BAE Systems

Mgr III- Business Sys

BAE Systems • $100K — $130K *
Falls Church, VA 22042In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Reposted 2 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
  • Strong executive presence with influencing skills.
  • Experience with executive governance and steering committees.
  • Understanding of enterprise delivery principles and transformation execution.
  • Ability to lead through ambiguity and manage competing priorities.
  • Proven leadership and management experience, especially with project managers.

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain multi-year technology roadmap for assigned functions.
  • Manage the demand intake and prioritization process for technology initiatives.
  • Shape programs collaboratively with various stakeholders and teams.
  • Ensure alignment between the technology roadmap and sector needs.
  • Lead business case creation and track value realization.
  • Drive adherence to cybersecurity compliance standards.
  • Enhance adoption of enterprise platforms while managing change.

Benefits

  • Access to a multi-year technology capability roadmap.
  • Opportunity to influence major technology initiatives.
  • Engagement in high-level governance forums.
  • Collaborative work with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to improve data visibility and integration across systems.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Functional Business Relationship Manager III serves as the strategic liaison between the Human Resources, Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE), and Communications functions at BAE Systems and the Information Technology organization, aligning technology capabilities with functional priorities and enabling secure, efficient delivery of major technology initiatives.
Key Outcomes
  • A multi-year business capability and technology roadmap aligned with functional and enterprise priorities.
  • Improved demand intake, prioritization, and governance for technology initiatives.
  • Clear business case definition, KPI alignment, and post-launch value realization tracking.
  • Strengthened cybersecurity and CMMC Level 2+ compliance across functional systems and processes.
  • Increased cross-functional integration and reduction of duplicative technologies.
  • Improved throughput by removing delivery blockers and aligning IT shared services.
  • Stronger, trusted relationships with functional, IT, and sector stakeholders.
  • Greater adoption of enterprise technology solutions and reduced shadow IT.
  • Improved data visibility, quality, and integration for better decision support.
  • Improved alignment to enterprise operating models and clearer accountability boundaries.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
  • Own and maintain the multi-year business capability and technology roadmap for assigned functions.
  • Operate the full demand intake, shaping, and prioritization process for supported functions.
  • Jointly shape programs with sector BRMs, PMO, Architecture, Cyber, and Value Stream Owners.
  • Ensure roadmap alignment with sector needs; reconcile priority conflicts.
  • Lead business case creation, benefit hypotheses, KPI definition, and value tracking.
  • Drive adherence to CMMC Level 2+ and enterprise cyber compliance.
  • Increase adoption of enterprise platforms; establish readiness and change plans.
  • Identify and broker standardization opportunities across functions and sectors.
  • Resolve delivery barriers and escalate unresolved blockers.
  • Improve data visibility and integration across fragmented systems.
  • Run a functional BRM scorecard and lead monthly performance reviews.
  • Communicate strategy and roadmap decisions with executive-ready materials.
  • Build trusted relationships across functions, sectors, PMO, cyber, and IT delivery.


Required Skills and Education

  • 12 years experience and Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent
  • Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Experience supporting executive governance forums, steering committees, implementation readiness activities, and senior stakeholder engagement.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise delivery practices, implementation governance, dependency management, and transformation execution.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, resolve competing priorities, and drive coordinated execution across distributed teams.
  • Strong leadership and management skills, with experience managing project managers and teams.


Preferred Skills and Education

  • Masters degreee and 15 years+ work experience
  • Experience supporting enterprise headquarters or corporate function initiatives.
  • Experience operating within highly matrixed business and technology environments.
  • Familiarity with governance frameworks, lifecycle management practices, and enterprise implementation methodologies.
  • Aerospace & Defense Industry Experience


This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

About BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company. It is among the world's largest defense contractors, with over 85,000 employees and operations in over 40 countries. BAE Systems is involved in the design, development, and manufacture of a wide range of products and services, including military aircraft, naval ships, and land vehicles. The company also provides a range of cybersecurity and intelligence services. BAE Systems has a long history, dating back to the 19th century, and has been involved in many major defense projects. Visit baesystems.com for more information.
Learn more about BAE Systems
Size
90,500 employees
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Founded
1997
NASDAQ
BAESF
* Ladders Estimates

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