--- title: MoD seeks £300K digital boss to manage £4.6B spend description: The UK Ministry of Defence is recruiting a Director General Chief Digital & Information Officer with a salary of £270K-£300K to oversee £4.6 billion in IT... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mod-seeks-300k-digital-boss-to-manage-4-6b-spend-whnsapjrj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MoD seeks £300K digital boss to manage £4.6B spend | daily.dev og:description: The UK Ministry of Defence is recruiting a Director General Chief Digital & Information Officer with a salary of £270K-£300K to oversee £4.6 billion in IT... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mod-seeks-300k-digital-boss-to-manage-4-6b-spend-whnsapjrj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/whNSApjrj.png og:image:alt: MoD seeks £300K digital boss to manage £4.6B spend og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MoD seeks £300K digital boss to manage £4.6B spend **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The UK Ministry of Defence is recruiting a Director General Chief Digital & Information Officer with a salary of £270K-£300K to oversee £4.6 billion in IT spending and manage 3,000+ specialist staff. The role involves creating a unified digital strategy for defense, building a digital backbone for military systems, and leveraging AI/ML for military advantage. The position requires UK nationality, highest-level security clearance, and managing major vendor relationships including a recent £240.6 million Palantir contract. Applications close March 2, 2026. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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