Head of Portfolio - Intelligence Solutions ( GG15 ) in Hampshire

Location: Farnborough, England, United Kingdom (or Malvern)

Role Type: Permanent – Full Time

Role ID: 19970

Role Purpose: To lead the growth of the Intelligence Solutions business by creating a cross‑cutting capability and QQ business alignment to ISTAR and complex information systems integration: supporting and developing our people, and creating impactful cross‑cutting offerings for our customers in the MOD.

Key Accountabilities:

• Leading and growing the Intelligence Solutions business to >£60m (revenue) by FY30, with project margins > 12%
• Working with QQ functions (HR, Technical, PMO etc.) and external suppliers to develop and harness the necessary skills needed to deliver business to our customers
• Working with technical and BD to develop the Intelligence Solutions strategy to support pipeline growth to 3x revenue for qualified opportunities
• Working across the QQ organisation to maintain existing and develop new customer relationships and increase the importance of QQ to our customers, executing capture plans to deliver further strategic programmes
• Working with other Integrated Delivery Teams, business units and sectors to join up QQ capability and offerings for the benefit of our customers and other QQ businesses
• Working with Ops and other functions to ensure that the business has the facilities and services it needs to deliver for our customers
• Applying robust governance to the IDT’s delivery, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction, compliance, managing risk (commercial, delivery) and ensuring best practice is applied to safety and security practices
• Delivery of the ISP including all yearly financial targets for orders, revenue, margin, operating profit and cash
• Develop appropriate investment plans to build the required capabilities to achieve the business vision
• Annual production of a 5-year Order Intake Scenario (OIS) aligned to the ISP, and a detailed plan to deliver the 1st year of the OIS
• Maintenance of up-to-date forecasts (both financial and resource demand) for all IDT sales, contracted customer work and approved investment funding
• Developing the team to its full potential via talent and succession planning, PeakOn engagement, training, coaching, mentoring and strong performance management.
• Leading the embedding of improvements in the P3M capabilities within the IDT
• Ensuring IDT members operate in line with the Business Management System and functional management requirements; and have appropriate personal goals recorded and progressed
• Role-modelling senior leadership behaviour across all elements of the Enterprise Leadership framework, with particular focus on safety, security and ESG
• Responsibility for teams in Malvern/Bristol/Farnborough and deployed at our customer’s locations

Key Capabilities / Knowledge:

• Strategic business mind‑set – able to understand the combination of market, customer, competition and the UKI capability needs, to build a strategy to deliver profitable growth
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability, around delivering P&L goals and all aspects of delivery to our customers
• Strong people leadership, collaboration, commercial and financial skills - sufficient to run a full P&L in a complex set of markets and drawing on skills from across QinetiQ and partner organisations
• Results‑oriented – not simply doing the tasks, but also focusing on achieving the required outcomes (including forecasting)
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Provenance in building and developing cross‑functional teams to deliver business outcomes
• Market awareness – understanding the market in which the business operates, including competition, suppliers, customer base and the regulatory environment
• People and Organisation – developing the long‑term skills and capabilities required of our P3M, Business Winning and Technical teams, to deliver and grow the IDT’s business
• Ability to work autonomously, navigate complex organisations successfully, and self‑grow the role to meet the business’ strategic direction
• Security awareness – UK MOD DV clearance (or the ability to secure it) is required

Experience & Qualifications:

• Financial literacy to the extent of being able to run a P&L effectively
• Significant team leadership experience, coupled with strong communication skills
• Experience in developing and executing strategic business plans, driven by well‑understood customer needs
• Ability to engage credibly in technical/operational discussion around problems and solutions with customers and team members
• Evidence of positive engagement with, and management of, senior customers and other senior stakeholders
• Credible experience and understanding of how running a product‑focused IDT might differ from running other IDTs

Benefits:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities – helping charities and local community

Eligibility: All applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.