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Strategic Enablement & Digital Transformation Lead   Public Sector

Type: Contract Location: Hybrid, Dublin Salary: Daily rate 600-700

  • We are seeking an experienced Strategic Enablement & Digital Transformation Lead to support the Chief Executive of the company in driving delivery of the organisation's strategic enablement, digital transformation, and organisational change agenda. This is a senior contractor role focused on improving delivery assurance, governance, accountability, and execution across a portfolio of strategic, legislative, and technology-enabled initiatives. 

Role and Responsibilities:

  • Work directly with the Chief Executive to maintain focus, pace, and delivery discipline across strategic enablement and digital transformation initiatives.
  • Support delivery of the companies Strategic Plan 2026–2029, associated domain strategies, and multi-annual service planning commitments.
  • Translate strategic, legislative, and digital objectives into practical, delivery-ready programmes and roadmaps.
  • Support and challenge programme sponsors and senior leaders to ensure accountability for agreed outcomes, milestones, and dependencies.
  • Identify and proactively address delivery risks, blockers, organisational constraints, and interdependencies impacting programme success.
  • Ensure transformation initiatives are appropriately scoped, prioritised, resourced, and governed alongside ongoing regulatory operations.
  • Establish and embed effective programme and portfolio management frameworks, governance structures, reporting mechanisms, and delivery routines.
  • Drive improved visibility, predictability, and control across strategic and digital transformation initiatives.
  • Support delivery of digital systems, data, platform, and organisational change programmes.
  • Facilitate informed decision-making, prioritisation, and programme reset activities where required.
  • Define requirements for specialist external support where necessary and integrate additional resources into the overall delivery framework.

What you need:

  • 10+ years' experience leading complex transformation programmes, including digital and technology-enabled change initiatives.
  • Proven experience delivering large-scale strategic, organisational, digital, or regulatory transformation programmes.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate strategic objectives into executable programmes of work with measurable outcomes.
  • Strong programme and portfolio management expertise, including governance, reporting, risk management, and delivery assurance.
  • Experience working directly with executive leadership teams and senior stakeholders.
  • Ability to influence, challenge, and drive accountability without formal line management authority.
  • Experience managing complex stakeholder environments with multiple competing priorities.
  • Strong understanding of organisational change, digital transformation, technology delivery, and business process improvement.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience within a regulated, public sector, healthcare, life sciences, or similarly complex environment is highly desirable.

What’s on offer:

  • Daily rate contract
  • Hybrid model
  • Daily rate 600-700

Interested?