Overview
The role is to provide leadership to the cross Defra group Geospatial Enabling Programme, a priority data programme within the Defra Delivery & Corporate Services Group. Defra group is driving transformation of services and operations through smarter and innovative use of data. The Geospatial enabling programme was established to support Defra group in the delivery of a wide range of land-based environmental, farming and land use outcomes. The programme works across Defra group to deliver cross-organisational change designed in partnership with business and with users' needs and operational requirements at its heart. You will lead work with senior stakeholders from across Defra group (including a range of arms-length-bodies) to understand the business needs and opportunities, design & deliver the system, and work with partners to embed the solution. You will have experience of delivering complex geospatial or data programmes and of working with stakeholders on innovative solutions and new ways of working to drive out improved front line operational efficiencies and improved policy development through the use of more sophisticated data and insight. Building on a discovery phase conducted to understand the data needs and issues faced by users from policy, operational and data teams, you will identify the opportunities for wider and new uses of the data provision ensuring that land data is exploited to maximum effect.
Responsibilities
* Lead delivery of the Geospatial Enabling programme ensuring that it delivers its outputs against scope, time, cost, and quality.
* Provide technical geospatial leadership and direction of the programme to the programme team and suppliers to ensure delivery.
* Work collaboratively across the organisations with technical and non-technical teams to lead effective business change and development of a collaborative culture across the organisation in the geospatial capability.
* Ensuring that the programme operates within Defra group financial controls - operating within budget and managing financial pressures and underspends effectively.
* Lead and direct large multidisciplinary teams including delivery, geospatial and data SMEs and technical teams.
* Ensure delivery of the data products and services meet data quality requirements, adhere to data standards, and ensure effective data management in collaboration with colleagues in other functions across the organisation.
* Provide strategic leadership to establish and agree benefit ownership and realisation and identify opportunities to maximise programme benefits.
* Reporting to senior leadership on a regular basis from across Defra group including Chief Executives, Director Generals and Directors.
* Development of the business case (OBC etc), ensuring alignment with senior stakeholder and obtaining agreement through the Programme Board, Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) and Investment Committee.
* Ensure stakeholder engagement at a senior level across the geospatial data domain, policy and operational areas are aligned with outcomes of the programme and their needs are identified and addressed.
* Manage multiple stakeholders across the organisation which comprises of a complex environment and build consensus across the diverse stakeholder group. Work closely with the SRO to manage senior stakeholders internally.
* Build and maintain key senior stakeholder relationships with OGDs and geospatial service suppliers.
* Manage commercial aspects of the delivery of the programme with commercial colleagues and suppliers.
* Develop strategic relationships with other government departments and with suppliers from data and geospatial capabilities.
* Ensure strategic and operational risks and issues are identified, prioritise, assessed, and mitigated. Brief senior stakeholders a in managing key risks.
* Dependency management ensure quality assurance of the dependency management process, work with senior stakeholders to resolve issues and act as link between the programme and business governance.
* Represent as a geospatial on Defra\'s Data governance board and other senior level boards within Defra and externally.
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