Director, Strategy and Policy

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Please note that this role will close at 00:01 on Tuesday 1 September and therefore we advise getting your applications in by no later than midnight on Monday 31 August.

Due to the summer period we anticipate that the interview process for this role will begin in mid-September.

About Ofcom

As the UKs communications regulator were delivering vital work that helps keep the UK connected and shapes the future of how well stay connected with each other.

Our work covers everything from phones and broadband through to TV radio the postal service and wireless devices. Were also taking on the challenge of making the online world a safer place. And we need people of all backgrounds skill sets and experiences to help us achieve our goal of making communications work for everyone.

About the team youll be part of

The Strategy and Policy (S&P) team is part of the Strategy and Research Group which brings together our research public policy international and strategy expertise to ensure Ofcom is served with insights and analysis that enable strategic choices. It is a group that is focussed on delivery today always in the context of the longer-term horizon. The S&P teams role in this is to:

• Shape and own the Ofcom strategy: working collaboratively with colleagues across Ofcom to develop our three-year strategy with the Executive leadership team and the Board support the development of annual plans and work with strategic finance partners to track delivery and understand outcomes.

• Make space to see the bigger picture and further ahead: bringing in wider views data and insight to test our thinking providing senior leaders and the Board with integrated forwardlooking insight across the communications sectors.

• Deliver strategic projects where best placed to lead including on cross-cutting or complex strategic questions.

To deliver the team invests in great cross-team working leveraging expertise and excellent internal and external relationships to bring insight and shape strategic direction.

The purpose and scope of the role

The Strategy Director will ensure Ofcoms horizon scanning and strategic thinking activity is expert evidencebased and clearly communicated. They will work closely with teams and groups across Ofcom to provide strategic input and advice on a wide range of policy work.

Working in close collaboration with their fellow Strategy Director the postholder will have clear singular accountability for delivery across a specific portfolio of work while retaining strong joint ownership of the overall strategy.

Your key responsibilities

• Act in partnership with your fellow Strategy Director providing a joined-up view of the future of communications the strategic opportunities and challenges for Ofcom and seamless leadership to the team as a whole.

• Develop Ofcoms organisational strategy working closely with groups across Ofcom on the three-year strategy as well as the annual Plan of Work and reporting against delivery ensuring risks are escalated as appropriate.

• Work to provide and support the team to provide strategic input and advice across a wide range of policy areas with a particular focus on online and broadcasting markets - based on excellent understanding of likely future macro trends as well as technological market and consumer developments.

• Lead and sponsor major crosscutting projects that shape the future direction of regulation particularly in relation to media and online safety.

• Ensure high standards of analytical rigour insight and creativity across all work with decisions grounded in evidence and a strong understanding of commercial and technological dynamics.

• Represent Ofcom externally with senior stakeholders government industry international partners and the public.

• Lead inspire and develop diverse highperforming teams creating an inclusive environment that supports learning innovation and talent development.

• Work collaboratively with fellow Directors to lead the Strategy and Research Group contributing to the Groups strategic direction decision-making and culture.

The skills knowledge and experience youll need for success

Leading Impact Strategy Insight and Delivery

Candidates will demonstrate:

• Significant senior leadership experience in setting and delivering strategy policy and complex programmes in large matrixed or highly regulated organisations with clear evidence of impact and an ability to bring colleagues with you.

• A strong track record of turning insight into clear strategic choices shaping priorities and using that to inform organisational direction.

• Deep analytical capability including synthesising complex evidence market insight and external context to inform highquality timely decisionmaking.

• Strong commercial and economic awareness of the TMT sector including understanding of incentives investment dynamics risk and systemwide tradeoffs.

• Experience operating with collective accountability at executive level while personally owning delivery and outcomes within defined areas of responsibility.

• Credibility and effectiveness in engaging up and out including representing the organisation with senior stakeholders and influencing with integrity.

Leading Others Organisational People and Resource Leadership

Candidates will demonstrate:

• Proven experience leading large multidisciplinary teams including setting clear priorities enabling ownership and accountability and developing future leadership capability.

• Experience operating at executive and Board level including advising influencing and constructively challenging senior decisionmakers.

• A strong record of leading through others to deliver outcomes at scale while maintaining quality pace and alignment across organisational boundaries.

• Experience directing significant budgets and resources balancing shortterm delivery with longterm value sustainability performance and risk.

• Inclusive leadership capability creating the conditions for challenge collaboration and high performance and enabling people to contribute at their best.

• Experience leading organisations or functions through change providing clarity confidence and stability through ambiguity and transformation.

Leading Self Judgement Values and Resilience

Candidates will demonstrate:

• Sound judgement in navigating complexity ambiguity and competing priorities balancing longterm outcomes with risk and uncertainty.

• Curiosity and adaptability with experience fostering innovation learning and continuous improvement in themselves and others.

• A strong values base consistently rolemodelling Ofcoms values through inclusive accountable and ethical leadership.

• Personal resilience and selfawareness with experience sustaining performance over time and supporting others to do the same.

Inclusive hiring at Ofcom

At Ofcom our mission is clear: to make communications work for everyone. To achieve that our people must reflect the diversity of the UK in background identity and experience.

We believe innovation thrives when difference is valued and everyone feels empowered to contribute their ideas and perspectives. Thats why we welcome colleagues of all ethnicities and races sexes genders and gender identities sexual orientations ages faiths and beliefs and those with apparent and nonapparent disabilities. We value socioeconomic diversity life experience and neurodiversity too. Whether youre a carer a parent a veteran or reentering work after time away your voice and perspective matter here.

Flexibility is at the heart of how we work because we want you to thrive in a way that suits you best. Most roles can therefore be adapted for parttime hours job shares or other flexible arrangements. Learn more about our Rewards Benefits and Wellbeingon our careers page.

Our recruitment process is intentionally designed to be open and accessible. If you need adjustments information in a different format or an alternative way to apply contact us at or0.

As a proud Disability Confident Leader we guaranteeinterviews for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a role. You can read more about this commitment here.

Whoever you are whatever your story you belong at Ofcom.