Head of Digital & Data Contract Management & Supplier Relationships

at  Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

JOB SUMMARY

Are you a strong leader, with the ability to motivate a team effectively?
Do you have experience of building excellent supplier relationships in a multi-sourced environment?
Can you communicate effectively with internal and external key people?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
This is a new and exciting role at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, where you would be responsible for the commercial oversight of Digital and Data contracted services.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The successful role holder will be responsible for contract management and improvement of the current and future Digital and Data contracts throughout the Commercial Cycle:

• Pre-procurement planning and market engagement.
• Procurement and benefit realisation – working with the Digital Services & Technology Commercial team
• Contract Management and business improvement.

The role holder will also be responsible for the management of Digital and Data Supplier relationships and will contribute to determining the contractual model for future delivery of the service. This will be achieved by managing the output and will be a key stakeholder in Digital and Data providing expertise of contract and commercial matters.
The role holder will build expertise in the team to enhance current and future contract outcomes and deliver positive and enabling management of the Digital and Data Contract management team through current contract and the transition, mobilisation and go live of new contract(s). As a member of the Corporate Senior Leaders group the role holder will have responsibility for associated corporate activities.

ABOUT US

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.
We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

We’re working hard to:

• make roads safer
• improve services for our customers
• make road transport greener and healthier
• harness the potential of technology and data
• grow and level up the economy

To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work visit our Careers website.

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants are required to be MCIPS qualified or prepared to obtain this qualification post appointment.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Work with the senior leaders of Digital and Data to deliver the policy aspirations of Digital and Data
• Contribute to the early consideration and testing of all commercial options.
• Contribute to a procurement strategy that delivers fit for purpose commercial arrangements that deliver the required business outcomes.
• Delivery to time, cost, and quality agreed at award throughout contract life.
• Maintenance of contractual delivery through a high level of interaction with other areas of the business and with stakeholders/customers
• Work with key stakeholders to ensure their business strategies take account of market developments and support them in the exit or transition of existing contracts.
  For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached Candidate Pack.

The successful role holder will be responsible for contract management and improvement of the current and future Digital and Data contracts throughout the Commercial Cycle:

• Pre-procurement planning and market engagement.
• Procurement and benefit realisation – working with the Digital Services & Technology Commercial team
• Contract Management and business improvement