Portfolio Delivery Team Lead

MBDA; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 49,500 - 60,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension up to 14%

Overtime opportunity

Flexi Leave

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Facilities

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

MBDA in Bristol is seeking a Portfolio Delivery Team Lead to oversee the MBDA Complex Weapons Portfolio engineering activities from concept to production and in‑service support.

The role blends technical understanding with broader business delivery, managing risks, dependencies and exploiting flexible hybrid working arrangements. Security clearance is required and MBDA promotes inclusive processes across teams.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in an engineering discipline with understanding of product lifecycle for electro‑mechanical equipment.
• Ability to influence senior MOD and MBDA management when required.
• Flexible mindset to develop innovative solutions for design challenges.
• Ability to summarize complex problems and lead teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage portfolio engineering activities for MBDA Complex Weapons Portfolio from concept to delivery and in-service support.
• Oversee technical risks, obsolescence and engineering commonality across programs.
• Develop and implement new ways of working, building on past successes to enable innovation.
• Ensure programme plans for dependencies exist and are tracked.
• Act as the point of contact between Functions, Equipment Teams, Centres of Excellence and Portfolio risks or issues.
• Ensure obsolescence solutions do not disrupt dependencies.

Skills

Engineering experience

Lifecycle knowledge

Electro-mechanical

Leadership ability

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.

The role demands a motivated individual with broad technical knowledge, and good influencing skills. It would suit someone who is looking for a balance of technical understanding and broader business delivery aspects. The successful individual will get exposure to wider Portfolio factors such as financial efficiencies, operational performance, exportability and Freedom of Action to the UK MoD.

• 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 does not affect the dependencies established

What we're looking for from you

• Significant experience in a 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.