Director - PMA & Business Management

This vacancy is not currently eligible for the UK Employee Referral Scheme.

Description

This vacancy is open to permanent and fixed-term BAE Systems employees only. While agency workers have access to relevant permanent opportunities, this role has been designated as an internal opportunity and therefore only permanent and fixed-term employees of BAE Systems are eligible to apply.

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

Director - PMA & Business Management

Weapon Systems UK are pleased to announce this opportunity for a Director - PMA & Business Management to join their Senior Leadership Team.

As Director - PMA & Business Management you will provide strategic leadership and independent assurance across project and programme governance, risk management, business performance, security, resilience and IM&T. You will also be accountable for the effective operation of the Project Management Authority (PMA), Lifecycle Management (LCM) governance and integrated assurance frameworks, ensuring robust oversight, compliance and informed decision-making across the business.

Reporting into the Managing Director you will lead business management processes, performance reporting, digital transformation and information governance, while driving organisational resilience through effective security, business continuity and crisis management arrangements.

As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, this role will shape strategic direction, drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and high performance, and ensure effective governance, stakeholder engagement and risk-based assurance across the organisation.

Your main responsibilities as Director - PMA & Business Management:

Project Management Authority & Lifecycle Governance

1. Lead the Project Management Authority (PMA) for the Line of Business, providing independent oversight, governance and assurance of programmes, projects and strategic initiatives.
2. Establish, maintain and continuously improve Lifecycle Management (LCM) governance, ensuring consistency, compliance and effective decision-making across all business activities.
3. Define and implement governance standards, controls, policies and assurance requirements throughout the programme and project lifecycle.
4. Provide oversight of lifecycle reviews, investment decisions, gate approvals, maturity assessments and portfolio governance activities.
5. Ensure programme and project governance arrangements remain aligned to business objectives, risk appetite, customer requirements and corporate policies.
6. Deliver independent assurance of programme performance, capability, delivery confidence and strategic readiness, escalating material concerns where appropriate.
7. Act as the principal adviser to senior leadership on governance effectiveness, delivery assurance and project control maturity.

Governance, Risk & Assurance

1. Develop and implement the governance, risk and assurance strategy for the Line of Business, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, regulatory obligations and the Operational Framework.
2. Establish and maintain an integrated governance and assurance framework that provides effective oversight, transparency, accountability and control across all business operations.
3. Lead risk-based assurance, audit and compliance programmes, ensuring assurance effort is focused on areas of highest risk and business value.
4. Oversee Operational Assurance Statements (OAS), audits, reviews and compliance assessments, ensuring findings are addressed effectively and sustainably.
5. Ensure strategic and operational risks are identified, assessed, mitigated and managed through appropriate governance structures.
6. Monitor organisational compliance with legal, regulatory, customer and corporate requirements and provide assurance to executive leadership.

Business Management, Performance & IM&T

1. Lead the business management activities, ensuring effective integration of strategic planning, operational management, programme performance, financial performance and risk information.
2. Own and optimise key management processes including Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) and strategic performance reviews.
3. Develop and maintain executive reporting, dashboards and performance metrics that provide clear insight into delivery, financial, operational and strategic performance.
4. Own the Information Management and Technology (IM&T) agenda for the business area, ensuring systems, data, digital capabilities and information governance arrangements effectively support operational and strategic objectives.
5. Drive the adoption of digital tools, business intelligence, automation and data-driven decision-making to improve organisational effectiveness and business performance.
6. Ensure information governance, data quality and management information processes support robust decision-making and business compliance requirements.

Security, Business Continuity & Resilience

1. Develop and lead the implementation of the WSUK security strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate policies, standards, risk frameworks and industry best practice.
2. Provide strategic leadership for protective security, ensuring security controls remain proportionate, effective and responsive to evolving threats, business requirements and regulatory obligations.
3. Identify, assess and mitigate security risks and threats, providing intelligence-led advice to senior leaders and leading investigations into significant security incidents and breaches.
4. Lead business continuity, crisis management and organisational resilience activities, including continuity planning, incident response, scenario testing, exercises and recovery arrangements.
5. Maintain and oversee resilience frameworks to ensure preparedness for major incidents, operational disruption and emerging threats.
6. Foster a strong security and resilience culture through awareness, training, engagement and visible leadership.
7. Build and maintain effective relationships with customers, regulators, law enforcement agencies, government stakeholders and corporate functions to strengthen organisational resilience and security capability.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

1. Lead, develop and inspire high-performing multidisciplinary teams across governance, assurance, business management, security, resilience and IM&T functions.
2. Build trusted relationships with leaders, functional heads, programme directors and key external stakeholders to ensure effective governance and alignment with business priorities.
3. Chair governance forums, assurance boards, performance reviews, security committees and management councils, ensuring effective decision-making and accountability.
4. Provide expert guidance, coaching and support to leaders and teams on governance, assurance, risk management, lifecycle management, business continuity and organisational performance.
5. Promote organisational learning through the sharing of lessons learned, assurance insights, security intelligence and continuous improvement activities.

Your skills and qualifications:

• Strategic leadership and the ability to align governance, assurance, and business performance activities to organisational objectives.
• Strong governance, risk management and compliance expertise, ensuring effective controls, assurance and regulatory adherence.
• Business management and performance oversight, including planning, reporting, KPIs and executive-level decision support.
• Project, programme and portfolio governance capability, including PMA leadership, lifecycle management and investment decision support
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and advise senior executives
• Experience of PM governance and assurance
• PM or Business Management qualification

Location: Barrow or Sheffield (Hybrid, c. 2days on site)

Grade: GG15

BAE Systems Weapons

BAE Systems Weapon Systems designs, develops, manufactures and supports artillery systems, naval guns, and provides engineering capability to the wider BAE Systems business. Our global reach brings our customers a depth and breadth of expertise that meet critical needs in the air, on land, and at sea.

We have a strong reputation across the world based on our excellent product and services portfolio. The products and services that we deliver are at the heart of the BAE Systems mission; to protect those that protect us and provide a vital advantage to help our customers protect what really matters. At Weapon Systems UK we strive to be a Global Leader for multi-domain weapon systems.

The demand for our products and services has increased significantly, particularly in relation to key world events and the geopolitical environment around us. As we respond to these opportunities and secure new work, we will start to bring new programmes into our business.

This business change makes for an exciting career move and we are looking for people with the passion, drive and the skills to give the best they can every day, to make sure our troops receive only the very best. In return, we offer you a role you can be proud of, that lets you grow and develop in the UK’s leading defence, aerospace and security company.

We invite you to join us and be part of a team that gives our customers a strategic edge on the battlefield by designing, manufacturing and supporting some of their most vital equipment.

Join us and you’ll be encouraged and rewarded to excel in this important work. Apply your talent where it counts.

We are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance. Flexibility provisions vary by role, but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

We want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themself and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

For more information on our Diversity & Inclusion work, please click here.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and who have been in their current role for 12 months or longer

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. Click here for more information on national security vetting levels.

Job: Business Management

Primary Location: Sheffield

Organisation: BAE Systems Inc (GSF)

Closing Date: 22/Oct/26, 10:59:00 PM