Business Delivery Lead
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 9, 2026. BAE Systems scores A on the Alion truth index.
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 speakto 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, workforcedemand 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 leadershipthat supports a high-performing, collaborative culture.
Core duties:
- Coordinating and maintaining business strategy, ensuring alignment across product, technology and people roadmaps
- Leadingintegrated business planning activities, balancing workforcedemand with resource supply
- Driving recruitment, workforceplanning, facilities and office requirements to support business growth
- Acting as a key interface between business operations, functions and line-of-business leadershipteams
- Leadingmonthly business reporting, performance reviews and delivery of continuous improvement initiatives
- Managingbudgets, discretionary spend, benefits tracking, risk managementand business performance analysiswhile promoting consistent project managementprocesses, tools and governance across the business
Essential skills:
- Strongknowledge of project managementdisciplines, governance and lifecycle management
- Strongcommercial, financial and business planning acumen with analyticalcapability
- Provenleadership, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across all organisational levels
- Ability to build trusted relationships and align diverse stakeholder requirements
- Skilled at solving complexbusiness challenges, driving improvement and informed decision-making through data analysis
- Degree qualified, professionally accredited, or equivalent project managementexperience
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 edgedigital twin and AI technologies, designed to counter emerging and future threats across the battlespace. Through close collaboration with our customers and sustained investment in exceptionaltalent, 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 confidenceand 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 strongsense 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 controlrestrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the rolesyou are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicantsmustas a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicantsmusttypically 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.