IM&T Director – Military Programmes

at  BAE Systems

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES

This role is responsible for:

Strategy & Planning

• The strategy, planning, delivery and assurance of all Government to Government (G2G) Customer Information Management & Technology (IM&T) Military Programmes and Services in KSA.
• Developing the IM&T strategy for military programmes and ensuring that all technical systems necessary to support its current operations and future business vision are in place.
• Establishing and promoting the overall vision for how IM&T (Digital, Data & Cyber) can support and enable our Military Programmes in KSA.
• Managing key stakeholder relationships with Senior Military Officers, Military Advisors and Senior BAE Systems Programme stakeholders across the business.
• Working with our preferred suppliers to ensure our customers’ requirements are met with value for money solutions. Business Winning
• Working with our Kingdom Partner Companies to create business value through the introduction and exploitation of new technology.
• Driving all IM&T bidding activities to achieve a successful solution proposition.
• Promoting and supporting the development of IT solutions for KSA suppliers, including current IT landscape assessments (gap analysis).
• Horizon scanning for latest technologies and roadmaps to ensure the most robust, secure and supportable solution.
• Driving the implementation of bid/project governance through application of Lifecycle Management (Phase Reviews, Design Reviews, Technical Bid Review and Bid Status Review) aligned to the campaign schedule.
• Providing ownership of the development and delivery of the IM&T Integrated Business Plan (IBP) and Military Programmes Account.
• Working with the In-Kingdom Industrial Partnerships to scope the IT requirements for KSA industry to support capability insertion activities.
• Technical / Project Management engagement with KSA suppliers, including owning Statement of Requirements and managing the responses.
• Leading technical engagement with the customer organisations (SPO, DCIT, GAMI etc.) as required to support negotiation of the solutions.
• Ensuring timely Bid Status Reviews – using the process to test alignment and integration of all parts of the IT solution. IT Programme Execution
• Delivering IT programmes to cost, quality & schedule.
• Establishing performance metrics and measures based on the overall business objectives and reporting performance status.
• Maintaining and improving relations and open communications with and between stakeholders.
• Overseeing key activities and processes including lessons learned and feedback to and from business change teams and our preferred IT partners and suppliers. Governance & Assurance
• Ensuring compliance to corporate and regulatory standards and regulations.
• Managing and assuring our IT Partner (ISE) and Supplier(s) in their delivery against Customer requirements and in alignment with contracted and corporate standards and policies.
• Overseeing the use of IM&T technologies and services across the BAE Systems Military Programmes Account in KSA.
• Managing the throughput of customer requirements to suppliers and assurance of delivery against customer requirements.
• Establishing, maintaining and communicating the organisation’s strategy for managing information, and the policies, standards, procedures and methods necessary to implement the strategy.
• Maintaining detailed awareness of, and promoting external regulations, standards, and codes of good practice, e.g. those relating to security, quality, data protection, audit etc.
• Maintaining an awareness of the global needs of the whole enterprise, and promoting the vision of the benefits that a common approach to Information Management will bring to the business as a whole.

BAE Systems is the UK Government’s nominated Prime Contractor under the Government-to-Government arrangements that are in place to provide equipment, support and training to Saudi Arabia. We provide maintenance of Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) aircraft and train RSAF and Royal Saudi Naval Force personnel safely in a training environment in how to use their aircraft, equipment and weapons.
BAE Systems Saudi Arabia is committed to supporting the Saudi Arabian National Agenda including Saudisation and the training and development of Saudi National capability through the growth of the Saudi National Partner Companies thereby reinforcing Industrialisation and Partnerships.