CMDC Training Capability Lead

Prattwhitney; Winnersh; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Holiday allowance

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Health cashplan

Enhanced sick pay

Family-friendly policies

Volunteering days

Hybrid work options

Job summary

Raytheon UK is seeking a CMDC Training Capability Lead to manage and coordinate Royal Navy capabilities, with a DSAT-based framework and agile-style workshops. The role supports training design and development across multiple streams, ensuring quality and timely delivery.

The position requires strong stakeholder communication, DSAT/ADDIE understanding, and ability to plan and balance workload in a hybrid working environment with security clearances.

Qualifications

• Communication with stakeholders outside of the training development team to gather technical information.
• Awareness of DSAT (JSP 822) and ADDIE principles and their application to training design and development.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and quality assure multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Experienced and capable of working autonomously and within a team.
• Ability to comprehend and interpret technical and non-technical information and apply it to training design.
• Ensure training designs align with internal quality standards.
• Must be organised and work well both independently and in a fast-paced team environment.
• Ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects in a deadline-oriented environment.
• MS Office proficiency (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint).
• SC security clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate Royal Navy capabilities derived from a Training Needs Analysis and ensure DSAT-aligned artifacts are delivered on time and meet standards.
• Facilitate and collaborate with other team leads during Workshops.
• Translate customer requirements and changes into tasks for the Course Proposal and maintain the team backlog and schedule.
• Allocate detailed work packages, set priorities, and monitor progress against schedule and assessment criteria.
• Provide day-to-day guidance on DSAT methodology, analysis techniques, and design standards.
• Ensure outputs adhere to JSP 822, DSAT principles, and documentation standards.
• Conduct regular Duty reviews to ensure quality and compliance, supporting performance management and forecasting.
• Escalate technical or procedural issues and communicate risks to the Training Design Manager.

Skills

Stakeholder comms

DSAT knowledge

Multi-project planning

Autonomous worker

MS Office

SC clearance ready

Tools

Moodle

Jira

Job description

Location: Winnersh, Wokingham, Near Reading; Country: United Kingdom; Role: CMDC Training Capability Lead; Employment type: Hybrid, Permanent; Security clearance: SC Clearance

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave

Work Culture

37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements. Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early! Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role. Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year. Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.

About us

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence. As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development. Through advanced technology and our people’s expertise, our Training Transformation Services is modernising what’s possible in the training and preparation of our armed forces. With a real blended approach to learning and using the latest innovative systems and technology, we ensure our service men and women really are prepared for any situation.

Responsibilities

• To manage and coordinate Royal Navy capabilities consisting of multiple Duties derived from a Training Needs Analysis, to ensure the DSAT-aligned artifacts are delivered on time, are technically accurate, and meet both the Royal Navy’s requirements and RUK quality standards.
• Facilitate and work collaboratively with other team leads during Workshops.
• Translate customer requirements and programme changes into clear tasks to be included within the Course Proposal and to deliver and maintain the team’s backlog and schedule of work.
• Allocate detailed and accurate work packages, set priorities, and monitor progress against schedule, quality, and assessment criteria, ensuring there is support to resource forecasting, workload balancing, and prioritisation of critical tasks.
• Provide day-to-day guidance on DSAT methodology, analysis techniques, and agreed upon design standards.
• Ensure all outputs adhere to JSP 822, DSAT principles, and the programme’s documentation standards.
• Conduct regular Duty reviews to ensure output quality, accuracy, and compliance, while supporting individual performance management, development planning, and resource forecasting.
• Act as the first point of escalation for technical or procedural issues, including identification of Technical Debt and Training Gaps, communicating status, risks, and dependencies to the Training Design Manager for discussion with stakeholders and inclusion on the Risk Register.
• Validate that learning outcomes and training solutions align with operational requirements and Royal Navy role competencies.
• Represent the training design function at technical reviews, progress meetings, and design boards.
• Provide input to monthly progress reports, metrics, and performance summaries.

Required experience

• Communication with stakeholders outside of the training development team to gather technical information necessary for training requirements.
• Awareness of DSAT (JSP 822) and ADDIE principles and their application to training design and development.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and quality assure multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Experienced and capable of working autonomously and within a team.
• Ability to comprehend and interpret technical and non-technical information and apply it to training design.
• Ensure training designs align with best practices and internal quality standards.
• Must be organised and work well both independently and in a fast-paced team environment.
• Ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to use MS Office (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint).
• The successful candidate must be able to qualify for SC security clearance.

Desirable experience

• UK Ministry of Defence procedures and policies
• Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT).
• Experience using Moodle and Jira.
• Previous experience of developing high-quality courses for digital learning & training.

Equal Employment Opportunity

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Company Background

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.