Ministry of Justice

Director of Technology - Expression of Interest

Terms of Appointment:

Level Transfer or Temporary Promotion

Detached Duty or Loan (if on HMPPS T&Cs)

This role is being offered on a temporary basis for an anticipated minimum period of 12 months, with the possibility of extension.

The successful candidate will return to their home business unit at the end of the period.

Location: National

Eligibility:

This EOI is open to all staff across the Civil Service. You cannot apply if you were recruited via one of the following options:

Via exceptions 1-4 of the CS Commission’s Recruitment Principles - this means you were not recruited via open and fair competition.

If you are a Contractor or Agency worker - this is because you are not a substantive civil servant.

If you are seconded into the MoJ from an outside (non-Civil Service) organisation.

If you are on Loan into MoJ (including Executive Agencies):

To be able to apply to this EOI, your home government department line manager and your MoJ line Manager must approve your application for a different role.

About the role

The Director of Technology will report to the Chief Digital and Information Officer. In this role, you will ensure that our technology supports the department’s strategic objectives, enhances security and resilience, drives operational efficiency, and enables a transformation that modernises the infrastructure underpinning the UK justice system, making it flexible, sustainable, and cost-effective.

As Director of Technology, your leadership will bring together a diverse community of technical experts to deliver secure, integrated, and user-focused services. You will foster a culture of innovation, security-by-design, and delivery excellence — ensuring technology not only meets compliance standards but drives meaningful outcomes across the organisation.

You’ll work closely with the Chief Technology Officer, Directors of Digital and Data, and senior colleagues across MoJ and its agencies, as well as DSIT and other government departments, to shape cross-government strategies. As a senior leader, you’ll represent the Technology Directorate in ministerial briefings and key governance forums, ensuring technology remains central to decision-making and delivery.

You'll also partner with industry and academia to keep MoJ leading in innovation, research, and security.

Key Responsibilities

You’ll lead and inspire a high-performing team of technical specialists, creating a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. By setting a clear vision aligned with MoJ’s digital strategy, you’ll empower your team to deliver secure, user-centred technology services that embrace emerging trends and challenge the status quo. As part of the senior leadership team, you’ll help shape strategic direction and foster a shared sense of purpose across Justice Digital.

You’ll lead the transformation of MoJ’s technology services by embracing flexible working trends, emerging technologies, and modern delivery methods. Alongside managing the BAU portfolio, you’ll drive major change through the Evolve programme — bringing End User Compute and Digital Infrastructure & Security Operations in-house to deliver cashable savings, strengthen security monitoring, and reduce technical debt.

You’ll manage a budget of over £297 million, ensuring investment delivers maximum value while driving cost savings and efficiencies. Where needed, you’ll secure additional funding by clearly demonstrating ROI and broader strategic benefits. Working closely with commercial colleagues, you’ll oversee supplier performance and risk, and shape the future commercial strategy for infrastructure services through strong, forward-looking relationships with current and prospective partners.

You’ll need exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build consensus across competing priorities and navigate complex organisational landscapes. As a senior technology leader, you’ll provide expert input and strategic guidance to a wide range of stakeholders — including ministers, agency CEOs, and senior officials — ensuring technology decisions are well-informed, aligned, and impactful.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

Inspiring, credible leadership with the gravitas to set strategic architectural direction, build technical capability, and influence and collaborate effectively across a complex stakeholder environment.

Proven experience in designing and delivering secure, coherent, scalable architecture strategies in large, complex organisations, resulting in measurable improvements to operational efficiency and user outcomes.

Strong commercial acumen, with experience in building and managing high performing partnerships with technology suppliers to support delivery at scale;

Deep expertise in software development and application architecture, with expert knowledge of open-source technologies and testing;

Comprehensive understanding of IT governance, security, risk management, and compliance in regulated or similarly complex environments.

Information Session

To find out more about this exciting opportunity we are hosting an Information Session on Monday, 20 Oct 2025 11:30 - 12:00.

Current Director of Technology Mark Robinson and Chief Digital and Information Officer Mark Thompson will be in attendance to discuss the position in further detail.

To join this session and find out more about this role, please see our attached candidate pack for more details.