Thank you for your interest in the Director Sense, Decide and Communicate: 

We are pleased that you are interested in this exciting, challenging but vitally important role in supporting our Armed Forces to achieve their mission.

DE&S is the largest delivery organisation in the Ministry of Defence, and works closely with the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, Strategic Command and MOD Head Office to deliver some of the world’s most complex projects, procuring new military equipment and services, providing in-service support and managing global logistics to ensure equipment is ready for use, where and when needed.  ​

DE&S employs around 10,000 talented civil servants, military personnel and private contractors across more than 150 locations around the world – people are at the heart of what we do, and we are proud to work together with our customers and industry partners across the UK to deliver the best outcomes for Defence, and ultimately for the country.

Director Sense, Decide and Communicate encompasses the delivery and and through life capability management of the following nine themes: Electronic Warfare (EW); Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD); Special Projects (SP); Command & Control (C2), Targeting, Navigation & Comms; Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD); Radar & Sonar; Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear (CBRN); Defensive Aids Systems (DAS); and Space.

We are looking for an inspirational and outstanding leader irrespective of their previous background, who is output focussed, accountable and able to build effective teams and demonstrate servant leadership to their people.

You will have the ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity and deliver innovative solutions; you will have intelligent commercial acumen, and the ability to build and maintain constructive, collaborative working relationships with senior stakeholders as well as being a key member of my Core Delivery Leadership Team.​

We value diversity of people and thought, and we encourage applications from a diverse field of candidates to ensure we are accessing the best talent and introducing new ways of thinking and working – by no means is a Defence background a prerequisite for this role. ​

In summary, we are looking for a leader with energy and passion who wants to make a substantial impact to Defence outputs. If this sounds like you, and you are up for the challenge, then we would strongly encourage you to apply.  DE&S is a truly fantastic organisation, and this senior role is vitally important. We look forward to receiving your application.​

Job description

Director Sense, Decide and Communicate has the following areas of responsibility:

• Delivery of DE&S’ Sense, Decide & Communicate portfolio, including project delivery and through life capability management of the following nine themes: Electronic Warfare (EW); Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD); Special Projects (SP); Command & Control (C2), Targeting, Navigation & Comms; Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD); Radar & Sonar; Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear (CBRN); Defensive Aids Systems (DAS); and Space.
• Deliver and sustain a complex portfolio of programmes, including influencing early concept work with the Gateway, and working with Solution Integration.
• As the Director, be accountable for technical integration of eqpt and systems provided by other themes to you and support the integration of Sense, Decide & Communicate systems with other platforms/systems within the Environment and Technology Themes where required.
• Carry out high profile work under significant Ministerial, Parliamentary, Media and Stakeholder scrutiny, requiring personal resilience, and senior stakeholder management.
• Contribute to Defence Strategic Industrial Strategy as required, understand Industry capability to deliver, and influence the longer-term Industrial Plan.
• Re-balancing the approved work programme if required, whilst delivering change management and operational sustainment of SDC capabilities.
• Inform the Category Management strategy for the Sense, Decide and Communicate technology theme.
• Monitor and develop Supply Chain Resilience.
• Change management and continuous improvement experience.
• Provide support to the Senior Safety Responsible appointees within Sense, Decide and Communicate.

To be successful with your application, you will need to be able to demonstrate the following 6 essential criteria:

Behavioural:​

• A proven track record of values-based leadership, including a proactive commitment to diversity & inclusion.​
• Demonstrable evidence of confidently leading people through operational and cultural change.
• Being accountable – exercising measured judgement and owning tough decisions.

Technical:​

• Technical 1 – Successful delivery of a diverse, complex portfolio of major projects whilst improving operational outputs
• Technical 2 – Ability to drive delivery performance whilst operating in a highly regulated and safety focused environment
• Technical 3 – Refined stakeholder engagement that will elicit the confidence of Ministers and Senior Leadership across the entire UK Defence Enterprise

Desirable Qualifications / Criteria:

• Science/Engineering Degree or equivalent experience.
• MPLA or equivalent.
• Chartered Project Professional or equivalent

For full information on the role please see the candidate pack.