Digital Product Lead (Cyber)

Job Title: Digital Product Lead (Cyber)

Location: Frimley Surrey or Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £70,000 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the development of cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance digital products, defining requirements, features, and roadmaps
• Collaborate with governance, risk, compliance, and development teams both in Head office and in the sectors to integrate solutions effectively
• Improve governance, risk, and compliance processes, enhancing risk management, reporting, and workflow efficiency
• Manage the full product lifecycle, from ideation to implementation and optimisation
• Drive the development and delivery of cyber reporting metrics, using tools like Tableau
• Enhance risk and compliance tools, ensuring effective data integration and automation
• Stay updated on industry trends, driving innovation in cybersecurity governance

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Proven experience in digital product management, delivering value and business outcomes
• Knowledge of data concepts, including data architecture and reporting
• Demonstrated ability to capture and translate business requirements into functional and technical solutions
• Experienced in designing and creating dashboards for data visualisation
• Background in managing complex projects involving multiple business units and disciplines
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills

Desirable

• Experience with cybersecurity tools and platforms (e.g., Archer, ServiceNow) and familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST)
• Experience working with defence or national security organisations
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, cybersecurity, risk management, or another STEM subject, and advanced cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CRISC, or CISA

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Cyber Security Team:

This role sits within the Chief Information Technology Office (CITO) at the heart of Head Office, specifically supporting IT in its mission to drive global cybersecurity standards. As a key leader in the Global Cyber Security standards programme, you’ll be responsible for managing tooling, particularly the Archer platform, within the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team. You’ll lead the development of this high-profile product, working closely with sector stakeholders to define and implement solutions that align with business needs. With a focus on metrics, data analysis, and reporting, you’ll engage with senior stakeholders and collaborate with the data analytics team to deliver impactful insights. This is a fast-paced, dynamic environment where you’ll have the opportunity to manage complex application programmes, develop products from the ground up, and shape the future of a growing area with significant potential for additional projects and career growth.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 7th March 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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