Product Lead – Weapon Systems Operations Equipment Team
// Role Summary
Lead the definition and delivery of product strategies for MBDA's Weapon Systems, influencing future roadmaps and architectural solutions across a diverse product range.
// Key Responsibilities
- Define and deliver product strategies for Weapon Systems.
- Influence future project roadmaps, policies, and technical standards.
- Lead and shape proposals for architectural solutions.
- Collaborate with UK and international stakeholders.
- Ensure products are cost-effective and meet customer capability requirements.
- Challenge established processes and drive adoption of product line approach.
// Role Specification
Weapon Systems Operations Product Lead
Join MBDA and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Weapon Systems products. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to be at the forefront of influencing MBDA's future Weapon Systems products.
The purpose of the Weapon Systems Operations Product Lead is to own the definition and delivery of product strategies. The role must influence future project roadmaps, policies, and technical standards, ensuring compliance with wider Generic Missile/Systems Architecture (GMA/GSA) strategies. You will influence project and portfolio decisions, ensuring our products remain cost effective, deliverable and meet the capability requirements of our future customers (domestic and export).
Working to an agreed product line strategy, you will lead and shape new proposals for architectural solutions to the point of acceptance by Project and Delivery Team across a diverse product range.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the definition and delivery of product strategies for Weapon Systems.
- Influence future project roadmaps, policies, and technical standards, ensuring compliance with GMA/GSA strategies.
- Influence project and portfolio decisions for cost-effectiveness and deliverability.
- Lead and shape new proposals for architectural solutions across a diverse product range.
- Influence programmes and future projects to adopt the product line approach to development.
- Collaborate with stakeholders both in the UK and Internationally.
- Connect multiple programmes and business functions to deliver to a common goal and identify future opportunities.
- Challenge established processes.
What we can offer:
- Salary: Circa £65,000 depending on experience.
- Dynamic (hybrid) working: Blended approach to on-site and remote working.
- Working Pattern Flexibility: Full time or part time (4 or 5 days per week), with options for term-time and/or compressed hours.
- Company bonus: Up to 21% (based on company performance).
- Pension: Maximum total contribution of up to 14%.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Enhanced parental leave (up to 26 weeks).
- Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals and free car parking.
- Healthcare Cash Plan.
- Relocation package may be available.
Security Clearance:
As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS).