IT Business Operations Manager

Job Description

Job Title: IT Business Operations 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: £61,110 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• You will design and manage the Digital Services business operations governance collaborating with stakeholders to operate a fit for purpose governance and meeting cadence to ensure effective monitoring, reporting and reviewing of projects on a regular basis
• You will design and deploy required process and tools required to collate and present data including Jira, Confluence, Excel, Power BI dashboards, or SharePoint repositories and workflows
• You will engage with stakeholders establishing strong relationships across the digital services, the programme management, and functional teams to understand interaction points and clearly communicate progress
• You will track and collate IM&T deliverables and manage Digital Services, Programme, and functional reporting including the development of status updates, presentations, or documentation as required
• You will work with the programme and function leads to understand the integration requirements to support alignment of reporting and planning
• You will integrate with the BAE Systems business management collating inputs to the wider Integrated Business Planning and resource management
• You will ensure alignment to the organisational and programme governance, collating compliance evidence

Your skills and experiences:

• Relevant vocational qualification e.g. HNC, APM or Prince 2, or relevant experience
• An experienced Project Manager with experience of Programme Governance
• Experience within Financial Management would be desirable
• Risk management experience, and implementing mitigations or contingencies
• Experience with Resource Management would also be advantageous
• Experience managing Suppliers would be beneficial

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Digital Services Operations team:

The UK Combat Air Strategy, launched in 2018, set out a bold vision of future combat air capability for the UK, it is embodied by Tempest, an international future combat air system (FCAS) that will pioneer new technology, capable of staying ahead of evolving threats, enabled by decades of expertise in a world leading industry. To ensure that we can run an effective and efficient IT delivery organization, this role reports to the Digital Services Head of PMO and Operations. It is responsible for operation and governance across a team growing over 100 staff. It will be responsible for operating and assuring the traditional aspects of project management including the planning, forecasting and reporting and will also provide an opportunity to grow experience and expertise within a new development programme liaising with the international government agencies and partner industries.

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 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: 23rd January 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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