IT Applications Team Leader (Oracle)

Job title: IT Applications Team Leader (Oracle)

Location: Rochester, Kent

Salary: £60,000 – £70,000 depending on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Manage the allocation & delivery of work within the Team, including feeding into the main Resource plan
• Set objectives and conduct Personal Development reviews for direct reports
• Provide mentoring, coaching, development plans and training for direct reports
• Identify and manage relationships with key stakeholders, including Customers & Suppliers
• Manage Business escalations, taking appropriate actions
• Ensure that incidents related to Applications are resolved within SLA's and other Key Performance Indicators for the team are met
• Manage the delivery of improvements and small implementation projects
• Ensure that the team adheres to policies, procedures, standards and guidelines applicable to IM&T
• Identify, facilitate and deliver, process changes etc. that improve the effectiveness and motivation of the team and it's deliverables

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience as a Oracle eBusiness Suite or Cloud Fusion application specialist
• Good communication and presentation skills; can articulate concepts to non-technical stakeholders as well as technical / knowledgeable subject matter experts
• Deep understanding of the Application Lifecycle Management Process and using Waterfall, Agile and hybrid methodologies
• Experience leading a small to medium size team

Desirable:

• Previous experience working in a highly regulated environment
• Experience using the Atlassian tools (Jira, Jira Service Management, BitBucket, Confluence)

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 IT team:

A This team is responsible for the implementation, enhancement, and second-line support of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software applications used across the business. The application portfolio includes key systems such as Oracle ERP, Siemens PLM, and Aegis MES.

With the business currently undergoing a major Digital Transformation Programme – including the replacement of several core applications – this is a unique and exciting opportunity to support both the COTS team and the wider organisation through a period of significant change.

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: 25 th July 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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