Job title: Strategic Change Manager

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

Salary: £54,098+

What you’ll be doing:

Reporting to the Head of Strategy & Transformation, the Strategic Change Manager leads the bid effort in support of large and complex bids, across UK Typhoon Strategic Contract Change programmes. This includes responsibility for:

• Responsible for understanding and leading strategic business change opportunities spanning over the next two to five years. With conscious consideration to any impact on current operational output
• Leading all bid efforts for key future capability and modification embodiment programmes, including through life support contracts and embedding the changes within the UK Typhoon Contract
• Responsible for ensuring that the requirements, solutions and assumptions are understood to enable estimating and clearance activities
• Influence and input to the follow on campaign (separate activity to win the next ten year contract) using knowledge of strategic changes on the horizon, impact to and key considerations for the campaign as required
• Line management and leadership responsibilities of a direct team of contract change bid leads

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Your skills and experiences:

• Knowledge of bid and change management processes, including Life Cycle Management essential
• Knowledge and understanding of Contractual Performance Incentives (Target Cost, KPIs, KRIs) and the impact complex strategic change may have on them
• Experience of dealing with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong influencing, communication and diplomacy skills required to communicate sometimes complicated or sensitive information effectively to multiple audiences, including internal / external peers and sometimes at higher levels
• Previous experience dealing with complex Project change management

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 leave incentive.

The UK Typhoon Contract Change team:

The contract change team is a dedicated team of professionals whose mission is to ensure the successful execution of bids and changes to the core contract. The team is composed of experienced project managers, estimators, engineers, and maintenance experts who work together to ensure that project timelines and budgets are met.

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.”

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