Maritime Services

We serve and protect those who serve and protect us. Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK Maritime Services Business. Our aim is to recruit the very best talent. At BAE 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 themselves 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.

At BAE Systems 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.

Our Maritime Services Business

Join us and help to define the future of global maritime defence capabilities. With approximately 3,500 employees based at five UK locations and revenue of £600million, we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around and offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and grow with us.

Our people are encouraged to be as creative as they can be and are always looking at ways to develop and challenge the way we do things, identifying and prioritising continuous improvement activities across the business.

With our international programmes and core support to the Ministry of Defence our highly skilled teams design, develop, support and maintain a wide range of complex equipment.

Join us and the projects you'll be involved in will positively impact our customers for decades to come. You'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

Data Management Lead:

Would you like to be responsible for increasing the control, maturity and management of data across the Maritime Services business? We currently have a vacancy for a Data Management Lead at our site in Portsmouth. We are offering working from home mostly with some site attendance.

As a Data Management Lead, you will provide technical expertise on best practice for data governance, development and authoring of Maritime Services processes, guidance documents and training material. You will lead the Maritime Services data management steering group and represent Maritime Services at The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) review boards.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing technical direction and manage an indirect multi-disciplined team of qualified professionals. This is an amazing opportunity to be part of a fast-growing dynamic team and gain exposure to the wider BAE Systems.

Your main responsibilities as a Data Management Lead will involve:

• Ownership and deployment of the Maritime Services Data Strategy and alignment to the broader Maritime and Land Sector strategy.
• Developing and updating Data Maturity of Maritime Services organisation and working with broader BAE Systems Business Units to lead on best practice.
• Lead and prioritise Data Management programme and projects, serving and guiding support functions and lines of business in data and information management systems and capabilities.
• Collect and analyse complex data to produce and present business cases, underpinned by data management and exploitation of capabilities for internal digital solutions.
• Undertake strategic analysis, lead benchmarking activities, review ways of working, propose and deliver programmes to develop Maritime Services data management capabilities.
• Plan, design and implement target operating models and roadmaps, monitors progress, resolving issues and initiating / advising corrective actions.

Your skills and qualifications:

• Extensive Data Management experience
• Possesses experience of relevant processes and quality requirements of Information and Data Management and Data Strategy deployment
• Understanding theories and concepts in data or information management specialist
• Has knowledge and expertise to research and understand digital technologies, categorised by the fourth industrial revolution
• Possesses deep knowledge across data management capabilities and their application to business and technological solutions
• Possesses good knowledge of industry best practice data and information management approaches and procedures
• Customer focused with a service delivery mentality

What we are looking for in you:

You will have leadership skills including people management capacity, you will have excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels including expressing technical environment to non-technical members of the team. You will have organisational skills with the ability to priorities your own and others workload.

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base- Work from home mostly with some site attendance

Salary: up to £61,400 depending on experience

Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.