Strategic Programme Lead — Defense Tech & Autonomy

ARX Robotics; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunity

Hybrid working setup

Private medical and dental insurance

Pension scheme

Relocation support

Job summary

ARX Robotics is seeking a Business Analyst to join our defence-tech engineering programmes in London. You will design and govern programme infrastructure, connecting UK, Germany, and Ukraine teams to ensure field realities reach the central product organisation with clear prioritisation and realistic commitments.

You'll translate operational and engineering inputs into structured requirements, own readiness gates for milestones, and drive planning, tracking and demonstrations with evidence-based

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex technical programmes in defence, robotics, or regulated environments.
• Ability to build and implement processes from scratch.
• Strong track record delivering mission-critical systems under pressure.
• Willingness to travel within EU, especially Germany.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement programme processes across engineering, product, and mission operations teams.
• Establish and enforce Jira-based operating model, including workflows, ticket standards, and definitions of done.
• Own deliverable gates and readiness criteria for milestones, releases, and deployments, ensuring evidence-based sign-off.
• Drive planning, tracking, and execution of exercises and demonstrations, including feedback capture and post-event closeout.
• Manage integrated schedules, dependencies, risks, and critical paths across hardware, software, and integration workstreams.
• Translate operational and engineering inputs into structured, testable requirements with clear acceptance criteria and traceability.
• Govern feedback and change processes between local integration activities and centrally prioritised product development teams.

Skills

Programme leadership

Stakeholder management

Requirements translation

Decision making

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

ARX Robotics is seeking a Business Analyst to join our defence-tech engineering programmes in London. You will design and govern programme infrastructure, connecting UK, Germany, and Ukraine teams to ensure field realities reach the central product organisation with clear prioritisation and realistic commitments.

You'll translate operational and engineering inputs into structured requirements, own readiness gates for milestones, and drive planning, tracking and demonstrations with evidence-based