FCAS Enablers Delivery Lead

MBDA; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence organisation in Stevenage is seeking an FCAS Enablers Delivery Lead to manage a team and deliver key initiatives for the Future Combat Air System programme. The role requires technical understanding of digital infrastructure, people management experience, and strong stakeholder engagement skills. Offering a salary up to £65,000 with opportunities for hybrid working and generous benefits including bonuses and enhanced parental leave.

Benefits

Bonus of up to 21% of base salary

Pension contributions up to 14%

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidised meals and free car parking

Qualifications

• Proven experience in complex data management systems.
• Demonstrable people management experience.
• Commercial and financial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of key enabling initiatives for FCAS.
• Manage a team of up to six direct reports.
• Support Digital & data strategy and Enterprise Architecture.

Skills

Technical understanding of deploying digital infrastructure

Excellent organisational and communication skills

Strong stakeholder management

Negotiating and influencing skills

Specialist knowledge in Transition / Change Management

Ability to manage multiple projects

Job description

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) is one of the largest, most exciting and challenging programmes within Defence – to design and deliver a Future Combat Air Programme for the RAF in record time.

Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

The Opportunity:

The key cornerstone of FCAS is the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), which sees the UK working with our international partners Italy and Japan, to deliver a future combat air platform. FCAS and GCAP presents a unique opportunity to influence the design of the system to consider the integration and employment of effects rather than just integrate effectors to an existing platform.

The FCAS portfolio consists of a number of different projects and contracts looking at different areas within Combat Air. MBDA UK is involved in a number of these projects including the TEMPEST project, where some novel technologies are being explored, the main UK FCAS Acquisition Programme, as well as the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the FCAS programme as our FCAS Enablers Delivery Lead. You would lead the delivery of key enabling initiatives, within FCAS, across Engineering Tooling, Secure Infrastructure and Operational Transformation and Improvement.

You will be leading a small team of up to six direct reports so previous people management experience is essential. The team are keen to develop and grow and part of your role will be to support them in their growth alongside day to day management.

Some of the key Enabling activities could include;

• Maintaining transition plans
• Leading on security infrastructure upgrades across Bolton, Bristol and Stevenage
• Representing MBDA’s interests and requirements within the collaborative working environment
• Accountable for development and delivery of the MBDA FCAS strategy on Future Manufacturing and Future Supply Chain
• Support the Digital & data strategy and Enterprise Architecture for international and national collaboration
• Delivery of increased collaboration spaces at Filton, Stevenage and Bolton in support of FCAs meeting needs, linking directly to the secure comms and infrastructure as well as relevant facilities in place
• Lead on the interlinked activities relating to floorplate and site regenerations, ensuring FCAS get the outcome they require

As part of the role there will also be times where you would be expected to deputise for Head of Programme Enablers, where required, across the Enablers space including representing the programme with senior stakeholders at key working groups. The Programme Enablers spans across future manufacturing, Secure Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, Software Enterprise, Enterprise Data Management.

This role would be the perfect fit for an experienced Transition or Change Manager, someone who is used to working at pace and often in ambiguous situations.

We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running and quickly build relationships both internally and externally. A perfect role for someone who is keen to apply their skills and broaden their experiences in an exciting role within MBDA.

This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic team and really make this role your own.

What we’re looking for from you:

• Technical understanding of deploying digital infrastructure
• Previous experience of complex data management systems
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Demonstrable people management experience
• Strong stakeholder management & ability to build relationships quickly
• Negotiating & influencing skills – across a multi-national, multi-disciplined company, and at various levels of the organisation. Address resources, budget, sponsors and customers.
• Specialist knowledge in Transition / Change Management
• Ability to plan, develop, perfect and deliver
• Commercial and financial awareness
• Understanding of business strategy
• Capable of managing multiple projects/work packages
• Ability to influence and guide a narrative
• Able to deal with multiple issues, tasks and priorities concurrently
• Good understanding of other parts of the business and how they communicate news
• Knowledge / Understanding of the customer, their requirements and their expectations
• Organisational/co-ordination experience; ability to work with and through others
• Product management experience desirable

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