Product Lead – Weapon Systems Operations Equipment Team

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

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Site facilities

Healthcare plan

Job summary

MBDA in Stevenage is seeking a Product Lead to own the definition and delivery of product strategies for a range of weapon systems. You will influence project roadmaps, policies and standards, shaping proposals for architectural solutions to acceptance by Project and Delivery teams.

Working on a hybrid model, you will lead diverse teams across the UK and internationally, developing future roadmaps while ensuring cost-effectiveness and technical alignment with customer needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in design and development of electronics in the defence sector.
• Strategic thinking with ability to influence across UK and international partners.
• Proven ability to define product strategies and roadmaps and shape architectural proposals.
• Ability to write clear engineering documentation and present to all levels.

Responsibilities

• Own the definition and delivery of product strategies for MBDA weapon systems.
• Influence project roadmaps, policies and technical standards to meet GMA/GSA strategies.
• Lead proposals for architectural solutions across a diverse product range.
• Collaborate with Project and Delivery teams to achieve acceptance and progress.
• Ensure cost effectiveness, deliverability, and alignment with customer requirements.

Skills

Influence programmes

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Challenge established processes

Relationship building

Tools

None

Job description

Stevenage

Join our dynamic team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Weapon Systems products at MBDA. As a key member, you will spearhead innovative proposals for architectural solutions across a diverse product range.

Salary

Circa £65,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working

Where possible a blended approach to on-site and remote working, depending on business needs. Typically, this could be 2 days per week on-site and 3 days remote working. This role could be full time or part time, 4 or 5 days per week. We are flexible and accommodating. We can also consider term-time and/or compressed hours working patterns.

Location

Stevenage (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)

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 21% (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• 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

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to join our highly skilled and dynamic team where you can be at the forefront of influencing MBDA's future Weapon Systems products? The purpose of the Weapon Systems Operations Product Lead is to own the definition and delivery of product strategies. The role must influence future project roadmaps, policies and technical standards, ensuring compliance with wider Generic Missile/Systems Architecture (GMA/GSA) strategies. Influence project and portfolio decisions, ensuring our products remain cost effective, deliverable and meet the capability requirements of our future customers (domestic and export).

Working to an agreed product line strategy, you will lead and shape new proposals for architectural solutions to the point of acceptance by Project and Delivery Team across a diverse product range.

Key skills include:

• Influence programmes and future projects to adopt the product line approach to development
• Collaborate with stakeholders both in the UK and Internationally
• Connect multiple programmes and business functions to deliver to a common goal and identify future opportunities
• Challenge established processes and "this is how we've always done it" mentality
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with academia, SME's and potential suppliers

This is a delivery focused multifunctional team tasked with design, development and qualification of technically complex, safety critical products for missile proving and series production. We have an unequalled reputation for use of modularity and re-use principals to reduce cost and schedule and risk.

What we're looking for from you:

• Experience in the design and development of electronics, preferable in the defence industry with knowledge of the product sector. With the ability to understand the technology and its potential uses. This role requires someone that can think beyond the ‘here and now' and understand how our products can evolve in the future to meet the company and customer's needs.
• Strategic thinker with strong influencing skills across peer groups and into senior management, both within the UK and International partners.
• Demonstrated experience of defining product strategies and road maps as well as shaping new proposals for architectural solutions to acceptance.
• Ability to write clear and concise engineering documentation and present to all levels of the business.

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

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