The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is offering between £270,000 to £300,000 for a senior digital leader who will oversee more than £4.6 billion in spending and more than 3,000 specialist staff. The Director General Defence Chief Digital & Information Officer - or DG DCD&IO - will "bring board‑level influence, commercial acumen, and the ability to drive cross‑enterprise alignment in service of national security," according to the job advert. Information published with the advert adds that the DG DCD&IO will work on creating a single digital strategy for defense, a digital backbone that all military systems will connect to by default and exploiting machine learning and artificial intelligence "for war-fighters' advantage."
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