Gleeson Recruitment Group are supporting an industry leading organisation within the scientific research sector in the search for an IT Service and Digital Workplace Lead to join their growing technology leadership function during a major period of transformation and investment.This is a rare opportunity to join a purpose driven organisation making a genuine real world impact.As part of a newly evolving technology leadership team, the IT Service and Digital Workplace Lead will play a critical role in modernising IT service operations, improving digital employee experience, and helping shape the future technology landscape across the organisation.This role is ideal for someone who combines strong people leadership with a passion for service transformation, modern workplace technologies, and customer experience.The OpportunityReporting directly to the CTO, you will lead and develop a multi-site IT Service Operations and Digital Workplace team, driving service maturity, continuous improvement, stakeholder engagement and adoption of modern workplace technologies.You will operate as both a strategic enabler and operational leader, helping to build a visible, customer-focused technology function that supports collaboration, productivity, and innovation across the wider organisation.This role will also play a key part in several major transformation initiatives, including:Modern workplace and EUC evolutionEntra ID and cloud transformationService maturity and automation initiativesDi