FCAS Security - Senior Lead Integrations and Operational Delivery

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.

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*This role requires DV clearance therefore you must hold or be willing to obtain at least DV security clearance.

Reporting into the FCAS Head of Security, you will play an active role as part of the FCAS Security SLT delivering against BAE’s Lead System Integrator responsibilities with Ministry of Defence (MOD), Edgewing and K4 commercial partners. Recognising the commercial, political and reputational aspects of the FCAS and GCAP programme, you will apply appropriate judgment and business acumen in driving down security risk and taking advantage of emerging technologies to scale impact across the programme.

You will be expected to lead all aspects of the threat intelligence capability for the FCAS programme including delivering a threat aware, intelligence led supplier assurance capability, ensuring effective integration with both Edgewing and wider BAE supply chain security frameworks.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to develop your career within BAE Systems due to exposure gained across multiple business areas.

Your main responsibilities as FCAS Security - Senior Lead Integrations and Operational Delivery will be to:

·Lead all aspects of the threat intelligence capability, including requirements capture, internal and external tasking, stakeholder management, dissemination and threat awareness briefing across the FCAS line of business (LoB) and associated partners.

·Drive the delivery and operational implementation of programme specific security policy frameworks with MOD, industry partners and internal BAE stakeholders across legal, commercial and engineering teams to ensure FCAS and GCAP activity is conducted in a secure and contractually compliant manner.

·Oversee the accurate identification and capture of LoB security risks and identification of control measures, including assessment of efficacy, to ensure a suitable degree of security assurance is maintained and FCAS security risks are effectively integrated with wider programme delivery risks. Ensure alignment of risks across differing customer and organisational risk management frameworks.

·Oversee the effective understanding, capture and mitigation of security risks across related technology demonstrator programmes in partnership with MOD customer teams and other stakeholders. Adapt to emerging security requirements in support of the GCAP programme and manage resource and security SME effectively to meet evolving customer requirements.

·Lead all aspects of delivering a threat aware, intelligence led supplier assurance capability, including effective integration with both Edgewing and wider BAE supply chain security frameworks. Ensure that effective policies, processes and tooling are implemented to aid risk discovery, drive mitigations and inform situational awareness of FCAS and GCAP supply chain security risks.

Your skills and qualifications

• ·Relevant security experience in government or industry (essential)
• ·Politically astute with excellent communication and influencing skills.
• ·Strong stakeholder management skills with a track record of communicating at senior leadership level.
• ·Strong people management skills.
• Location: Warton (minimum 3 days on site per week) + bi-weekly travel to London and frequent international travel to Italy and Japan (approximately twice per year) amongst other international locations.
• Grade: GG13

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