As a governance lead and internal consultant, you pride yourself on turning 'checks and balances' into 'insights and improvements You are excited by the opportunity to serve as the primary liaison for MBDA’s Digital Excellence Office, fostering the transparency and cross-functional synergy required to institutionalize global best practices. At the intersection of quality, risk management and operational excellence lies the ability to translate corporate requirements into actionable team success.

Salary: Circa £80,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

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.

What we can offer you:

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 35% of base salary
• Car Allowance
• 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…
• Private Medical Insurance: Eligible employees are enrolled as standard into the company funded Private Medical Insurance benefit.

The opportunity:

The Digital Excellence Governance Manager serves as the strategic anchor between the DEX organization and MBDA’s corporate governance frameworks. The role is responsible for ensuring full alignment with the Business Management System (BMS), mitigating operational risk, and managing the end-to-end audit and quality process.

Acting as both a regulatory liaison and an internal consultant, the manager transforms complex compliance data into actionable executive insights and drives operational excellence by benchmarking performance and institutionalizing best practices across the international DEX footprint.

This role demands a seasoned expert in regulatory compliance and audit management who can seamlessly align complex operational processes with international business management systems. Success requires a blend of stakeholder management excellence to act as a corporate liaison and a strategic mindset to drive benchmarking and best-practice institutionalization across a global footprint. And finally, the expertise in crafting structured decision papers and executive-level presentations is essential to translate governance findings into clear, actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders