Baljit Rakhra
Deputy Director - Digital Services (Interim) at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBaljit Rakhra is an experienced digital delivery leader and interim Deputy Director with a 14-year track record across UK government departments, currently overseeing digital services at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Skilled in Agile frameworks (CSM, ACSM, LeSS practitioner) and tools like Jira and Trello, he focuses on iterative delivery, value-first roadmaps and scaling Agile practices across multidisciplinary teams. He has led major delivery functions for Great.gov.uk and shaped digital transformation work at GDS, DIT, MoJ and Home Office, blending hands-on programme delivery with stakeholder and budget management. Baljit’s background spans data analysis, service delivery management and frontline operations, giving him a pragmatic, risk-aware approach to complex governance and compliance challenges. Known for persistent execution and coaching teams to sustain delivery cadence, he also brings formal training in project leadership, Azure fundamentals and software engineering. Based in England, he combines leadership rigor with a practical bias for getting things done early and iteratively.
4 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Masters; MBA, Business Administration, Masters; MBA, Business Administration at ICFAI Business School (One of the Premier Business SchoolMicrosoft Azure Fundamentals, Cloud computing, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, Cloud computing at MicrosoftB.Inf.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, B.Inf.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering at Guru Nanak Dev University, AmritsarProject leadership programme, Project Management, Project leadership programme, Project Management at Cranfield School of ManagementPostgraduate Degree, Management and leadership, Postgraduate Degree, Management and leadership at Coventry UniversitySoftware engineering bootcamp, Computer Software Engineering, Software engineering bootcamp, Computer Software Engineering at MakersAcademy digital and agile foundation course , Information Technology Project Management, Academy digital and agile foundation course , Information Technology Project Management at Government Digital AcademyMBA, Sales and Banking, MBA, Sales and Banking at IBS Hyderabad
Punjabi, Hindi, English
Github Skills (16)
twitter10
explore10
fmi10
twilio10
rebuild9
react9
nodejs9
css9
javascript8
js-template8
instagram7
trainer7
rpg5
cli5
ace-editor3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
baljitrakhra/javascript_week_one
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:29 pushes in 3 days
baljitrakhra/bank-tech-test
May 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:4 PRs, 19 pushes, 3 branches in 2 days
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