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Edge Hill University
Director of Digital, Data and Technology
Location: Ormskirk, Lancashire (Hybrid working)
Salary: Attractive executive remuneration package
Edge Hill University is a modern, ambitious institution with a strong reputation for delivering an outstanding student experience and high-quality teaching, alongside growing research strength and impact. Located in Lancashire, it has a clear strategic focus on innovation, sustainability and long-term growth, and is investing significantly in digital, data and technology to support its next phase of development.
The University educates more than 15,000 students and employs over 1,600 staff, operating at a scale that demands resilient, future focused systems, strong data foundations and effective use of technology. These capabilities are increasingly central to how Edge Hill delivers its strategy – enhancing learning and teaching, expanding flexible and blended provision, improving organisational effectiveness, and enabling more informed, insight led decision making.
We are now seeking to appoint an outstanding Director of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) to lead the University’s digital agenda at a critical stage in its development.
This is a high-profile role with significant scope to shape strategic direction, drive transformation, and deliver lasting impact.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will provide strategic leadership for digital, data and technology, defining how systems, platforms and data capabilities evolve to enable institutional goals. You will lead the development and delivery of a coherent digital transformation strategy and roadmap, translating ambition into clear priorities, investment decisions and deliverable programmes, while shaping a modern, high-performing Digital, Data and Technology function and embedding a service-led, user-focused culture.
Working closely with the Executive Team, you will act as the University’s senior authority on digital and data strategy, advising on innovation, investment and risk. You will lead the adoption of modern platforms, enterprise systems and cloud services, alongside strengthening data capability, governance and accessibility to support institutional performance and planning.
You will bring a strong track record of leading digital, data and technology functions within a complex organisation potentially from higher education, the wider public sector or a comparably sophisticated environment. You will bring demonstrable experience of shaping and delivering large-scale digital transformation alongside a deep understanding of enterprise systems, data architectures, and modern digital service delivery. As a senior leader, you will operate confidently at a strategic level, with the credibility to influence across the organisation and the ability to build and develop high-performing teams, fostering a culture that combines operational excellence with innovation, service orientation and continuous improvement.
This is an exciting opportunity to define Edge Hill’s digital trajectory and shape its digital and data capabilities ensuring alignment with the University’s ambitions and long-term success.
For a confidential discussion, please contact Nataliya Starik-Bludova, our advising consultant at Veredus, on nataliya.starik-bludova@veredus.co.uk.
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Closing date for applications is 12:00 noon on Monday, 18th May 2026.