Head of Digital Procurement

Job summary

We are recruiting a new Head of Digital Procurement to join Integrated Corporate Services Commercial at an important stage in our development. This senior leadership role offers the opportunity to shape how digital commercial services are delivered across an expanding shared services environment.

Integrated Corporate Services was established in 2023 to bring together expert corporate services across government. We support customers of ICS services across government through a shared service model focused on quality, consistency and value.

Our Commercial team helps partners secure the goods and services they need, manage risk effectively and deliver public value. Within that, the Digital team leads commercial activity across a complex and high-profile digital portfolio.

As Head of Digital Procurement, you will lead digital commercial activity supporting multiple organisations, working with senior stakeholders to shape sourcing strategies, providing expert advice and delivering strong outcomes. You will build the capability of the team and shape a service that will continue to grow as new customers join us.

If you are looking for a role that combines leadership, commercial judgement and visible impact in a fast-moving environment, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Job description

This role sits within the Digital and Corporate Services procurement team and leads a complex and varied digital portfolio.

As Head of Digital Procurement, you will lead a team of six commercial specialists, providing strategic direction, coaching and oversight across a portfolio with more than £300 million of contracted spend.

You will work closely with stakeholders across ICS Digital, departments and their partner organisations. The portfolio spans a broad range of digital commercial activity, including application development and management, software, hardware and cloud-based services.

We are looking for a senior commercial leader with strong digital experience across the full commercial lifecycle, from shaping sourcing strategies to supporting contract management and resolving complex issues. You will be confident advising senior stakeholders, setting direction and leading a team to deliver high-quality outcomes.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working across complexities, building strong partnerships and shaping a function with visible impact across multiple organisations.

Locations:
The successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. When selecting your location listed in this job advert please be aware that this will be your contractual base location with a requirement to spend a minimum of 60% of your working time in this organisational workplace.

Your time spent on official duties at workplace locations other than your contractual office such as supplier, customer or partner locations required to perform your role is included in the 60% attendance.

This requirement will however take into consideration any reasonable adjustments agreed upon appointment for people with a disability, flexibilities agreed for those with specific caring responsibilities, or other similar temporary flexibilities.

Person specification

• Lead and develop a team of commercial specialists, setting clear directions and supporting high performance.
• Lead strategic sourcing and procurement activity across a complex digital portfolio, overseeing delivery through the full commercial lifecycle.
• Shape and manage the pipeline of digital commercial activity, identifying opportunities to aggregate demand and improve value.
• Provide expert commercial advice on procurements, contracts, variations, disputes and wider commercial matters.
• Build strong relationships with digital and business stakeholders across partner organisations, providing effective commercial business partnering support.
• Support the onboarding of new organisations into Integrated Corporate Services Commercial and help shape a consistent, high-quality service.
• Prepare clear, evidence-based briefings for senior leaders, setting out risks, options, recommendations and actions.
• Drive continuous improvement by strengthening commercial capability, using management information effectively and identifying opportunities to buy more strategically.
• Work with other senior commercial leaders to provide wider leadership across the Integrated Corporate Services Commercial function.

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Ability to lead delivery across multiple complex workstreams while balancing competing priorities and stakeholder needs.
• Strong commercial judgement with the ability to secure value across financial, operational, risk and sustainability considerations.
• Ability to maintain high-quality delivery and sound judgement under pressure across a demanding and varied workload.
• Proven expertise in leading commercial teams, developing capability and shaping commercial skills in teams.
• Proven track record of leading strategic sourcing and procurement activity across a complex digital portfolio.

Benefits

As a valued employee of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), you will have access to all the benefits the centre has to offer; including flexible working, generous benefits, Career Coaches, Mentors, L&D, a Commercial College, active talent management and, most importantly, access to commercial projects that will far exceed the scale and complexity on offer elsewhere in the UK.

For existing Civil Servants: For full details of the impact on any move across the civil service on your existing terms and conditions, please read the candidate pack. Please note that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to continue to claim childcare vouchers.

Kindly refer to the following link for the GCF Rewards and benefits page.

https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/gcf-benefits/

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Your application will be reviewed by a panel and should you be successful at sift we will invite you to attend a Virtual commercial Assessment and Development Centre (VADC). The panel will review results of the VADC and determine which candidates will go through to a subsequent final panel interview. Please note: Only candidates that achieve an A grade at ADC will be invited to interview for this role.

Please be advised that the Virtual ADC is taking place on the 13th of October 2026 and will require a full day's attendance.

If you are invited to attend a virtual ADC, but for any reason are unable to