Business Operations Team Leader

AWE; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defense and space manufacturing is seeking a Business Operations Team Leader. This role involves leading a team, managing resources, and supporting strategic initiatives within the Physics Business Operations Team. The ideal candidate will have strong stakeholder management skills and a proactive attitude towards innovation and improvement.

Benefits

9-day working fortnight

Market leading contributory pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Opportunities for Professional Career Development

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to analyse data and provide insightful analysis.
• Strong leadership skills with a focus on team development.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team of Physics Business Operations Analysts.
• Managing the Physics functional finance budget.
• Developing a resource dashboard to track finance and recruitment.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Team leadership

Communication

Job description

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If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given.

Business Operations Team Leader / Resource Manager

Closing Date: 3rd June 2025

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

Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically, 3 days onsite per week as a minimum.

Package: £52,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

A relocation package may be available (terms and conditions apply).

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is currently recruiting for a Senior Business Operations Team Leader / Resource Manager to sit within the Physics Business Operations Team. You will gain a unique insight into the leadership and governance of the Physics sub-function, working with both the management team and key stakeholders.

This role is ideally suited to a business analyst who enjoys working with people, data and automating processes with an eye for trend analysis. The role would be supporting both tactical and strategic tasks within Physics that lends themselves to the role of a resource manager, but also with an emphasis of managing a team of business operations analyst.

A successful candidate would have a board range of skills that would enable them to lead, coach and develop the Physics business analyst team, whilst also being able to apply themselves to managing and implementing the resource across Physics. The candidate would be familiar with putting together dashboards, developing metrics and general data analytics. An awareness of finance, delivery and programme would be advantageous, and they should be able to communicate to a broad range of audiences from the management team to the Physics staff in a wide variety of disciplines.

A proactive attitude is key for this role, with a willingness innovate and identify new ideas to help Physics support the management team in a proficiently, sustained and secure manner.

What You Could Be Involved With Or Responsible For

• Leading, coaching and developing a team of Physics Business Operations Analysts within the Physics sub-functions to deliver against the strategic and tactical requirements defined by the Head of Physics.
• Providing pastoral care and support to team members as required, signposting if necessary to support available resources.
• Assessing staff performance, measured against agreed personal objectives and accountabilities, and taking corrective action to improve performance where necessary via application of the appropriate management interventions and policies.
• Managing the Physics functional finance budget which supports both direct expenditure and pay bill in a resource managers capacity.
• Supporting recruitment newsletters, developing recruitment boards for careers fairs and conferences, attending recruitment fairs and engaging with corporate comms and external professional bodies (Physics World, New Scientist) to promote career paths across Physics.
• Developing a resource dashboard to provide metrics that feed into the subfunctions Visual Management Board (VMB) to track finance (pay bill and DE) and recruitment.
• Supporting the Head of Physics and Physics Business Operations team with finance and resource related transformation activities, company initiatives and any other reasonable duties that align to this position.
  
  

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with the ability to forge positive relationships in a fast paced and service-oriented environment. As well as excellent verbal and written skills, you will need to have an eye for detail, the ability to analyse data and be able to challenge and problem solve.

If you would like to be part of a dynamic team where you will be encouraged to develop and grow, we welcome your application.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

• A good people person, with a strong lead within the team but also with the ability to work with a variety of stakeholders across all levels of a business
• A high level of organisation with experience of setting up large meetings, ensuring all relevant documentation required, including proposals, escalations and performance reporting are delivered to the required quality
• Knowledge of developing suitable performance measures, setting escalation triggers and governance tolerances
• Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of business operations teams ensuring successful delivery of business plans and objectives
• A keen eye for detail providing insightful analysis, highlighting issues, risks and opportunities while identifying improvements and efficiencies
• Experience of supporting review, learn and improve (RLI) activities
  
  

Some Reasons We Think You’ll Love It Here

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 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.
  
  

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Next Steps

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

Important Things You Need To Know

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.
  
  

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing, Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, and Oil and Gas

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