Future MES Product Owner

Future MES Product Owner – Leonardo

Job Description

Step into a key role driving the creation of a cutting‑edge Digital Environment that spans the entire product lifecycle. You\’ll be at the forefront of implementing a next‑generation integrated MES toolset—empowering our teams to deliver world‑class solutions and outstanding value to our customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop or improve manufacturing processes to support a new Manufacturing Execution System by capturing and studying requirements.
• Research, design, modify, and test new manufacturing digital solutions.
• Identify Leonardo stakeholders and support stakeholder management.
• Understand feedback from Leonardo stakeholders.
• Conferring with vendors or external partners.
• Assess business benefits of new integrated digital environment for end‑users and identify KPIs to track adoption and benefits following introduction of the new tool.
• Provide input on design decisions for interfacing applications.
• Support development of detailed work plan to schedule, track, and forecast assigned work.
• Prioritise work packages identified within the Future MES project.
• Prepare content for technical reviews including technical steerco, design reviews, and change review boards.
• Validate new or enhanced feature/functionality test scripts.
• Develop materials to support stakeholder engagement.
• Collaborate with business SMEs to identify regression testing elements for new/enhanced feature/user acceptance testing.
• Create additional user acceptance test scripts/criteria for new/enhanced feature including ‘break’ tests.
• Serve as the project’s subject‑matter expert to validate testing and undertake show‑and‑tell activities.

Qualifications

• In‑depth understanding of manufacturing processes and principles.
• Effective change‑management skills.
• Detailed understanding of the operational framework and business processes.
• Understanding of cross‑functional/commercial business processes and their impact.
• Ability to take ownership of a work package; plan and schedule own workload and that of others.
• Operational understanding of project work and how the team’s work impacts other project activities.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of multiple phases of the Product Life Cycle and the associated processes.
• Experience of peer‑reviewing the work of others inside a product team.
• Knowledge of the risk/reward process associated with manufacturing activity informing the activities of a product team.
• Ability to communicate concepts in a non‑technical way.
• Confidence and ability to challenge/respond to technical/process issues.
• Strong stakeholder interaction skills.
• Experience in capability and/or process development, demonstrating an ability to implement a change to working practices.
• Relevant digital manufacturing engineering background for Future MES project.

Security Clearance

This role requires pre‑employment screening under the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Additional personnel security controls, such as National Security Vetting (NSV), may apply and could include eligibility for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance, please visit https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours with hybrid options.
• Generous leave with up to 12 additional flexi‑days per year.
• Rewarding bonus scheme for employees at management level and below.
• World‑class pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee‑led networks championing inclusion and diversity.
• Free access to over 4,000 online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Referral programme with a financial reward.
• Flexible benefits up to £500 annually for private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships, and more.
• Opportunities for professional growth and learning.

Employment Details

Location: Basildon, United Kingdom. Contract: Permanent. Working model: Hybrid. Seniority level: Mid‑Senior. Employment type: Full‑time.