Architecture Management Office - Operations Manager in Preston

Location: Warton - we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £56,766 + depending on experience

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the daily operations of the IT Architecture Management Office (AMO)
• Organise and facilitate architecture board meetings, design reviews and decision forums
• Track progress on architecture work ensuring deliverables met timelines and quality expectations
• Ensure architecture documentation is up to date and adheres to compliance and audit requirements
• Serve as a liaison between IT Architecture, business units and project delivery teams, communicating architecture outcomes to various stakeholders
• Prepare executive summaries, dashboards and reports for leadership
• Support resource demand planning, budgeting, forecasting and capacity planning for the architecture team
• Maintain a central repository of architectural artefacts, roadmaps and standards
• Support the further development and implementation of architecture principles, policies, standards, templates and reporting structures

Qualifications

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience or knowledge of system architecture work
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to think strategically and translate strategy into actionable plans
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture tools and software (such as Bizzdesign)

Desirable:

• Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• Project Management background
• Understanding of Architecture Frameworks such as TOGAF

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 Architecture Management Office team

The AMO is a new team, setup to ensure that Air Enterprise Architecture is managed in a coherent manner. To enable the business to deliver in an agile and cost-effective manner, whilst adhering to all regulatory standards. As the Operations Manager, you will support the development and act as design authority for the integration of solutions developed by strategic IM&T programmes across the Air business unit, performing design governance over the activities of the programmes and suppliers engaged in developing those solutions. You will ensure proper engagement with projects, services, functions and systems owners to ensure that the Business Solutions developed are delivered and perform in a coherent manner which best supports the Air business strategy.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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

Closing Date: 20th February 2026. 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.