Role: Solution Lead
Length: Initial 3 months with potential for extension
Salary: £750 outside IR35
Location: 1 to 2 days onside in Warminster
***CANDIDATES MUST HOLD ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE TO BE CONSIDERED***
The post holder will work collaboratively with key stakeholders, senior contract managers and individuals within the business winning team, the Through Life Equipment Support (TLES), the Land Sector and broader capabilities - to successfully deliver our win strategy activities by planning, designing and delivering the future Phoenix 3 operating model to meet DE&S centralised UK and Overseas White Fleet Management Services. The Solution lead shall be:
- Accountable for the development and design of opportunity Target Operating Model and supporting capability integrations for identified opportunities
- Lead the solution team, managing work stream activity and inputs, against the overall business winning strategy
- Creation of a compliant, innovative, comprehensive technical solution that adheres to key business targets
- Lead solution integration into the contract negotiation and pricing activities
- Establish and maintain relationships between key internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful development of the solution.
- Develop close working relationships with broader Babcock capabilities, to ensure sharing of knowledge, good practice and innovation.
- Provide timely reporting and provision of management information for review purposes in line with Company corporate governance
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Lead solution development and stimulate creativity from the team and wider business
* Own the development of the future operating model, including subsequent process mapping and functional organisational design
* Ensure the solution is compliant to the clients requirements
* Lead internal reviews of technical solution with SMEs
* Challenge operational financial estimates and inputs
* Be responsible for collection, analysis and presentation of operational data
* Challenge existing practises and procedures
* Qualify the technical solution with the customer and customer SMEs to ensure needs are met
* Identify SMEs, both internally and externally required to enable a winning proposition
* Work closely with the Business Winning Lead to ensure alignment between the proposed solution and overall deal proposition
* Organise technical elements of the written submission with the Proposal Manager
* Work with Finance to develop effective costings in line with the proposed solution
* Work with the Commercial team to understand associated risks and integrate the solution into the commercial deal
* Own the assessment of technical risk and development of suitable solutions to mitigate
* Work with SME's to explore improved/alternative delivery models
* Drive towards the best value solution to enable to submit a winning proposal with an approved margin
* Ensure the proposed solution is innovative and endorsed as deliverable by the business
* Identify assumptions, dependencies and risks to achieving the solutiom
Experience
* Knowledge and deep understanding of solution development methodologies and processes
* Experience of developing solutions through a systems engineering approach in a bidding environment
* Understanding of operating model design and associated supporting infrastructure (eg, systems, property, supply chains)
* Experience of developing enterprise architecture approach
* Demonstrable experience in an equivalent role
Professional and Personal Qualities
- Comfortable leading a positive team culture where ownership, accountability, challenging customer requirements and involvement in decision making is promoted
- Energy, drive and enthusiasm to continually improve self and others
- Builds, motivates, inspires others and guides team towards success
- Creates an environment of development and learning where everyone can excel.
- Shares workload for both productivity and growth creating a sense of ownership and accountability and stretches teams to deliver.
- Ability to work as part of a team and maintain positive relationships with colleagues, trainees and the customer.
- Strong interpersonal skills including effective communication skills for interacting with the customer and senior leadership
- Collaboratively develops solutions by listening to others and sharing ideas and is solutions focussed.
- Develops a culture which drives innovation, continuous improvement and the sharing of good practice
