Business Delivery Lead

Job Title\: Business Delivery Lead

Location\: Portsmouth Broad Oak – hybrid pattern - 3 days weekly onsite

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 £65,000 dependent on skills & experience + bonus scheme

Who we are\:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role description\:

As Business Delivery Lead, you will coordinate integrated business planning across the Simulation & Training business, ensuring strategy is translated into delivery plans, workforce demand is effectively managed, and teams are supported through robust project governance and processes. Working closely with business functions and leaders, you will drive reporting and review cycles, oversee business change initiatives, coordinate facilities and technology planning, and provide leadership that supports a high-performing, collaborative culture.

Core duties\:

• Coordinating and maintaining business strategy, ensuring alignment across product, technology and people roadmaps
• Leading integrated business planning activities, balancing workforce demand with resource supply
• Driving recruitment, workforce planning, facilities and office requirements to support business growth
• Acting as a key interface between business operations, functions and line-of-business leadership teams
• Leading monthly business reporting, performance reviews and delivery of continuous improvement initiatives
• Managing budgets, discretionary spend, benefits tracking, risk management and business performance analysis while promoting consistent project management processes, tools and governance across the business

Essential skills\:

• Strong knowledge of project management disciplines, governance and lifecycle management
• Strong commercial, financial and business planning acumen with analytical capability
• Proven leadership, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across all organisational levels
• Ability to build trusted relationships and align diverse stakeholder requirements
• Skilled at solving complex business challenges, driving improvement and informed decision-making through data analysis
• Degree qualified, professionally accredited, or equivalent project management experience

The Simulation & Training team\:

Join us in shaping the future of our Simulation & Training Sector. Building on our heritage of cutting‑edge, world‑leading training and simulation solutions of Royal Navy Ships and Submarines. We are rapidly evolving our portfolio to enhance our capabilities, while pioneering brand new simulation systems and deploying cutting edge digital twin and AI technologies, designed to counter emerging and future threats across the battlespace. Through close collaboration with our customers and sustained investment in exceptional talent, we are committed to remaining at the forefront of defence innovation and defining the next generation of Simulation and Training solutions.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive\:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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\: 24th November 2026

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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Job Title\: Business Delivery Lead

Location\: Portsmouth Broad Oak – hybrid pattern - 3 days weekly onsite

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 £65,000 dependent on skills & experience + bonus scheme

Who we are\:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role description\:

As Business Delivery Lead, you will coordinate integrated business planning across the Simulation & Training business, ensuring strategy is translated into delivery plans, workforce demand is effectively managed, and teams are supported through robust project governance and processes. Working closely with business functions and leaders, you will drive reporting and review cycles, oversee business change initiatives, coordinate facilities and technology planning, and provide leadership that supports a high-performing, collaborative culture.

Core duties\:

• Coordinating and maintaining business strategy, ensuring alignment across product, technology and people roadmaps
• Leading integrated business planning activities, balancing workforce demand with resource supply
• Driving recruitment, workforce planning, facilities and office requirements to support business growth
• Acting as a key interface between business operations, functions and line-of-business leadership teams
• Leading monthly business reporting, performance reviews and delivery of continuous improvement initiatives
• Managing budgets, discretionary spend, benefits tracking, risk management and business performance analysis while promoting consistent project management processes, tools and governance across the business

Essential skills\:

• Strong knowledge of project management disciplines, governance and lifecycle management
• Strong commercial, financial and business planning acumen with analytical capability
• Proven leadership, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across all organisational levels
• Ability to build trusted relationships and align diverse stakeholder requirements
• Skilled at solving complex business challenges, driving improvement and informed decision-making through data analysis
• Degree qualified, professionally accredited, or equivalent project management experience

The Simulation & Training team\:

Join us in shaping the future of our Simulation & Training Sector. Building on our heritage of cutting‑edge, world‑leading training and simulation solutions of Royal Navy Ships and Submarines. We are rapidly evolving our portfolio to enhance our capabilities, while pioneering brand new simulation systems and deploying cutting edge digital twin and AI technologies, designed to counter emerging and future threats across the battlespace. Through close collaboration with our customers and sustained investment in exceptional talent, we are committed to remaining at the forefront of defence innovation and defining the next generation of Simulation and Training solutions.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive\:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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\: 24th November 2026

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.

#LI-JP1

#LI-Hybrid