Senior Digital Service Owner
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Department
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Location
- Salisbury, Fareham
- Openings
- 1 post
- Grade
- Grade 6
- Salary
- £62,261 to £69,629
- Closing
- 17 days left
- Profession
- DDaT
- Contract
- Permanent
- Security clearance
- SC
- Working pattern
- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Compressed hours
Job summary
As a Senior Digital Service Owner, you will lead and be accountable for establishing and implementing the strategy of the digital service portfolio. The six service portfolios are as follows – Cloud and Hosting, Communications and Collaboration, Engineering and Research, Enterprise IT, Software, and Workplace IT. You will ensure the end-to-end delivery, governance and quality of these services to agreed service levels.
Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.
What they’re looking for
- You must have extensive experience developing and implementing IT digital service strategies that align with current and future business needs, as well as being a strategic leader with the ability to translate business requirements into practical, operational service delivery and a proven track record of managing IT services throughout their full lifecycle, from design and implementation to continual improvement and retirement.
- For more information on the job profile, see the job profile attached below.
- Important Information
- Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.
- This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.
Behaviours you’ll be assessed on
This advert says the panel will score you against these behaviours at Grade 6 level. Each one links to worked examples.
Job description
You will establish and implement a fully functioning multi-service strategy, containing a suite of digital services that deliver against the future and current business needs.
You will work with teams (technical experts and programme, portfolio and project managers) to ensure services are developed, implemented and continually improved in line with business needs.
You will be responsible for the end-to-end management and governance of these services.
Qualifications
Agile working e.g. PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner, Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) or similar
Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.
This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.
Selection process
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
We want you to have your best chance of success in our recruitment process, so If at any stage of the application process you would like help or assistance please contact the Dstl Recruitment Team dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk and we will do all we can to support you.
Sifting will take place week commencing the 9th November with interviews to be arranged from the 7th December 2026
Interview will take place face-to-face at Dstl Porton Down, the interview will consist of behavioural & technical interview, to include a presentation of which details will be provided in the invite to interview.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Practise before you apply
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