professional services (Business Partnering);  

• oversight and assurance of departmental risk, departmental audits, and mitigating actions.  

• ensuring that services are developed and delivered in alignment to the strategic goals and objectives of the University while also ensuring that services are highly available, sustainable, innovative, secure and offer an attractive value proposition for the University. 

This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and open ended.

Salary: £76,188 per annum (SENST). Appointments to roles at Cardiff University are usually made at bottom of scale unless in exceptional circumstances 

Closing date: Tuesday, 18 November 2025

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