Technical Team Lead

Job Title: Technical Team Lead

Location: Warton, Hybrid – 3 days per week on site

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

Salary: £59,491+ depending on experience

Who we are: 

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

As a Technical Team Lead, you will be working in an Agile development framework, triaging and allocating requests for development activities within the team. This role will involve excellent people management, looking at your team’s personal development and ensuring training is always up to date.

Core duties:

• Translating business requirements and rules in into technical design specifications
• Working with multidimensional and relational data sets to support the creation of Modelled datasets
• Updating all development activities in Air Data & Analytics change management database and ensure all statuses follow a development lifecycle
• Working closely with key stakeholders within business functions to transition completed development to business as usual and provide the appropriate standard operating procedures

Essential Skills: 

• Experience managing a technical team
• Resource management experience – capacity demand planning
• Experience working in an AGILE development framework

The Planning Analytics Team:

Our team is at the forefront of designing, developing, and maintaining advanced Planning Analytics solutions that empower business leaders to make data-driven decisions. Working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we partner closely with senior stakeholders—both internal and external—to transform complex data into actionable insights that drive business success.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 21st April 2026

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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