R&T Planning Lead

MBDA S.A.S.; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A defense organization in the UK is seeking an individual to fill an R&T Planning role. This position offers the chance to influence future product development while collaborating with innovative technologies and a close-knit team. Employees can expect a variety of benefits, including a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and support for personal growth within a recognized leading defense company. Join us in protecting our nations through cutting-edge advancements.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Company Bonus up to 21%

Dynamic Working policies

Healthcare Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to free financial webinars

Qualifications

• Comfortable in multifaceted landscapes.
• Able to summarize intricate details clearly.
• Proficient in linking strategies to R&T needs.
• Strong interest in technology and collaboration.
• Passionate about new and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate tech push to influence future product portfolio.
• Work within a close-knit team for UK R&T.
• Determine future product R&T needs.

Skills

Comfortable working in complex landscapes

Ability to provide simple summaries

Understanding business level impacts

Passion for technology and collaboration

Interest in emerging technologies

Understanding technology vs business strategy

Job description

Overview

In an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world there is an even greater need to be effective in bringing cutting edge technology of tomorrow in the products of today, thus ensuring the UK can protect itself and friendly nations. Creating the future world we want to live in relies on effective planning today, delivered for the UK through this Research & Technology (R&T) Planning role and supporting team., It coheres R&T planning views, working across the business to link technology developers to known and future programme needs. It owns the UK R&T relationships with the future systems and critical technology functions as well as UK R&T route map development. It plays a key part in UK R&T communication both at director level and more broadly seeking to maintain common views at delivery level escalating known challenges and supporting resolution implementation. It seeks to maintain effective technical and strategic relationships across the breadth of the business and in to UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to promote and encourage delivery of UK R&T needs. What do you get in return? Visibility at all levels and engagement with cutting edge science & technologies. The opportunity to work as part of a small but engaging and supportive team. Broad awareness of the business and, through successful delivery of this role, significant impact across MBDA by ensuring that critical technologies are sufficiently matured and de-risked before key decision points are reached for major development programmes.

Responsibilities

The opportunity: This role sits within a small close knit team in UK R&T but has broad linkages across every part of the business from Programmes to Technical Functions, Strategy to Future Systems & Emerging Technologies. It seeks to understand the future product R&T needs as well as influence the future product portfolio through facilitating appropriate tech push.

Qualifications

• Comfortable working in complex, broad, fluid and multifaceted landscapes
• Able to succinctly cohere detailed perspectives providing simple summaries (inc roadmaps)
• Ability to understand business level impacts / strategies and propose R&T research needs
• Strong passion for technology, collaboration & high levels of cultural sensitivity
• Interest in & passion for new & emerging technologies
• Ability to understand technology potential vs business strategy and devise business routes & ways of workings to realise that potential at pace

Note: Local support and development will be provided through on the job training and close working with others from the UK R&T team. So if you think you have the right behaviours and outlook we would be happy to teach the rest!

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom. We are proud of our employee‑led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability 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.

Benefits

Employees receive 25 days of paid annual leave per calendar year, in addition to all statutory and public holidays. After 5, 10 and 15 years of service, an additional day of annual leave is added to your allowance at each of these milestones. You can also enjoy more time off by purchasing up to an additional five days holiday through payroll.

We trust our people to agree, within their teams, where and when they can be most effective. Our Dynamic Working policies allow individuals great levels of flexibility around the hours they work and where they work. Depending on your role and function, this may include options for paid overtime, dynamic leave (time in lieu) and more.

Our MBDA Retirement Savings Plan is a 'Defined Contribution' plan in the Mercer Master Trust. The standard contributions are 4% of an employee's base salary and 6% employer contributions. You can increase both employee and employer contributions by up to 2%.

Financial Awareness - Employees have access to free financial webinars hosted throughout the year, along with access to a financial education website which provides plenty of useful hints, tips and guidance on managing financial wellness.

Share Incentive Plan - Acquire shares in our UK Shareholder, BAE Systems PLC, the scheme is tax efficient on shares purchased.

Mortgage Advice - As part of our financial wellbeing initiative employees can access free of charge mortgage advice and webinars.

Season Ticket Loan - Employees can borrow the value of public transport season ticket for bus or train journeys to and from work and spread the cost over 12 months.

Critical Illness - To help reduce the financial impact after being diagnosed with a critical illness, employees receive a tax‑free lump sum payment that can be used for any purpose including covering medical expenses, adjustments to lifestyle and more.

Employee Assistance Programme - The Employee Assistance Programme is free, independent, confidential and is available 24 hours a day/365 days a year. Employees have access to short‑term counselling (which includes up to 8 structured face to face, telephone or virtual sessions).

Voluntary Private Medical Insurance - Private Medical Insurance offers three healthcare plans to suit your individual requirements for you and your family.

Funded Private Medical Insurance - Eligible employees (Grade C & Above) are enrolled as standard into the company funded Private Medical Insurance benefit.

Dental Insurance - The Dental Insurance benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday dental expenses such as, minor treatments, routine examinations, restorative treatment and more. There are six levels of cover available, with each level providing increased claim limits.

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. There are six levels of cover available, with each level providing increased claim limits.

Healthcare and Leisure - The Healthcare and Leisure benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as medical fees, dentist fees, opticians and also provides access to special deals and concessions on sporting and recreational facilities.

Healthworks Gym Membership – The Healthworks on‑site gym at our Stevenage site offers a range of facilities and equipment, alongside a variety of classes available during the week.

Annual Gym Membership – Take advantage of discounted membership at over 3,600 of the UK's leading gym chains, leisure centres, hotel health clubs, independent gyms, boot camps and yoga studios.

The Club – The Club provides a fantastic opportunity to enjoy great social activities – from theatre trips, days out, to sporting activities.

We're proud to be a nationally recognised employer at MBDA. We have received a range of employer awards including Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2022; Gold awards from Investors in People, the 5% Club, and Armed Forces Covenant. We are also currently ranked #1 in the UK's Best Big Companies to Work For 2022 league table, as well as #1 for Manufacturing.

What we can offer you

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• 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.

Salary and Working Conditions

Salary: Circa £65,000 depending on experience.

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 1 days per week on‑site due to workload classification.

Security Clearance: British Citizen. 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.

Employees also have access to support whilst undergoing fertility testing and treatments. We also offer 2 weeks enhanced pay for paternity leave, and neonatal care leave for up to 12 weeks where a period of extended hospital care is required after birth.

Employees also have access to support whilst undergoing fertility testing and treatments.

Other

Development of our people is of vital importance to us at MBDA, which is why we ensure everyone has access to the teams, tools and resources needed to achieve their goals. This includes our dedicated in-house Learning & Development team, our Apprenticeship programmes, a variety of online learning platforms, and much more. We encourage new learning and will provide up to £150 in financial support per year if you wish to participate in further study in your own time. If you lead a team, or hope to do so in the future, we offer a range of management training opportunities, with paths designed for people of all experience levels.

Dynamic Working We want our people to work when and where they feel they can be most effective. For most of our employees, we have a flexi‑time scheme that allows you to choose, within certain parameters, when you start and finish each day and how you can use time you have accrued.

Employees who work the time can also accrue and take up to 15 days of Flexi‑leave per annum, in addition to the 25 days of annual leave provided and bank holidays.

Security Clearance All employees at MBDA are required to hold UK Security or BPSS Clearance.