Digital Secure Infrastructure Programme Manager

Job Description

Job title: Digital Secure Infrastructure Programme Manager

Location: Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £63,900+ (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Reporting into the FCAS Retained Line of Business partner, the role is focussed on determining and managing the retained FCAS Business scope of work
• As the primary interface into FCAS for Secure Infrastructure and Digital Platform, lead the DTS programme of work, coordinate the Digital Strategy, planning and deployment of the FCAS Secure Infrastructure Digital and Digital Platform capability, ensuring alignment to the FCAS business objectives and DTS service provision
• Be the primary interface and leads the FCAS DTS Secure Infrastructure and Digital Platform needs into the FCAS LoB and integrating into the IM&T supply chain
• The scope covers information services provision for FCAS physical and digital secure infrastructure across multiple classification levels. Ensures that the information systems deployment and service provision is compliant with internal policy and process, external contractual and regulatory requirements
• Ensures the provision of specialist knowledge to support and influence FCAS decision making for Secure Infrastructure by ensuring the integration and provision of information specialists including Architecture, Security, Cyber, and Infrastructure
• Ensures that effective project management controls are in place, and that the FCAS LoB and Head of FCAS and DTS management team receive timely reports and advice that will inform their decisions.
• Ensures that effective staffing and organisational structures (including the supply chain) are in place to support the FCAS LoB and DTD&I SDU
• Ensures the IT Service Delivery elements of FCAS business are beign met, co-ordinating closely with our Service Provider Partners
• Forecasts and manages IT deployment schedules and expenditure for FCAS Secure Infrastructure/Digital Platform, ensuring that all IT service, schedule and financial targets are met and identifying areas where these can be improved or are at risk
• Assists with the definition and operation of effective service, schedule and financial control and decision making, especially in the areas of service, projects and component cost models and the allocation and apportionment of all incurred IT costs

Your skills and experiences:

• Relevant IT degree or business degree, experience in IT Service delivery, consultancy or people management position
• Experience of working in an IT Function and relevant field
• Experience of defence and security
• Familiarity with IT trends and good practice

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.

Retained Line of Business FCAS team:

The retained line of business FCAS team is dedicated to customer focus and service delivery, serving as the primary point of contact for secure infrastructure advice on digital services and standards. They identify how digital technology can advance FCAS objectives by defining opportunities, validating business needs, and overseeing solution development while considering organizational and stakeholder impacts. The team offers specialist knowledge to influence decision-making, integrating information from architecture, security, cyber, and infrastructure specialists

They also manage the planning and deployment of the FCAS DTS Secure Infrastructure, ensuring project performance aligns with standards and recommending changes as needed. By producing comprehensive reports, the team ensures conformance to cost, schedule, quality, security, and customer satisfaction targets. They lead the deployment of innovative digital techniques and tools, identify process improvements, and foster a collaborative environment across FCAS stakeholders and DTD subject matter experts

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: 12th August 2024

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.

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