Senior Information Management Lead - Submarines

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Information Management specialist with extensive knowledge and experience of information management across major construction and engineering programmes and projects. Working in conjunction with the Digital Estates team - including the Infrastructure BIM Team and the RRSL Document Control Team - and in support of the Infrastructure Projects team, the Senior Information Management Lead will provide authoritative leadership across a complex construction and engineering programme comprising multiple tranches and interlinked projects.

This is a pivotal client-side leadership role, accountable for ensuring that programme information is consistently structured, governed, and delivered in full accordance with the ISO 19650 suite. As the senior information specialist for the programme, the role will play a central part in influencing, challenging, and guiding delivery partners to maintain high standards of information quality, enabling confident decision-making and best-for-client outcomes across the full project and programme lifecycle.

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

• Strategic Leadership & Governance
  • Develop, own, and implement the programme‑wide Information Management Strategy fully aligned to ISO19650 principles, ensuring consistency, compliance, and clarity across all projects.
  • Oversee and continuously refine the Common Data Environment (CDE) strategy, ensuring robust workflows, information states, approvals, and quality controls.
  • Establish clear information governance structures, including roles, responsibilities, assurance frameworks, and escalation pathways across the client and delivery supply chain.
• Programme & Project Delivery Support
  • Provide technical leadership in managing information requirements, including EIRs, AIRs, BEPs, TIDPs, MIDPs, and information delivery planning across the programme.
  • Ensure coordination and progressive development of information models (PIM, AIM) to support design, construction, handover, and operational readiness.
  • Drive efficient information flow across multidisciplinary workstreams, ensuring information accuracy, traceability, and alignment with programme objectives.
• Commercial & Partner Engagement
  • Represent the programmes requirements and interests in commercial and contractual interactions relating to information management obligations and compliance.
  • Lead engagement with delivery partners, consultants, and contractors; informing, challenging, and influencing to ensure value‑driven outcomes and adherence to standards.
  • Support any procurement activities by inputting into scopes, evaluating bids or proposals, and establishing clear information deliverables and performance measures.
• Quality, Assurance & Risk Management
  • Lead the assurance of information deliverables, ensuring they meet defined quality, security, and lifecycle requirements.
  • Identify and manage programme‑level information risks, advising the client on mitigation strategies and improvement opportunities.
  • Oversee readiness for audits, gateways, and project milestones through evidence‑based compliance with ISO19650 workflows.
• Leadership, Culture & Capability Building
  • Champion a culture of digital excellence, collaboration, and data‑driven decision‑making across the programme.
  • Mentor internal teams, upskill client representatives, and support capability development around BIM and information management best practice.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging lessons learned and digital innovation to enhance information value and reduce lifecycle cost.
  • Support the awareness and adoption of ISO 19650 principles and processes across the programme including information requirements, information exchange protocols and CDE.
  • Deliver training and guidance to project teams on Information standards, protocols, processes and best practise ways of working.
  • Support the implementation of a roadmap to improve Information Management maturity within the DBU.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Extensive experience (10+ years) in senior‑level BIM and information management roles on large‑scale construction or engineering programmes.
• Expert knowledge of ISO19650 and its practical application across project and asset lifecycles.
• Proven track record of operating at client‑side or consultancy level in a complex, multi‑stakeholder environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience influencing delivery partners and supply chain organisations.
• Advanced understanding of Common Data Environment technologies and digital project delivery platforms.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder‑engagement skills, with the ability to challenge constructively and build trusted relationships at all levels.
• Professional accreditation (e.g., RICS, CIOB, CIBSE, ICE, BIM‑focused certifications) is highly desirable.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at.

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.