Digital Excellence Business - Undergraduate Placement 2027
// Role Summary
Join MBDA's Digital Excellence Business Undergraduate Placement in 2027 to gain hands-on experience shaping digital transformation, improving work processes, and leveraging emerging technologies. This 1-year placement offers a chance to apply academic learning to real-world projects.
// Key Responsibilities
- Gain practical experience in Digital Excellence, IT, and Information Systems.
- Contribute to real business and digital priorities in areas like Change Management, Project Management, Business Architecture, or AI & Data Strategy.
- Develop skills in managing change, delivering projects, business analysis, strategic thinking, and digital innovation.
- Potential to secure a graduate role upon successful placement performance.
- 1-year paid placement starting September 2027 with a competitive salary and benefits package.
// Role Specification
Digital Excellence Business - Undergraduate Placement 2027
Join MBDA's Digital Excellence Business Undergraduate Placement and gain hands-on experience helping shape how we deliver digital change, improve the way we work, and make the most of emerging technology. The Digital Excellence team integrates Information Technology and Information Systems capabilities to define MBDA's digital environment, managing change, delivering projects, defining business architecture and strategy, and exploring the potential of AI and data for better decision-making and new ways of working.
What we can offer you:
- 1 year placement: Starting September 2027, this placement allows you to apply your university learning to real-world projects and technologies.
- Perform well on your placement and you could secure a graduate role before your final year.
- Company bonus: Based on company performance and will vary year to year.
- Pension: Maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%.
- Overtime: Opportunity for paid overtime.
- Annual Leave: 25 days plus option to purchase extra holiday.
- Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days.
- Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more.
- Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing, and more.
The opportunity:
During your placement, you will join one of our Digital Excellence teams. Your placement area will be determined by business priorities and opportunities available at the time. This could include:
- Change Management
- Project Management
- Business Architecture
- AI & Data Strategy
Whichever area you join, you will work alongside experienced specialists and have the opportunity to contribute to real business and digital priorities. Depending on your placement, you could be supporting a major change initiative, coordinating project activity, analysing business needs and processes, helping shape our digital strategy, or contributing to how MBDA develops and applies AI and data.
With support from experienced colleagues, you could develop skills in:
- Managing and supporting digital and business change
- Planning and delivering projects and initiatives
- Understanding business needs, capabilities, and processes
- Developing strategic and analytical thinking
- Exploring digital innovation and emerging technologies