UK Power Networks
Job role: Digital Lead
Company name: UK Power Networks
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Project Management
Job reference: 80506_1741399202
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About the Job:
To lead our Digital Delivery teams, ensuring the delivery of high-quality and impactful projects that utilise Artificial Intelligence, automate processes and build applications across the organization.
UK Power Networks strives to be a leader in Digital in our industry and we are looking for someone with a similar energy and goals. As the Digital Lead, you will set the vision, strategy, and standards for digital applications and automation and overseeing the execution of artificial intelligence, app development, process automation, integration, testing, deployment, and monitoring. You will build capabilities where gaps exist. You will also collaborate with other senior leaders, project managers, and partners to understand their needs and provide them with relevant solutions that enhance performance. You will have a background in software development, automation technologies, programming, and project management.
To oversee the Digital Delivery function you will provide strategic direction, technical expertise, and operational support for the analysis and implementation of digital projects. You will be in charge of setting strategic direction and developing infrastructure and tools and ensuring the quality, accuracy, and reliability of digital solutions.
You will also mentor a team of business analysts, app developers and automation engineers, who will conduct process analysis, app development, testing, deployment, and monitoring for multiple digital projects. You will also oversee the delivery via external contractors and consultants, performance managing and holding suppliers to account. You will understand digital applications and methodologies, techniques, and best practices and strong collaboration, leadership, and project management skills.
You will work with a range of partners, often directed by and reporting to Director level. You will have work with senior executive level and working collaboratively with all levels of the organisation, down to the font line to scope and provide impactful solutions. Often request are urgent and business critical and you will bring the energy to the team to respond to these and reprioritise other ongoing projects. You will feed into our Digital Triage process and offer guidance on technology choice and delivery mechanism for multiple requests.
You will be an experienced Agile leader, managing agile processes and implementing the right agile management and work management tool for the team to work at high pace.
You will not only deliver the latest technology solution, but also exceptional customer services to all partners involved.
As the Digital Lead you will lead 1) the delivery of our ambitious and industry leading Artificial Intelligence program, 2) the Power App and Power Automate solution delivery team – developing app and automation solutions for digital projects, optimising processes, and enhancing performance 3) the Netcall low code delivery team – building customer facing portals and automations and internal productivity tools 4) building up an internal Salesforce capability as well as 4) supporting delivery for our Webpage. We are investing in Digital and the scope for this role has potential to increase over the next few years.
As the Digital Lead you will be involved in all stages of the development lifecycle, from defining the business problems and objectives, quantifying benefits and prioritising solutions, to designing and testing the solutions, to removing blockers, to deploying and monitoring the results. You will also coach a team of developers and automation engineers, who will support you in delivering digital solutions for multiple projects. You will have knowledge of digital applications and technologies.
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To apply for this job please visit careers.ukpowernetworks.co.uk.
