New Business Lead

7 days ago


Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom MBDA Full time
Job Title:
New Business Lead - Systems EngineerSalary:
up to £63,000 depending on experienceLocation:
Stevenage or BristolDynamic (hybrid) working: 2 – 3 days per week on-site due to workload classificationSecurity Clearance:
British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.The opportunity:

An amazing chance has come up to join MBDA as a Lead Engineer in the New Business team supporting sales campaigns, leading the generation of technical engineering proposals, pre-contract technical studies, and costed proposals. This position provides a very diverse experience in winning business. It's a fantastic opportunity for individuals with a systems engineering background looking to enhance their skills by being the Engineering focal point in a diverse customer-focused team to win business for MBDA. The role is versatile, adapting to project needs and evolving sales markets that are continuously expanding in scope and complexity. You will act as the primary Engineering and Technical interface for both sales campaigns and product roadmap, overseeing and delivering any engineering activities or studies required during the exciting, dynamic pre-contract phases of the programme. You'll need to offer clear guidance and support for the proposals being developed, ensuring stakeholders are well-informed and delivering on time, cost, and quality. Moreover, this role will involve close collaboration with Customer Sales, Commercial, and Programme Engineering teams to ensure customer requirements are comprehended and acted upon. It offers an outstanding chance to gain experience in winning new business, deriving technical concepts, and engaging directly with customers. This role opens up opportunities for candidates with a systems engineering background to broaden their expertise. You'll face frequent new challenges that demand quick thinking and a systematic approach to understand, resolve, and provide technical responses to maintain project momentum. Additionally, it gives you the freedom to work independently in an ever-changing and dynamic environment, challenging and testing the business around proposed assumptions and costs to ensure they are robust, coherent, and justifiable. It can act as a stepping stone to more senior technical leadership roles as bids are won and solutions progress into development.What we're looking for from you:

- Strong interpersonal and well-developed communication skills (written & verbal), both internally and when interacting with the customer, with the ability to build relationships at all levels of the business. - Ability to comprehend, outline, and explain technical challenges and impacts stemming from Customer needs and collaborate with a wide range of engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of technical solutions, costed bids, and supporting engineering activities. - Complementary experience and knowledge from the defense industry, broad engineering, and/or export bidding activities. - Solid Technical Project Management and facilitation skills to manage interdependencies and conflicting priorities and needs among multifunctional teams, resolving conflicts as they arise and providing guidance on intertwined issues. - Enthusiasm for winning new business, readiness to work under pressure to meet demanding bid deadlines, and willingness to travel if necessary. Good problem-solving skills used in real-time and in an uncertain environment. - Analytical Systems thinkers capable of developing and communicating new concepts and architectures with prior experience in developing complex systems, preferably in a defense environment.Our company:

MBDA is a prominent defense organization.We take great pride in the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces that defend our nations. We collaborate with governments to work towards a shared objective, safeguarding our freedom.What we can offer you:

Company Bonus:
Bonus of up to 21% of base salaryPension:
maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%Enhanced parental leave:
offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave, and fertility testing and treatments.Facilities:
Fantastic site facilities including subsidized meals, free car parking, and much more...Training and Development:
Excellent career progression, training, and career development opportunitiesOur Business:
We value new perspectives and experiences, and we cherish our collaborative work methods. We are dedicated to fostering and supporting diversity in our workforce, ensuring everyone has an equal chance to achieve their full potential. MBDA takes pride in our employee-led networks, such as Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, and more... We understand that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to reach out to us if you need any advice, support, or adjustments during our recruitment process. We are also open to applicants seeking flexible working arrangements.
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