Capability Manager - Digital Warfare

Do you want to work at the cutting edge of battlespace digitisation technologies to deliver advanced sensing, situational awareness and intelligence capabilities?

Leonardo UK operates at the forefront of advanced digital technology development for next-generation advanced tactical sensing, fusion, communications and electronic effects.

Our growing Information Advantage (IA) team is exploiting software-defined technologies across the modern battlespace to deliver enhanced and resilient intelligence, situational awareness and a unified targeting approach on military operations.

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and technically minded individual, with the passion, drive and forward-thinking mindset, to shape the future of our IA capability. As the Capability Manager - Digital Warfare, you will have a formidable blend of technical leadership, strategic thinking, business acumen and stakeholder engagement.

• →Own and maintain the Information Advantage product business plan.
• →Develop compelling technical value propositions and guide company R&D investment in IA, leveraging our digital platform and advanced sensing, processing and effects technologies.
• →Provide strategic technical direction to R&D activities, working closely with programme management and finance to ensure that technology maturation outcomes are achieved within time, funding and resource constraints.
• →Lead the definition of technology route maps to align with future operational capability needs and market demands.
• →Work with engineering delivery teams and product owners to ensure coherence between technology maturation activities and product development.
• →Support business development, strategy and bid activities to grow the Information Advantage business, building strong relationships across government, industry and academia.
• →Chair solution reviews to ensure our IA product offerings meet customer requirements.
• →Identify and prioritise R&D in emerging technologies, and manage Intellectual Property, trade secrets and patents.

Essential:

• →Experience working within defence software/cyber.
• →Software R&D management and innovation, including developing technology strategies, investment cases, industrial and academic partnerships, technology road maps, technology readiness level assessments and transition to operational delivery.
• →Government-funded R&D, rapid prototyping and test & evaluation activities.
• →The ability to motivate and influence multi-discipline teams.
• →Experience formulating business plans and keen business and commercial acumen, to identify and develop business opportunities while protecting company interests and IP.
• →The ability to clearly articulate, strategies, complex concepts and solution design.
• →Willing to travel to customer and partner locations in the UK and overseas.

Desirable:

• →Development of intelligence, targeting, and battlespace management systems.
• →Software-Defined Systems, Open Systems Architectures and Interoperability Standards, Systems Integration, AI and Autonomous Mission Capabilities, Data Architectures, Fusion, Mission Critical Computing, Command & Control, Cyber Resilience.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting