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Senior Digital Service Owner

Job Posted: 15 days ago

Salary: £ 700 - 782 / Day
Job Type: Contract
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire

Expire in: 13 days

Job Description

Location: Porton Down, Salisbury OR Portsdown West, Fareham – Hybrid (occasional travel to site)
Contract Length: 12 months
Pay Rate: £782/day Umbrella
Security Clearance: Active SC clearance + Sole UK National
IR35 Status: In Scope

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Digital Service Owner to lead a critical Engineering, Research, and Data Services portfolio. You will be responsible for managing and improving digital services that enable science and technology teams to undertake complex system design, analysis, high-performance modelling, simulation, and secure software development across all classification levels.

This role offers the opportunity to shape multi-service digital strategies, manage services end-to-end, and collaborate with highly skilled technical and programme teams in an agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

  * Establish and implement a multi-service digital strategy aligned to current and future business needs.

  * Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of IT digital services, ensuring operational excellence and continual improvement.

  * Act as the escalation point for IT Digital services and ensure quality-of-service standards are maintained.

  * Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, influencing strategy adoption.

  * Work in an agile manner, managing service change priorities based on evolving requirements.

  * Monitor and report on service performance, supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Essential Requirements

  * Proven experience developing IT digital service strategies that meet business needs.

  * Strong strategic and operational mindset with experience translating requirements into actionable services.

  * Track record of leading multiple IT digital services through their lifecycle, from inception to decommissioning.

  * Experience delivering IT digital services using internal, contractor, and third-party models.

  * Skilled in negotiating SLAs and ensuring high-performing teams.

  * Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

  * Ability to manage conflicting priorities while adapting to changing requirements.

  * Experience creating digital roadmaps and delivering business value.

  * ITIL v3 certification (or equivalent experience).

  * Agile working knowledge (e.g., PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner, Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) or equivalent).

Why Join Us?

  * Flexible hybrid working with occasional site visits.

  * Opportunity to influence strategic digital services in a high-profile science and technology environment.

  * Employer committed to Disability Confident & Armed Forces Covenant, with guaranteed interview scheme available for eligible candidates

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