CYS - GCAP Joint Venture Headquarters - Delivery Manager – Digital Thread

**Job Description:**

Leonardo is a global industrial group, among the main global players in Aerospace, Defence and Security that realises multi-domain technological capabilities in Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Electronics, Cyber Security and Space. With over 60,000 employees worldwide, the company has a solid industrial presence in Italy, the UK, Poland and the US. It also operates in 150 countries through subsidiaries, joint ventures and investments. A key player in major international strategic programmes, it is a technological and industrial partner of governments, defence administrations, institutions and companies.

**Within the GCAP Joint Venture, in the GCAP Technical Leadership UO, we are looking for a Delivery Manager – Digital Thread for GCAP HQ in Reading (UK).**

Lead the **design, implementation, and through‑life evolution** of the **Digital Thread** that enables Digital Engineering for Edgewing, their supply chain and their customers.

Own the Digital Engineering **information system architecture** (data & applications) with two core pillars:

- **Digital Engineering Information Map**: define and govern the **Digital Engineering Information Map** (domains, artefacts, identifiers, lifecycle states, configuration rules, traceability links, metadata, …), aligned with **Edgewing Enterprise Business Architecture**, **IEC** initial capability and **FEC** full capability milestones, and **enterprise cybersecurity & IT infrastructure** (scalability, reliability, HA).
- **Toolchain Integration**: architect the **Digital Engineering application/toolchain integration** (legacy + new), ensuring **interoperability**, **model-data compatibility** and **orchestration** across the DE&D value stream; support **Digital Twins** and **physical asset integration**; manage **toolset selection** and **licences** (distribution, budget forecast).

**Information Map & Data Architecture**

- Own the Digital Engineering Information Map (including interfaces outside engineering), with maturity and controls to support transition from Parent Companies to Interim Capabilities to IEC to FEC evolution.
- Align with application/technology architectures to guarantee appropriate data replication & synchronisation (separate tool instances, security classifications, networks, geographies, supply chain).
- Align with cybersecurity controls (protocols, encryption, authentication across classifications; storage, backup/DR, synchronisation) and IT infrastructure (scalability, reliability, HA across geographies).
- Design digital engineering products/experiences for Edgewing and JV/partners that enhance productivity, collaboration, communication.

**Toolchain Integration & Application Architecture**

- Architect the application/toolchain integration landscape aligned to the data architecture, ensuring interoperability and model‑data compatibility through the product life.
- Support toolset selection as governing authority for interoperability; demonstrate meeting Digital Engineering Thread requirements with specific toolchains.
- Orchestrate data flows and workflows along the Digital Thread; enable Digital Twins and physical asset integration.
- Drive integration across product lines (LSSI/Domain, PCs, Supply Chain) and Enterprise Ecosystem/Technical Architecture.

**Data Continuity & Availability**

- Define data flow contracts and semantic interoperability (identifiers, payloads, metadata, interface contracts) independent of specific tools.
- Guarantee availability, integrity, consistency: data available when needed, to whom it’s needed, with monitored SLAs.

**Governance & Minimum Common Integration**

- Establish enabling governance (direction > constraints), shared rules for interoperability, decision logs (Interface Decision Records), and architecture reviews.
- Stabilise the Minimum Common Integration Framework (unique IDs, lifecycle states, configuration rules, traceability links) to prevent silo regression.

**Configuration Management & Federated Dependencies**

- Ensure cross‑system configuration management: versioning, coordinated baselines, aligned variants/dependencies; avoid duplication/divergence via federation rules and single‑source‑of‑truth for key artefacts.

**End‑to‑End Traceability & Digital Certification**

- Ensure the Digital Thread guarantees and maintains traceability from requirements design analysis verification manufacturing operations.

**Transition & Adoption (Legacy Coexistence)**

- Acknowledge efficient Parent Companies legacy; design federated incremental integration, allowing legacy use while deploying new toolchains/interfaces/metadata on ACWE.

**Security, Compliance & Resilience**

- Ensure cybersecurity protocols are applied (encryption, authentication, classification‑aware access), ensure data storage/backup/DR/sync policies, and observability (logs/metrics/traces).

**Essential Qualifications:**

- Proven experience (minimum 5 years) in a similar role within defence, aerospace, or complex engineering environments, delivering integrated digital solutions across the product lifecycle.
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures, middleware adoption, Change Data Capture (CDC), and data replication/synchronisation strategies.
- Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
- Service Management expertise (e.g., ITIL) with practical experience in managing enabling technology services.
- Project/Programme Management certification (e.g., APM, PRINCE2) or demonstrable experience in managing complex, multi-stakeholder delivery programmes.
- Deep knowledge of Digital Engineering technologies, including data architecture, toolchain integration, MBSE/MBD, PLM, simulation environments, and interoperability standards.
- Proven track record in designing and delivering information systems architecture (data and applications) in federated, multi-domain environments.
- Strong understanding of engineering processes and data flows, including configuration management, lifecycle states, and traceability requirements.
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, IT, quality, cybersecurity, and supply chain teams.

**Desirable Qualifications:**

- **Experience with Digital Twins**, physical asset integration, and model-based certification.
- **Knowledge of cybersecurity protocols**, encryption, authentication mechanisms, and compliance frameworks for classified environments.

**Language Skills:** English C1.

**Seniority:**

**Primary Location:**

IT - Roma - Via Laurentina

**Additional Locations:**

IT - Catania, IT - Chieti Scalo, IT - Genova - Fiumara, IT - Milano - Nerviano, IT - Torino - C.so Marche

**Contract Type:**

Permanent

**Hybrid Working:**