Knowledge Lead

MBDA; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Bonus up to 21%

Pension up to 14%

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

On-site facilities

Healthcare cash plan

Job summary

MBDA seeks a Knowledge Manager to support delivery of the Knowledge Strategy within the Capability, Knowledge & Skills division. The role focuses on building networks across international functions, promoting knowledge sharing and improving repository management across engineering and programmes.

You will work across UK and European hubs, with a mix of on-site and hybrid work, and occasional travel. Strong leadership and change management are essential.

Qualifications

• Technical or project management background with a strong knowledge of knowledge management.
• Experience delivering face-to-face and virtual training to diverse teams.
• Ability to operate autonomously in a multidisciplinary, multinational environment.
• Understanding of MBDA products and development lifecycle is advantageous.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and lead change in complex organisations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage relationships across Knowledge Management and Technical Expert networks.
• Coordinate and energise knowledge organisations and collect metrics for reporting.
• Identify and develop improvement projects to optimise corporate knowledge.
• Provide guidance, resources and training for knowledge management best practices.
• Coordinate the Technical Expert Network, organise events and develop resources.
• Support knowledge improvement initiatives and analytics for better access and repository management.

Skills

Technical background

Project management

Training delivery

Multinational experience

Knowledge management

Communication skills

Leadership

Job description

Stevenage

This exciting role will see you working in the international team of Capability, Knowledge & Skills division within the Technical Excellence Directorate of MBDA, you will be responsible for supporting delivery of the Knowledge Strategy.

Salary: Circa £65,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: The success of this role is dependent on building effective networks and relationships. As such, we require a minimum of three days a week on site with occasional UK and European travel.

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
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

The opportunity:

The role will provide the opportunity to work across a wide network with key stakeholders across international functions primarily in Greater Engineering and Programmes, supporting transversal engagement and collaboration, developing the knowledge sharing culture to optimise our corporate knowledge. With strong links to Technical Excellence Assurance, Technical Experts and supporting the Knowledge Managers within Engineering functions, this role will have specific delivery and engagement within the UK.

Key responsibilities include:

• Establishing, building and managing effective working relationships across the Knowledge Management and Technical Expert networks to ensure that all elements of the strategy are understood, communicated and being delivered against. This will include interfacing with and influencing at department, division and directorate levels as necessary.
• Co-ordinating, supporting, and energising the Knowledge organisations across the business. This includes obtaining metrics from each business area to support reporting of performance against the main Knowledge Management core objectives and identifying and promoting improvement opportunities.
• Identifying and developing improvement projects for knowledge activities to optimise corporate knowledge within the Knowledge Management Framework to ensure critical company information is captured, organised, searchable and distributed efficiently across internal teams.
• Providing guidance, resources and training for knowledge management, supporting best practice and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Co-ordinating and orchestrating the Technical Expert Network, including the creation of reports, organisation and facilitation of events and meetings and development of resources
• Supporting knowledge improvement initiatives and performance analytics to support improved access to knowledge and repository management to enable efficient methodology and consistent application of processes.

You will be joining a dynamic, focussed team who are passionate about improving the way we undertake our technical activities. You will be working across a diverse range of projects and functions, reacting to new technologies, proposing improvements to work more efficiently and helping to influence others.

What we're looking for from you:

• Considerable experience within a technical or project management background
• Be a highly motivated individual able to work autonomously in an agile technical environment and deliver on multiple simultaneous projects.
• Experience of providing face to face and virtual training
• Good awareness and practice of MBDA multicultural components and experience working within a multinational environment
• Good knowledge of the business (products and development lifecycle for our systems)
• Ability to master the MBDA tools to establish an information architecture and repository management methodology
• Good knowledge about the global Engineering skills and competencies in MBDA
• Good knowledge of digitalisation improvement opportunities to leverage technologies for improved efficiency and outcomes.
• Be a strong communicator and influencer with good interpersonal skills able to collaborate with the wider business, with the ability and confidence to work across all levels in an organisation and to build relationships internationally and multi-disciplinary.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and change management experience to support accelerated increased time to competence

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