Head of Domain Delivery - Shared

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day fortnight

270 hours annual leave

Pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Career development

Job summary

AWE is seeking a Head of Domain Delivery - Shared to drive the interface between business units and Digital Services, translating demand into secure, scalable digital and data solutions. You will oversee Domain Leads, align with enterprise architecture, and ensure delivery governance across the organisation.

You will lead domain-level initiatives, shaping standards, governance, and cross-functional collaboration, with a focus on delivering value and ensuring security and interoperability across

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of complex digital, data or IT-enabled transformation programmes across multiple business domains.
• Experience with structured delivery frameworks (portfolio management, architecture governance, agile/waterfall).
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management across business and technical functions.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for ensuring Domain Leads capture, prioritise, and scope digital initiatives aligned with business value and goals.
• Provide leadership and direction to Domain Leads with clear ownership of delivery outcomes.
• Define and maintain strategic standards and policies for development, testing, deployment, and lifecycle management of digital solutions.
• Oversee domain-level data governance, ensuring integrity, access, retention, and interoperability across UK-US systems.
• Ensure governance across service design, testing, and transition to meet stakeholder expectations.
• Integrate domain delivery with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and delivery assurance frameworks.

Skills

Leadership of complex digital

Stakeholder engagement

Communication and influencing

Structured delivery frameworks

Capability-led design

Job description

Head of Domain Delivery - Shared

Closing date: 10th August 2026

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: A competitive salary aligned with the seniority and impact of this role.

Working Pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. For this role, employees are required to work fully onsite. We support flexible working arrangements where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, while maintaining an onsite presence. Please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working pattern as part of your application.

Ready to play your part?

As Head of Domain Delivery, you will lead the strategic interface between AWE's business units and Digital Services, ensuring business demand is accurately captured, prioritised, and translated into secure, scalable digital and data solutions. Overseeing a team of Domain Leads, you will drive alignment with enterprise architecture, strategic priorities, and delivery governance, strengthening domain‑led change across the organisation.

Key Accountabilities

• Accountable for ensuring that Domain Leads effectively capture, prioritise, and scope digital initiatives in alignment with business value and strategic goals.
• Provide leadership and direction to Domain Leads, ensuring clear ownership of delivery outcomes and alignment with organisational objectives.
• Define and maintain strategic standards and policies for the development, testing, deployment, and lifecycle management of digital solutions.
• Oversee domain-level data governance, ensuring compliance with data integrity, access, retention, and interoperability standards-especially across UK-US systems.
• Ensure robust governance across service design, testing, and transition, guaranteeing that digital services are fit for purpose and meet stakeholder expectations.
• Ensure domain delivery activities are integrated with enterprise-wide architecture, cybersecurity, and delivery assurance frameworks.

Who are we looking for?

• Proven Leadership of complex digital, data or IT-enabled transformation programmes across multiple business domains.
• Experience with structured delivery frameworks (e.g., portfolio management, architecture governance, agile/waterfall delivery models).
• Deep understanding of capability-led design and operating model transformation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills across business and technical functions.
• Excellent communication and influencing abilities.

Work hard, be rewarded:

We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.