Head of Website Transformation
Posted 1 day ago by IntecSelect
£77,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The Head of Website Transformation will lead a significant digital transformation initiative for a globally recognized Ed-Tech corporation, focusing on a high-impact website replatforming project. This role requires extensive experience in managing website transformations on a multinational scale, ensuring SEO continuity and effective content migration. The position is initially a 6 to 12-month fixed-term contract with the potential for a permanent role. The successful candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders to align the project with organizational strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the delivery of the website transformation and CMS replatforming from discovery through to implementation.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external agencies to define requirements, map user journeys, and ensure alignment with organisational strategy.
- Ensure SEO continuity, internationalisation, and content migration strategies are embedded in the project.
- Manage procurement processes, evaluate CMS solutions, and make recommendations.
- Act as interim project lead/digital owner, helping shape future digital governance and possibly stepping into a permanent head of digital role.
Key Skills:
- A seasoned Head of Website Transformation, Website Transformation lead digital marketing or transformation leader with at least 5 years of experience.
- Proven experience leading a full website replatforming project (ideally multilingual and multi-site) is a must have.
- Confident working in complex stakeholder environments (not necessarily in a tech-first company) is a must have.
- Industry experience would preferably be Education Technology or Ed-Tech but other commercial industries will be considered.
- Strong understanding of CMS ecosystems - ideally Drupal, WordPress, and enterprise CMS platforms is a must have.
- SEO-savvy with strong project management skills (not necessarily certified, but experienced) is a nice to have.
- Comfortable shaping strategy but also hands-on in delivery during early phases.
- Agency and vendor management experience essential.
Salary (Rate): £102,000 yearly
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Head of Website Transformation (6/12 FTC to Perm).
Salary: £77,000 - £102,000 + benefits + Hybrid (Stratford, London)
Contract: 6/12-month FTC initially, with potential for 3-year permanent role
Our client a globally recognised Ed-Tech corporation which generates of £700 million in revenue and engages with over 100 million users worldwide is embarking on a major digital transformation programme to lead a high-impact website replatforming project with global reach, diverse content, and high visibility. To be successful, you must have demonstrable experience leading a website transformation on a multi-national, global scale.
The Challenge
- Legacy infrastructure: 300+ websites currently in operation, primarily built on Drupal 7, with elements in Drupal 10 and WordPress.
- A complex CMS landscape with four CMSs and bespoke content/contact management systems integrated across platforms.
- Domain structure and fragmented digital estate are currently barriers to growth and engagement.
- SEO preservation and multilingual content migration are critical to success.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the delivery of the website transformation and CMS replatforming from discovery through to implementation.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external agencies to define requirements, map user journeys, and ensure alignment with organisational strategy.
- Ensure SEO continuity, internationalisation, and content migration strategies are Embedded in the project.
- Manage procurement processes, evaluate CMS solutions, and make recommendations.
- Act as interim project lead/digital owner, helping shape future digital governance and possibly stepping into a permanent head of digital role.
Key skills
- A seasoned Head of Website Transformation, Website Transformation lead digital marketing or transformation leader with at least 5 years of experience.
- Proven experience leading a full website replatforming project (ideally multilingual and multi-site) is a must have.
- Confident working in complex stakeholder environments (not necessarily in a tech-first company) is a must have.
- Industry experience would preferably be Education Technology or Ed-Tech but other commercial industries will be considered.
- Strong understanding of CMS ecosystems - ideally Drupal, WordPress, and enterprise CMS platforms is a must have.
- SEO-savvy with strong project management skills (not necessarily certified, but experienced) is a nice to have.
- Comfortable shaping strategy but also hands-on in delivery during early phases.
- Agency and vendor management experience essential.