Associate Director of Digital Transformation

Based in one of the world's most exciting capital cities, London Metropolitan University is home to a welcoming community of inspiring and determined learners, teachers and innovative thinkers. We are in the process of transforming everything about our University and have committed £150 million to achieve this in the coming years, including our ambitious Digital First Strategy, launched in 2021, that is seeing significant investment across all areas of the University to digitally transform the experience of our students and staff.

The University’s Digital First Strategy is an exciting and ambitious transformation plan which aims to ensure learning, teaching, research, professional services and infrastructure at the University operate under excellent digital environments. You will be joining a team responsible for the strategic transformation portfolio across the University, which includes delivering cutting edge technology-driven change to meet our Digital First roadmap as well as identifying and assessing new and emerging demand and requirements via building collaborative, cross-functional relationships with teams across the institution.

As part of our ongoing investment we are now growing our internal Digital Transformation function to ensure the University has a strategic capability for the long-term. Reporting to the Director of Digital Transformation, the Associate Director of Digital Transformation is a pivotal senior strategic role, responsible for ensuring that our strategic portfolio is delivered successfully, aligned to our roadmap, and via consistent methodology, reporting and governance.

We will be scaling our Digital Transformation capability further, so you will get the opportunity to shape that future structure as you build a highly skilled team across Project/Product Management and Business Analysis functions. You will play a leading role in designing and implementing a centre of excellence for our strategic portfolio, ensuring consistently high quality outcomes and harnessing modern technology solutions for the University as our digital transformation continues at pace.

Experience

• Proven track record in driving, leading and managing a portfolio of strategic Digital projects and programmes across a large complex environment.
• A strong and broad technical background, with knowledge across enterprise applications, cloud technologies, integration and architecture.
• Proven record of building effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation, leveraging these to ensure business ownership and buy-in for strategic initiatives.
• Track record of leading large-scale system implementations, or ongoing enhancements of digital products and services.
• Excellent understanding of business change management, as well as best practice in Agile delivery methodologies.
• Significant experience of leading high-performing teams, delivering at pace.
• Extensive experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders and external partners to deliver and develop digital products and services.
• Experience of working within a Higher Education environment is desirable.

London Metropolitan University are looking for candidates who want to further their career, alongside delivering cutting edge digital services for our students and staff, and in return, offer an extensive benefits package including:

• Competitive salary package up to approx. £90K per annum, dependent on experience.
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days annual leave + closure days + bank holidays.
• Career salary average pension scheme, with generous employer contributions.
• Maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave, free on-site sport and fitness facilities.
• A healthy work-life balance for all employees with a strong flexible working culture.

How to Apply

The closing date for all applications, which should be in the form of a CV and cover addressed to londonmetuni@minervasearch.com is 17 November 2025.

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