Product Delivery Manager

Inside IR35 | SC Cleared | Defence | Contract

📍 Location: Reading (Hybrid)

📄 Contract: Inside IR35

🔐 Clearance: SC Clearance required

Role Overview

We are hiring multiple Product Delivery Managers to support a major Digital Engineering transformation programme within a defence environment.

These roles sit within a Digital Engineering product organisation, where each Product Delivery Manager owns the delivery of a specific engineering capability that forms part of a wider Digital Thread.

This is not a generic delivery or PMO role.

You will be accountable for delivering engineering tooling, integration, governance, and adoption in a highly regulated, safety-critical context.

Capability Areas

We are recruiting Product Delivery Managers with strong experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Requirements Engineering
• (DOORS NG, requirements lifecycle, configuration & change control, traceability, migration from legacy RM tools)
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• (SysML/UML, Cameo, DOORS NG integration, model governance)
• System of Systems / Architecture
• (UAF / DoDAF, mission threads, capability and operational modelling, interface governance)
• Software Factory / Digital Software Delivery
• (CI/CD, DevSecOps toolchains, software lifecycle environments, evidence generation)
• Safety Engineering (Digital Safety)
• (Hazard analysis, safety cases, model-based safety, certification evidence)
• Product Security / Cyber Engineering
• (Threat & risk modelling, SBOM, vulnerability management, security assurance)
• Processes & Integration
• (Engineering governance, standards, tool interoperability, digital thread integration)

Each role has a clearly defined scope — you are not expected to cover all areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the delivery and continuous improvement of a Digital Engineering capability as a product
• Define and implement reference architectures, toolchains, and technical baselines
• Manage roadmaps, backlogs, dependencies, and delivery risks
• Enable end-to-end traceability across the Digital Thread
• Coordinate delivery across engineering teams, suppliers, and partners
• Drive adoption of model-centric, tool-based ways of working
• Ensure delivery meets regulatory, safety, security, and certification expectations

Required Experience

• Proven experience delivering engineering or digital capabilities in complex environments
• Background in Aerospace, Defence, or other safety-critical regulated industries
• Strong understanding of engineering lifecycles, tooling, and data (not just delivery governance)
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and suppliers
• Active SC clearance or clear eligibility

Contract Details

• Contract role – Inside IR35
• Multiple positions available
• Reading-based with hybrid working
• Long-term programme within a major defence organisation

Apply

If you’re an experienced Product Delivery Manager with a background in Digital Engineering, Systems, Software, Safety, or Security, we’d like to hear from you.