Director of Platform

• New client requirements emerge through delivery.
• Newton programmes identify opportunities that could become reusable capabilities.
• Local Government Reorganisation, devolution,
• Advances in artificial intelligence

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the long-term vision for the OneView platform
• Translate business strategy into platform priorities and investment recommendations
• Lead the annual platform strategy review process
• Maintain a view of future platform capabilities and strategic roadmap requirements
• Develop and maintain platform capability maps
• Identify capability gaps and future capability requirements
• Help determine what capabilities should become part of the platform and what should remain client-specific solutions
• Support decisions regarding platform standardisation, reuse and long-term platform consistency
• Assess platform maturity and identify areas requiring future investment
• Chair platform roadmap review and prioritisation activities
• Balance short-term client requirements with long-term platform objectives
• Help define what OneView should become over the next three to five years

• Maintain a strong understanding of local government, health and wider public sector priorities
• Monitor developments in Local Government Reorganisation, devolution, prevention, service reform and emerging policy agendas
• Assess the implications of artificial intelligence, automation and other technology developments for clients and the platform
• Identify emerging market opportunities and communicate their implications across the business
• Build relationships across the public sector, technology community and partner ecosystem
• Represent Xantura at conferences, client events and industry forums
• Work with clients, Newton teams and internal stakeholders to identify new proposition opportunities
• Assess opportunities for new products, capabilities and service offerings
• Support proposition development, positioning and go-to-market planning
• Ensure new propositions align with the long-term direction of the platform
• Help identify opportunities to expand OneView into new service areas and markets
• Support the continued evolution of existing solution areas including adults, children's services, housing, financial inclusion, operational intelligence and emerging connected place capabilities
  
  

• Work closely with delivery teams to understand common client challenges and opportunities
• Identify patterns across implementations that should influence future platform development
• Ensure lessons learned from deployments are reflected in roadmap decisions
• Work with Newton colleagues to identify opportunities where programme learning can be converted into reusable platform assets
• Identify successful innovations that can be scaled across multiple customers
• Support the development of repeatable capabilities that strengthen both the platform and future transformation programmes
• Ensure the platform benefits from the collective experience of delivery teams, consultants and customers
  
  

• Support decisions regarding platform investment and resource allocation
• Review major enhancement requests and assess strategic fit
• Balance customer demand, commercial opportunity, technical complexity and strategic objectives
• Make recommendations regarding where platform investment should be directed and where it should not
• Support decisions relating to technical debt, platform modernisation and future capability investment
• Maintain visibility of platform, roadmap and exploratory development portfolios
• Develop business cases and investment recommendations for major platform initiatives
• Work with the CTO and delivery teams to translate strategic priorities into deliverable roadmaps
• Support quarterly planning and prioritisation activities
• Provide strategic context and business rationale for major platform decisions

• Lead the prototyping and exploratory development team
• Maintain a portfolio of emerging opportunities aligned to business priorities
• Identify opportunities for rapid experimentation and proof-of-concept development
• Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their relevance to Xantura's mission
• Explore new approaches to prevention, operational intelligence, resident engagement, artificial intelligence, connected services and public sector transformation
• Support the transition of successful concepts into production roadmaps
• Establish practical processes for experimentation, evaluation and learning

• Work with Newton programme teams to identify opportunities where platform capabilities can support transformation programmes
• Support major bids, proposals and strategic client engagements
• Provide platform and technology input into opportunity qualification and solution design
• Help shape future opportunities from both a client and platform perspective
• Build strong relationships across Newton and Xantura
• Act as a senior representative of the platform in client and partner discussions
• Help ensure learning from consulting programmes informs future platform direction

• Lead, manage and develop the prototyping and exploratory development team
• Create a culture of curiosity, learning and practical problem solving
• Provide coaching, mentoring and professional development
• Establish effective ways of working and delivery disciplines
• Support collaboration across product, technology, consulting and customer-facing teams
  
  

What are we looking for?

• Significant experience in platform strategy, product leadership, technology strategy or digital transformation roles
• Experience translating business priorities into platform, product or technology roadmaps
• Strong understanding of public services, particularly local government, health or related sectors
• Experience working with senior stakeholders, executive teams and customers
• Strong understanding of modern technology architectures, cloud platforms, artificial intelligence and data-driven services
• Experience working closely with engineering, architecture and delivery teams
• Experience making investment, prioritisation and roadmap decisions
• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of how technology businesses grow
• Experience identifying and evaluating new market opportunities
• Experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills
  
  Bonus points if you have:
  
  
• Experience working with local authorities, integrated care systems or public sector suppliers
• Experience developing data and analytics platforms
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation programmes
• Experience working in both consulting and product-led organisations
• Experience leading emerging technology, incubation or prototyping functions
  
  

What can we offer you?

• Competitive salary reviewed annually
• Work for a passionate, mission-driven company solving society’s big problems
• Work flexible hours around life commitments with a focus on delivering company value rather than hours worked
• Ability to work remotely (excluding face-to-face Team Meetings and client meetings)
• Training and development opportunities
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Company pension
• Private medical insurance
• Generous enhanced parental leave policies
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flu Vaccinations,
• Eye Test and contribution towards Glasses for VDU use
• Employee Assistance Programme
  • Mental health and wellbeing support
  • Remote GP access
  • Counselling/therapy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Medical second opinions