Head of Systems & Supportability

Gregory Martin International; Bristol; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology and regulatory consultancy is seeking a Head of Systems & Supportability Engineering based in Bristol. The role involves setting strategic direction, leading a multi-disciplinary team, and ensuring high-quality deliverables for complex government programs. Candidates should possess extensive experience in defence-related projects, strong capabilities in requirements management, and a consultancy background.

Qualifications

• Experience in Defence Lines of Development.
• Significant experience as a Systems Engineer in MOD or defence-related projects.
• Ability to manage a variety of stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Set vision and strategy for the department and align it with the company's Defence strategy.
• Motivate and manage team members, ensuring strong performance.
• Develop and maintain service offerings aligned to demand.

Skills

Requirements Management

Systems Engineering

Consultancy

Technical Assurance

Business Development

Capability Development

Team Leadership

Education

Degree level qualification or relevant experience

Engineering Chartership

Tools

DOORS/Dimensions RM software

Job description

Head of Systems & Supportability - Defence

Location: Bristol

Salary: £70,000 to £85,000 plus bonus, medical and pension

Our client is a leading global technology and regulatory consultancy and has a track record of success, they excel in research and development, regulatory and safety services, and technical programme delivery, as a trusted partner to customers within highly regulated Government programmes. They are looking for a new Head of Systems and Supportability Engineering (S&SE) to lead their team of engineers.

The Head of Systems and Supportability Engineering will grow a team around them, and alongside other departments, to set strategy and deliver multi-disciplinary support to some of the most complex Government programmes.

The S&SE team manage requirements at all stages of the Systems Engineering lifecycle, including elicitation of capability/user requirements, generation/management of system requirements, testing and acceptance.

Experience required for the role of Head of Systems and Supportability

The right applicant for this role will be someone who has a consultancy or Defence background, with the ability to work autonomously or within engineering and cross-functional teams. As the Head of

Systems and Supportability Engineering, you will be responsible for:

Vision and Strategy:Setting the vision and strategy for the department in collaboration with the other department leads. Ensuring that it is then communicated across the Company and aligned with the wider company’s Defence vision and strategy.

Team leadership:Motivating, coaching and managing the performance of team members. Leading team meetings to share knowledge, co-ordinate activities, pursue opportunities and address issues.

Resource Management:Allocating consultants to projects and accounts in support of the business, working with the Account Leads to successfully meet demand.

Capability Development:Developing and maintaining S&SE service offerings aligned to account demand signal and collaborating with other departments to ensure services are coherent across the business. As the Head of Systems and Supportability Engineering your focus will be developing:

• Requirements Engineering and Management across all DLoDS
• System and System of Systems Architecture
• MBSE
• Integrated Logistics/Product Support
• Engineering Management
• Engineering Governance.

Training and Development:Identifying and setting up training courses for members of the department based on their training needs. Coaching people on the use of Systems Engineering and ILS tools and techniques. Collaborating with other Department Heads to ensure recruitment, training and performance reviews (including promotions) are coherent across the business.

Business Development:Supporting Account Leads by writing technical approaches within bids and presenting to prospective customers. Collaborating with Account Leads to identify need for new capability across all our customers.

Technical Assurance:Working on projects, providing technical guidance and review to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers’ expectations.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You will be someone with firm understanding of requirements management across all Defence Lines of Development, with experience across Operating Domains. You should have a positive, flexible and self-motivated attitude, and be keen to develop yourself and others within the team. You will have experience in:

• Delivering Requirements Engineering, Integrated Logistical Support, MBSE, and Engineering Governance in a consultancy context.
• Experience of requirements management within the UK MOD (Frontline Commands or Delivery Agents),
• Knowledge of the UK acquisition framework (e.g. Business Cases, URD, SRD, CONEMP/CONUSE, ITEAP, etc.)
• Experience of DOORS/Dimensions RM software to support requirements management.
• Understanding of modern SE approaches like MBSE.
• Understanding of complex system of system projects and programmes, especially with respect to integration activities and SoS performance setting and acceptance.
• Capability Development of new tools and techniques.
• Providing technical guidance and reviews to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers’ expectations.
• Leading multi-disciplined teams in a consultancy setting.
• Working within public sector with knowledge of government processes.
• Managing a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Developing employees and teams through internal and external training.
• Mentoring employees across all grades.
• Contributing and leading successful bids/technical proposals.

If you are interested in applying for this role, candidates must have:

• An existing right to live and work in the UK.
• Either hold a current SC or DV clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo a Security
• Degree level qualification or relevant experience
• Significant experience as a Systems Engineer in MOD or defence-related projects.
• An Engineering Chartership or equivalent relevant to the role

Keywords: Defence, MOD, MoD, Consultancy, Requirements Management, Systems Engineering, DOORS, Integrated Logistics, Bids, MBSE,

Head of Systems & Supportability - Defence