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SDA Director Submarine Acquisition

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom Defence Nuclear Enterprise Full time
The role of Director Submarine Acquisition (DSMA) is to strategically align, maintain and lead the submarine acquisition pipeline to enable delivery of individual submarine build projects. This currently includes the completion of the Astute submarine build programme, supporting the delivery of the Dreadnought programme, to renew the UK strategic nuclear deterrent, and the design of a new attack Submarine for the UK and Australia the SSN-AUKUS programme. DSMA will ensure the submarine acquisition pipeline is fit for purpose, works effectively at an enterprise level, the SDA meets its delivery responsibilities and is also responsible for ensuring the UK supply chain is sustained as a strategic national asset to support submarine design and build over future decades. They will also take the lead on specific delegated SDA delivery projects as required. To achieve this, DSMA works collaboratively with customers in the Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO) and the Royal Navy to set the conditions for delivery success. DSMA is accountable for operational and financial management of the acquisition pipeline and for managing the associated MOD workforce, including their health and safety.

The acquisition portfolio is delivered through three principal Industry Partners: BAES, RR and Babcock and a supporting Alliance structure. DSMA works collaboratively with their respective Managing Directors, to strategically enable delivery of the portfolio, and maintain strong, productive relationships between the parties. Operating on a best for enterprise basis, they work closely with DNO Senior Responsible Owners and the Alliance Managing Director to enable build project success.

DSMA is the lead on the SDA Executive Committee for the design and delivery of new submarines, reporting directly to the SDA CEO and is accountable for the implementation of the SDA28 improvement strategy across the Acquisition Directorate.

The role requires relevant and extensive leadership capability, portfolio management and project delivery experience, commercial acumen and is trusted to deliver the most technically challenging acquisition portfolio in Defence.

For more information about the role please see the candidate pack below.

Person specification

Please provide evidence of the following Essential Criteria in your Supporting Statement

Essential Criteria:

1. Demonstrable experience leading and managing successful, significant and high-profile delivery portfolios and/or capital projects (preferably within regulated environments) through challenging phases of delivery, maintaining a sustained focus on performance and effective outcomes.

2. Operational experience at Board or near equivalent level with responsibility for delivering business unit/directorate outputs.

3. Evidence of significant financial/budgetary responsibility in either industry or Government contexts.

4. Ability to think beyond the strict boundaries of a role to develop and implement long-term strategies.

5. Strong stakeholder management at senior level to collaborate and build consensus with a wide range of stakeholders across a national endeavour.

6. The ability to lead and set direction across a strategic portfolio, leading multi-disciplinary teams and external partners to design and deliver successful outcomes.

7. An inclusive leadership style which role models. inspires, motivates, and promotes collaboration to develop/coach high performing teams, and champions wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion.

Desirable Criteria:

1. Demonstrable experience in leading organisational change and successful implementation to embed new cultures, behaviours and ways of working.

The successful candidate will hold the following qualifications/ memberships:
  • Chartered Professional in either Engineering or Project Management

or
  • Successful completion of the Major Project Leadership Academy programme or equivalent programme .

Benefits

  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

To apply for this role, please submit your full application by email to:

sda-hr-opsgovernance@mod.gov.uk All applications will be acknowledged.

All applications must include the following:
  • Please quote the role title Director Submarine Acquisition and reference number: 24DSMA in the subject heading of the email.
  • A CV (no more than 2 pages) setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
  • A separate Supporting Statement of no more than 2 pages in a PDF document providing clear evidence of how you meet the Essential Criteria laid out in the Person Specification
  • As part of the application process, you are asked to complete a Diversity Monitoring questionnaire provided. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the characteristics, you have the option to select 'prefer not to say' but completion of the form is a mandatory part of the process , and your application will not be considered complete without it.

Any data collected in this section will be reported in an anonymous and aggregate format and will not be seen by anyone assessing your application.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 4 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window) .

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .