Head of Capability - Software & Cyber - Submarines

Rolls-Royce plc; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in Derby is seeking a Head of Capability for Software & Cyber within the Submarines division. This role involves leading engineering capabilities and defining the strategy for capability development across a team of 3,000 engineers. The ideal candidate will be a senior engineering leader with proven influencing skills, able to foster innovation and build high-performing teams. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working arrangements, and excellent development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a senior engineering leader in a complex environment.
• Strong influencing skills across different organizational levels.
• Capacity to innovate and deliver systematic improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead capability strategy and maintain robust deployment throughout its lifecycle.
• Create and update Strategic Workforce Plans.
• Define and maintain Capability Specialist and SME taxonomy.

Skills

Senior engineering leadership

Cross-organizational influence

Innovation and systematic improvement

Team building and collaboration

Job description

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Job Description

Head of Capability – Software & Cyber

Full Time

Derby

Rolls-Royce Submarines is a world leader in the design, manufacture and in-service support of nuclear power and propulsion products. We support products and programmes in all phases of the product lifecycle. The Head of Capability for Software & Cyber is accountable for defining, maintaining and improving the engineering skills and capabilities which support our software products and secure our product portfolio.

You’ll be working in a team of 12 dedicated senior managers with the accountability for managing and improving engineering capabilities across nearly 3,000 engineers in the business. The scope of the business covers nuclear products and programmes across all phases of the lifecycle delivering safety and mission critical power & propulsion to our military and civilian customers. The team operate in an agile approach; mutually supporting on common/collaborative tasks whilst taking individual business-wide leadership accountability for capability-specific projects and improvements.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

In this exciting and demanding role you will get a chance to:

• Provide proactive capability leadership to the Engineering resource group and ensure robust deployment and maintenance of capability throughout its lifecycle.
• Create and maintain Strategic Workforce Plans, in line with the Do/Buy Strategy, to meet the overall delivery commitments.
• Own the overall capability strategy and associated roadmap and ensure resources necessary to deliver the roadmap.
• Define, develop and maintain the Capability Specialist and SME taxonomy to ensure sufficient capability exists to deliver the business commitment.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to:

• Operate as a senior engineering leader across a complex, full-lifecycle business

• Influence across the organisation to achieve objectives beyond your direct control

• Envisage and innovate to deliver systematic improvement; recognising but not being limited by historical practice and norms

• Build a high-performing team and collaborate with other senior leaders

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individualswho are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

LEVEL B

Job Category

Software Systems

Posting Date

31 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

17 Aug 2025

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