Learning Innovation Manager

RTX Corporation; Wokingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Contributory Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

25 days holiday

Company bonus scheme

Flexible Benefits scheme

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family friendly policies

Job summary

Raytheon UK is a leading defence and aerospace technology company with circa 2000 employees, delivering digital and training transformation solutions across the UK. The role focuses on developing future learning capability, evaluating emerging technologies, and leading innovation pilots to inform investments.

You will champion modern learning technologies, build cross‑domain relationships, and drive continuous improvement while ensuring training designs meet quality standards and policy

Qualifications

• 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/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.

Responsibilities

• To lead the development of future learning capability by identifying, evaluating, and implementing innovative approaches that enhance training effectiveness, operational performance and organisational readiness.
• Identify, evaluate, and recommend emerging learning technologies, methodologies, and industry trends to enhance training capability.
• Develop and maintain the long-term learning innovation strategy, ensuring future training capability aligns with project, organisational, and operational objectives.
• Lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of innovation pilots to validate new learning approaches and inform future investment decisions.
• Champion the adoption of modern learning technologies and digital solutions that improve learner performance, accessibility, and training effectiveness.
• Establish governance, standards, and assurance processes that enable innovation while maintaining compliance with policy, quality, and security requirements.
• Ensure all outputs adhere to JSP 822, DSAT principles, and the programme's documentation standards.
• Build effective relationships across Defence, industry, and academia to influence learning innovation and foster collaborative development of future capabilities.
• Driving continuous improvement and change initiatives within the respective skillset to ensure our processes and products remain of the highest quality and up to date with latest initiatives and advances in technology.
• Develop organisational capability by coaching teams, sharing best practice and embedding a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous learning.
• Actively focused on promoting innovation and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in support of team Goals.
• Role modelling a proactive and willing approach, professional attitude, and leadership behaviours across CMDC.
• Comply with Raytheon and Customer policies.
• Carry out any other reasonable task such as assisting the other areas within Raytheon when required.
• Employees are responsible for their own Health and Safety and that of work colleagues and customers.
• The nature of Customer's training requires a high degree of flexibility for all Raytheon staff; there may be a requirement for travel to other sites within the UK
• Be responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement.

Skills

DSAT / JSP822

ADDIE

Plan and coordinate

Autonomy & teamwork

Interpret technical info

Training design quality standards

Organization

Multi-tasking

MS Office

SC security clearance eligible

Tools

MS Office

SharePoint / Outlook / Teams

Job description

Responsibilities

• To lead the development of future learning capability by identifying, evaluating, and implementing innovative approaches that enhance training effectiveness, operational performance and organisational readiness.
• Identify, evaluate, and recommend emerging learning technologies, methodologies, and industry trends to enhance training capability.
• Develop and maintain the long-term learning innovation strategy, ensuring future training capability aligns with project, organisational, and operational objectives.
• Lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of innovation pilots to validate new learning approaches and inform future investment decisions.
• Champion the adoption of modern learning technologies and digital solutions that improve learner performance, accessibility, and training effectiveness.
• Establish governance, standards, and assurance processes that enable innovation while maintaining compliance with policy, quality, and security requirements.
• Ensure all outputs adhere to JSP 822, DSAT principles, and the programme's documentation standards.
• Build effective relationships across Defence, industry, and academia to influence learning innovation and foster collaborative development of future capabilities.
• Driving continuous improvement and change initiatives within the respective skillset to ensure our processes and products remain of the highest quality and up to date with latest initiatives and advances in technology.
• Develop organisational capability by coaching teams, sharing best practice and embedding a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous learning.
• Actively focused on promoting innovation and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in support of team Goals.
• Role modelling a proactive and willing approach, professional attitude, and leadership behaviours across CMDC.
• Comply with Raytheon and Customer policies.
• Carry out any other reasonable task such as assisting the other areas within Raytheon when required.
• Employees are responsible for their own Health and Safety and that of work colleagues and customers.
• The nature of Customer's training requires a high degree of flexibility for all Raytheon staff; there may be a requirement for travel to other sites within the UK
• Be responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement.

Any other duties required to complete the CMDC Training Service. The ideal candidate has a background in training development and is comfortable working within a standardised development environment, thinks creatively, is confident, excels in a collaborative team atmosphere, and is detail oriented. A professional attitude, ability to follow technical and workflow processes, and solid communication skills are essential., Communication with stakeholders outside of the training development team to gather technical information necessary for training requirements.

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/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.

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.

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.