Cloud Policy Lead

Company cultures & job summary

Our client is an established defence and government consultancy working at the heart of some of the UK's most strategically important programmes. They operate right at the intersection of technology, governance, and national security, and the work they do genuinely matters. This particular role sits within a high-profile team standing up a brand new cloud and platform infrastructure capability designed to serve organisations right across government and Defence. It's a complex, fast-moving programme with real strategic weight behind it, and they need someone who can hold the line on policy and standards. You'll be leading all policy and standards activity, overseeing a team of specialist drafters, running working group secretariats, and navigating some seriously intricate stakeholder landscapes across government departments, suppliers, and Defence organisations. To land this role, you'll need proven experience in governance, policy, assurance or standards environments, ideally within large, multi-supplier programmes. You must be comfortable operating autonomously, influencing at senior levels, and building consensus where people don't always agree. An understanding of cloud infrastructure and platform services is also essential.

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Working Patterns and location – Hybrid – 2-3 days on site per week

·        Act as the Managing Authority lead for all SCC policy and standards activity.

·        Provide direction and oversight to a team of four policy and standards specialists.

·        Run the secretariat function for the Policies and Standards Working Group.

·        Manage the relationship with DCMS as future owner of policy and standards responsibilities.

·        Ensure SCC policies remain aligned with MOD governance and the wider policy environment.

·        Support stakeholder challenge resolution and negotiate agreement across cross-government teams.

·        Work with PMO and Target Operating Model team to define future platform governance.

·        Co-lead onboarding rehearsals and contribute to wider programme operational readiness.

·        Strong stakeholder management experience across complex, multi-organisational environments.

·        Experience working in governance, assurance, policy, standards, or regulatory settings.

·        Proven ability to influence and build consensus across multiple organisations.

·        Confidence operating autonomously in ambiguous and fast-evolving programme environments.

·        Strong facilitation, negotiation, and senior-level communication skills.

·        Experience delivering within large programmes involving multiple suppliers and delivery partners.

·        Working understanding of cloud infrastructure and platform services.

The client would also like to see some of the below, but this is not essential:

·        Knowledge of governance controls and guardrails for secure platform operation.

·        Familiarity with Secure by Design principles.

·        Awareness of Data and AI governance and policy considerations.

·        Understanding of MOD governance structures and assurance processes.

·        Experience defining operating models or governance frameworks. 

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Part-time opportunities/flexible working is available to suit individual needs.

Please note that the client has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and therefore this contract will be run through an Umbrella Company. Income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.

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