Oracle Head of Platform

Oracle Head of Platform

Permanent

GradeConsultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

About the Role

As Oracle Head of Platform you will play a pivotal role in ensuring Birmingham City Councils enterprise applications and platforms are robust secure and strategically aligned with our ambitious digital transformation agenda.

Reporting to the Head of Function Platform you will lead the Applications Practice and Centre of Excellence overseeing the development implementation and continuous improvement of our Oracle and related enterprise applications. Youll ensure the organisation has strong scalable and user-centred technology foundations to deliver better outcomes for citizens businesses and staff.

This is a senior leadership role that combines strategic direction operational excellence and inspirational people managementdriving service resilience capability building and modern agile ways of working across the application landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership of the Councils Oracle and enterprise application portfolio ensuring stability security and efficiency.
• Develop and deliver application strategies and roadmaps that support the Councils digital priorities and optimise the use of technology data and platforms.
• Establish and lead an Applications Centre of Excellence promoting best practice innovation and professional growth across multidisciplinary teams.
• Drive continual service improvement embedding agile principles and a strong focus on user needs and experience.
• Oversee application implementation integration and supportensuring quality performance and value for money.
• Manage supplier relationships and budgets to deliver reliable cost-effective services and reduce dependency on contractors.
• Act as a trusted senior partner to service and product owners providing expert advice and resolving complex application challenges.
• Lead emergency response business continuity and change governance for all enterprise applications and platforms.
• Champion inclusion collaboration and opennessbuilding a high-performing motivated team culture aligned with IT & Digital values.

About You

You will be a strategic technology leader with extensive experience managing large-scale Oracle or enterprise application environments in complex organisations. Youll bring:

• Proven leadership in delivering and evolving application services using agile methodologies.
• Strong track record in modernising legacy systems introducing new technologies and driving cultural and process change.
• Deep understanding of enterprise application architecture integration and information security.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels and align technology with business outcomes.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams building in-house capability and fostering a culture of learning and improvement.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with experience managing suppliers contracts and budgets.

Why Join Us

Birmingham City Council is embarking on one of the UKs most ambitious digital transformation programmes. As Oracle Head of Platform youll shape the systems and services that underpin this changecreating an environment where innovation resilience and user experience sit at the heart of how we deliver public services.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

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Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer andwe arecommitted to employing retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments additional support accessibility needs or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.

We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance withUK Home Office requirements before any employment offer can be confirmed.

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