Project Security Lead — Hybrid Defence Program

MBDA; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension

Overtime

Flexi Leave

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Facilities

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

MBDA Bristol is seeking a Project Security Manager to own and harmonise security activities across a product line. You will coordinate with Security Operations, MoD Customer Team and export processes, ensuring robust project security strategies throughout the lifecycle.

The role demands strong organisational and engineering skills, with experience in product or systems security being desirable. A hybrid work pattern is supported in a dynamic, security‑critical environment.

Qualifications

• Able to listen to, evaluate and resolve technical and process driven issues in a manner that upholds MBDA's reputation with our Customer.
• Highly organised and able to distil complicated information or processes into coherent, manageable steps.
• Strong people and engineering skills where a background in Systems Engineering is useful.
• Knowledge of Product or Systems Security is desirable, but not essential

Responsibilities

• Owner of the Project Security Grading Guide(s) – Internal/External Stakeholder agreement; Document update / maintenance; General advisor for queries and interpretation
• Project Release Approvals Manager – Liaise with the Security Engineering team to determine, agree, and understand export Red Lines; Manage the MoD approval process for the release of information; Support to export paperwork
• Project Security Equipment Management – Coordinate the Project response to a centralised Secure Hardware Register and coordinate the Project application process
• Formally act as the Project Security Representative – liaison with Security Operations, MoD Customer Team, Production of the Project Security Questionnaire and Plan, manage the Project against the Plan
• Cross‑project Responsibilities – Inform Security Engineering of cross‑project issues; disseminate best practice; capture lessons learned

Skills

Listening and evaluation

Organisational skills

People & engineering skills

Security knowledge

Tools

Security engineering tools

Job description

MBDA Bristol is seeking a Project Security Manager to own and harmonise security activities across a product line. You will coordinate with Security Operations, MoD Customer Team and export processes, ensuring robust project security strategies throughout the lifecycle.

The role demands strong organisational and engineering skills, with experience in product or systems security being desirable. A hybrid work pattern is supported in a dynamic, security‑critical environment.