Head of Transformation – Digital Products
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Job Title: Head of Transformation – Digital Products
Location: Frimley, Surrey (UK-wide travel). Hybrid and flexible working arrangements available.
Salary: £114,300 + depending on experience plus executive benefits.
Closing Date: 25/12/25
Responsibilities
* Lead the design, rollout and continuous optimisation of the Digital Products operating model, embedding agile, lean and product‑led ways of working to measurably improve flow, quality and outcomes.
* Own and deliver cost‑transformation initiatives, driving rationalisation, simplification and optimisation to realise measurable value.
* Coordinate Product Capability Leads, setting standards, playbooks, rhythms and cadences to streamline delivery.
* Drive application rationalisation, simplification and licence optimisation to reduce cost and improve efficiency.
* Define how Digital Products consume capabilities from Platforms and Foundations, ensuring consistent patterns and effective collaboration.
* Set, track and report on KPIs and benefits to measure success and drive continuous improvement.
* Lead cultural and process change to create enduring, high‑performing product teams.
* Build alignment and drive behavioural and structural change across Digital Products, Platforms, Foundations and Business Management, operating effectively without direct line authority through data, influence and credibility.
* Actively identify, challenge and stop or reshape low‑value work, duplication and over‑complexity.
* Role‑model agile, lean and product‑centric behaviours; working in short feedback loops, prioritising effectively, limiting work in progress, and continuously learning and adapting.
Key Skills and Experience
* Well‑versed in Agile and Lean ways of working, with expertise in operating model change, cost take‑out and simplification at scale.
* Proven experience leading large‑scale digital transformations in complex organisations.
* Ability to engage, influence, and build credibility with executive and senior stakeholders.
* Expertise in product management, application lifecycle management, simplification, and licence optimisation.
* Skilled in coordinating cross‑functional teams and aligning delivery across multiple business units.
* Experience driving cultural and process change to create enduring, high‑performing teams.
* Proven track record owning delivery, cost and simplification outcomes in complex enterprise environments (hands‑on ownership, not advisory‑only or coaching focus).
Benefits
Competitive pension scheme, employee share plans and a wide range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts. Eligible employees may also receive an annual incentive.
As part of a rare opportunity to reshape BAE Systems’ Digital Products function, you will influence senior leaders, simplify and optimise the technology landscape, and deliver real, measurable improvements in efficiency, capability, and the employee digital experience.
We welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, integrity and merit. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about reasonable adjustments.
Please note that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. All applicants must at least achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. The role requires 5‑10 years of continuous UK residency depending on the required level of National Security Vetting.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. If you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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