Job Title: Portfolio Lead
Location: Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Up to £75,000 commensurate on skills and experience. Part time & accruing hours available. Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.
What you'll be doing:
* You will be building and leading a high-performing team, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability
* Ensure the team maintains considerable technical competence and continuous professional development
* Managing order intake, sales, and margin in line with IBP and wider business objectives
* You will oversee timely delivery of key project milestones
* Effectively allocate and manage resources to meet programme demands
* Ensure you maintain a high level of customer satisfaction through ample delivery performance and stakeholder engagement
* Drive sustainable business growth by expanding existing capabilities and exploring new opportunities
* Actively identify and develop relationships with new customers to expand the portfolio
Your skills and experiences:
* Extensive project delivery experience at a similar scale and complexity
* Good understanding of bid best practices and associated processes
* Awareness of business development with a keen interest in further developing this area
* Decisive and results-driven, with a proactive approach to problem solving
* Quick to absorb new information and adapt to changing priorities
* Strategic thinker with solid commercial awareness
* Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, able to influence at all levels
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 Modelling and Simulation team:
This is a key leadership role within our team, responsible for driving delivery and growth across our Modelling and Simulation portfolio. Reporting directly to the Simulation and Training Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of simulation capability.
The Flexible Working Statement:
As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.
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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 17th July 2025
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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