The Role
You'll be responsible for designing and delivering compelling technical demonstrations that prove interoperability, integration and Digital Thread capabilities to customers, partners and internal stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of Digital Engineering capability demonstrations
- Develop demonstration roadmaps, delivery plans and prioritised backlogs
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, IT and Digital Engineering
- Deliver proof-of-concepts and technical demonstrations to validate solutions
- Drive innovation through experimentation with emerging technologies
- Ensure interoperability across complex toolchains and engineering platforms
- Manage stakeholders across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and leadership
- Monitor delivery, risks and dependencies across demonstration environments
- Capture feedback and implement continuous improvements
- Champion Digital Thread capabilities and digital transformation initiatives
Essential Experience
- Active SC Clearance (essential)
- Minimum 5 years' experience in a similar Delivery Manager role within Defence, Aerospace or another highly regulated engineering environment
- Experience delivering technical demonstrations, proof-of-concepts or integration testing
- Strong knowledge of Digital Engineering, Digital Thread or Engineering Toolchains
- Experience working with engineering data, configuration management and life cycle processes
- Proven delivery experience across complex, multi-stakeholder programmes
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience working across engineering, IT, manufacturing and supply chain teams
- Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline
- Project Management qualification (APM, PRINCE2 or equivalent) or equivalent experience
- IT Service Management knowledge (ITIL or similar)
Desirable
- API integration, Middleware or event-driven architectures
- Interoperability and systems integration
- Cyber Security and secure engineering environments
- Cloud or enterprise infrastructure
- Innovation, rapid prototyping and emerging technologies
- Digital Engineering platforms and modern engineering toolsets
What's on Offer
- £550-£600 per day
- Hybrid working - Reading (1-2 days per week)
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge Digital Engineering programmes
- Long-term contract with a high-profile defence organisation
- Collaborative environment delivering innovative engineering capabilities
Rate:
£600/day
Location:
Reading
IR35 Status:
Inside
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
Project Management
Seniority Level:
Senior