Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working

Salary: £52,084+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Working with internal stakeholders and partner organisations (national and international) to develop and maintain the programme’s assumptions database
• Engaging with FCAS delivery leads and teams (nationally and internationally) to manage interfaces, inputs/outputs and dependencies
• Reviewing and validating programme assumptions to ensure coherency across stakeholder groups
• Ensuring effective communication and configuration control of information
• Supporting business planning, prioritisation and decision making activities
• Defining and implementing robust management plans and coherent programme schedules
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with other team members and stakeholders
• Supporting overall project management planning, management and review of the Strategic Planning team activities

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Experience of influencing outcomes with direct and virtual teams on national and international programmes
• Ability to effectively interface with customer and industrial stakeholders at a senior level
• Experience of complex through life product, solution development and system integration programmes
• An entrepreneurial and systems thinking mind set with the ability to shape strategies and solutions in a highly complex context
• Degree level or equivalent, ideally working towards relevant chartered professional qualifications

Desirable

• Experience of working internationally with government and commercial stakeholders

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Strategic Planning team:

The team sits within the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme. They are responsible for establishing and maintaining a robust set of programme assumptions, defining and prioritising programme risks and ensuring the appropriate mitigation tasks are being undertaken. They validate risk mitigation evidence and collate the benefits to support the preparation of programme business cases on an international level.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 20^th October 2023

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.