Portfolio Delivery Team Lead

MBDA UK Ltd; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension up to 14%

Overtime

Flexi Leave up to 15 days

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Facilities

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

MBDA UK Ltd in Bristol is seeking a Delivery Lead to manage portfolio engineering activities across the MBDA Complex Weapons Portfolio. You will handle technical risks, obsolescence and engineering commonality while guiding teams and stakeholders through the full product lifecycle.

The role offers hybrid working with 2–3 days on-site and opportunities to influence delivery processes, improve efficiency, and drive innovative solutions within a dynamic defense environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in an engineering discipline with understanding of the product lifecycle.
• Ability to influence and challenge senior MOD and MBDA management.
• Flexible mindset to develop innovative design solutions.
• Ability to understand complex technical problems with uncertainty.
• Ability to prioritise across multiple projects.
• Ability to concisely summarise problems and lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage portfolio engineering activities for MBDA Complex Weapons Portfolio, including technical risks and obsolescence.
• Steer delivery and implement new ways of working.
• Collaborate with projects to improve Commonality, Modularity & Reuse.
• Review benefits to ensure realism from an engineering perspective.
• Act as the contact between Functions, Equipment Teams, Centres of Excellence and Portfolio risks.
• Ensure obsolescence solutions do not affect dependencies.

Skills

Engineering discipline

Product lifecycle

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Prioritisation

Leadership

Job description

Bristol

As a Systems Engineer at MBDA, you can be involved in all aspects of missile systems development, from early concept studies to series production and in‑service support. A role in the Portfolio Delivery Team will offer exposure of the full product lifecycle and will help you develop your career by gaining an excellent understanding of the business, its operations, and its projects.

Job Title

Portfolio Delivery Team Lead

Salary

Up to £55,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working

2‑3 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: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• 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 Delivery Lead is responsible for the management of Portfolio engineering activities associated with the delivery of the MBDA Complex Weapons Portfolio, including management of technical risks, obsolescence and engineering commonality.

• A chance to use the knowledge and experience you have gained to help steer and shape the delivery of the MBDA UK portfolio of products.
• The opportunity to develop and implement new ways of working, building on past successes but with the freedom to innovate.
• Work with projects to improve the efficiency of Commonality, Modularity & Reuse and reduce hardships.
• Review predicted and measured benefits to ensure realism from an engineering point of view.
• Work with internal teams to ensure that programme plans for dependencies exist.
• Act as the point of contact between Functions, Equipment Teams, Centres of Excellence and the Portfolio as risks or issues arise.
• Ensure solutions for portfolio obsolescence removal do not affect the dependencies established.

What we're looking for from you

• Significant experience in an engineering discipline, with a good understanding of product lifecycle including the design and development process for electro‑mechanical equipment.
• The ability to work with, influence, and challenge where required including senior MOD and MBDA management.
• A flexible mind‑set, able to tackle problems and develop genuinely innovative solutions for design challenges.
• Ability to understand sophisticated technical problems, often with a high degree of uncertainty, complexity and inconsistency.
• Effectively manage your priorities when presented with issues from multiple projects.
• You are able to concisely summarise multi‑faced problems and influence, lead and empower teams positively.

Our Business

We respect new perspectives and experiences, and we value our collaborative ways of working. We are committed to growing and supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their potential. MBDA is proud of our employee‑led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process. We also welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements.