Job Description

The Head of Technology Integration is responsible for driving the integration of technology solutions across the business to support the delivery of Sellafield Ltd’s mission and commitments to the UK Government. This role ensures improved efficiencies, value for money, and maximised return on investment through strategic partnerships and enterprise-wide technology deployment.

The Head of Technology integration ensures that diverse technology solutions work together seamlessly to deliver business objectives. Capturing the Technical Baseline (TBURD) that underpins the site strategy. Captures the integrated technology roadmaps (OV1) and architecture to meet the needs of the business, which define our vision.

Principal Accountabilities

• Identifying and delivering integrated technology solutions across the organisation, including the rollout of RrOBO (Risk Reduction of Glovebox Operations).
• Developing frameworks and mechanisms to ensure efficient delivery and ROI.
• Act as the primary interface with suppliers, NDA, regulators, and government departments to define and validate best practices for technology integration.
• Establish strategic partnerships with external SMEs and government organisations.
• Responsible for integrated roadmaps for the Enterprise and across CTO.
• Provide implementation support for Technology Readiness levels 6-9, from Prototype to Operational Use.
• Manage the gearing of deployment across the Enterprise.
• Overseeing enterprise roll-out of technologies with broad applications, supported by streamlined governance, commercial structures, and stakeholder engagement.
• Develop and maintain the technology integration strategy for Sellafield Ltd, ensuring alignment with business portfolio OV-1s to present a consolidated view of current and future requirements.
• Enable delivery to maximise business value while developing team capability and stakeholder awareness.
• Drive improved business performance through technology integration across operational and support functions.
• Maximise RoI through governance and commercial arrangements.
• Build and maintain relationships with NDA Group to enhance opportunities for leverage and ROI.
• Define and communicate the required R&D portfolio to meet future business needs and ensure appropriate work scopes are delivered.

Authorities & Dimensions

• Identify additional opportunities for leverage through complementary technology solutions.
• Act on behalf of the CTO for technology integration delivery.
• Accountable for a Technology Integration budget of circa 20m PA for Integration delivery, including approx. 40 RrOBOs.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including safety case, engineering, operations, SHEQ, regulators, NDA, other OpCos, and government agencies.

Job Context & Challenges:
• This role is pivotal in coordinating and managing the integration of technology within Sellafield and across the nuclear sector, and delivering technical solutions that significantly improve delivery productivity for Sellafield Ltd and leveraging this across the NDA Group.
• Emerging Field: Technology integration within both Sellafield and the wider nuclear sector is relatively novel and unique when compared to other industry. A significant amount of work will be required to establish an organisational presence. This will continue as a BAU element of the role.

Essential Skills

• Experience in working within the COTS Procurement Process in a regulated environment (Commercial off the shelf product procurement).
• Comprehensive experience and knowledge of working within TRL 6-9.
• Extensive experience in customer-facing roles requiring strong stakeholder engagement, influencing skills, professional integrity, and data confidentiality.
• Experience in leading cross-sector technology integration initiatives.
• Proven ability to initiate and lead research projects exploring innovative technology integration and future operational architectures.
• Expertise in designing and implementing end-to-end integration pipelines aligned with business needs.
• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to manage complex stakeholder environments.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with nuclear industry standards and regulatory frameworks.

Additional Information

• Open VN
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Contact/s: Robin Ibbotson

The interviews for this vacancy are expected to take place from Monday 23rd November 2026.

ASW’s may have the right to apply for internal Sellafield Ltd vacancies. Please note if you are an Agency Supplied Worker you are required to attach evidence of all qualifications obtained to support your application. We require a minimum of A*-C (9-4) GCSE in English Language, Maths & Science/IT or equivalent / higher qualification.

Contracted Supply Workers (CSWs) are not eligible to apply to internal vacancies. CSWs are welcome to apply to external vacancies advertised on our external vacancies board.

If you choose to apply for this role and your application is shortlisted by the hiring manager, you will be invited to a competency based interview. In the interview, you will be assessed against the below competencies:

Behavioural:
1. 3.1.6 Collaboration and Teamwork.
2. 3.2.1 Commitment to the business.
3. 3.3.2 Effective Communication.

Technical:
1. 313_2 R&T Technical Knowledge of Sellafield.

Please see link to the competency framework for further information:
https://slportal.ssa-intra.net/pub/SC001/00027/Competency%20Framework/Forms/AllItems.aspx

If your technical competency is not in the above framework, please refer to the profession’s share point page for further information.

During the interview, you will also be expected to give a 5 minute presentation on
‘Technology Integration: risks, opportunities, and best practice.’

This presentation should be sent to recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk via email at least two working days before your interview. You should also take four paper copies of your presentation to your interview in case of any IT issues on the day.

Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk

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The closing date for this vacancy is Monday 9th November 2026.