Project Director
5 days ago
City of London
Strategic Project Director\n\nLocation: London UK (travel required between sites)\n\nClearance: \n\nRole Overview\n\nProvide senior accountability for the consolidation of a Top Secret (TS) digital workplace, bringing desktop and deskside services from four agencies into a single, secure service model under a new contract. Working from bid stage through mobilisation and delivery, you will define the approach to integration and transition and oversee delivery of a complex, multi‑agency programme spanning technology, service operations, security, and adoption.\n\nThe role focuses on stabilising, integrating, and optimising services while navigating differing security requirements, organisational cultures, and legacy environments through strong governance and assured execution.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nOwn the transition and transformation approach, including roadmap, governance, and Target Operating Model (TOM).\nShape the solution and commercial model with architects, finance, and legal, ensuring delivery viability within TS constraints.\nLead executive stakeholder engagement, risk assessment, and dependency modelling.\nLead a large, cross‑functional programme covering workplace technology, service operations, cyber assurance, identity, and change.\nDeliver a consolidated SIAM‑based operating model aligned to ITIL v4, integrating multiple suppliers and service towers.\nDrive technology rationalisation, including: \nWindows 11 endpoint and image strategy\nIntune / Configuration Manager\nIdentity and access (AD / Entra ID, PAM, MFA)\nSecure collaboration, VDI, and remote access\nITSM, CMDB, monitoring, EDR/XDR, and tooling consolidation\nEnsure TS security assurance and accreditation, working closely with cyber and accrediting authorities.\nRedesign service operations to improve automation, data‑driven support, and user experience.\nLead people, culture, and adoption, aligning teams across agencies to new ways of working.\nRun programme governance (Boards, Design Authorities, CABs) with strong auditability.\nTrack and realise benefits across cost, risk, performance, and user experience. \n\nEssential Experience\n\nProven large scale technology or service transformations, ideally in digital workplace or end‑user compute.\nProven delivery from bid through mobilisation, transition, transformation, and BAU handover.\nExperience operating in Top Secret / DV or equivalently regulated environments (government, defence, intelligence).\nStrong executive stakeholder management, including CISOs, CTOs, COOs, and Agency leadership.\nDemonstrated programme leadership delivering complex outcomes on time, on budget, and with assurance.Technical Background:\n\nDigital workplace / EUC: Windows 10/11, image management, device hardening, VDI.\nEndpoint management: Intune, Configuration Manager, MDM/MAM.\nIdentity & security: AD / Entra ID, Zero Trust, MFA, PAM, EDR/XDR, DLP.\nService management: ITIL v4, SIAM, ITSM platforms (e.g. ServiceNow).\nSecure cloud, collaboration, and restricted‑environment solutions