senior software engineering Technical Lead hybrid · Posted Apr 2, 2026
$122,400 – $208,080
USD per year

Job Description
What's it like working for a company where you are treated as more than a number? Empowering. Joining our Information Technology team means you are the backbone behind managing all the technology aspects for multiple contracts and programs that help keep nations safe. With the diversity of our offerings and work, you’ll get to take on new challenges while your career reaches new heights.

BAE Systems, Inc. is looking for an experienced and results-driven Senior Manager, IT Operations Delivery, to join our team. This role will report into our IT Program Management Office and lead the delivery of enterprise IT Operations projects, ensuring quality delivery of internal investments. As a Senior Manager, IT Operations Delivery, you will play a critical role in driving project delivery excellence, building and maturing project managers, and promoting a culture of ownership and transparency.


Primary Duties and Responsibilities
  • Lead the delivery of enterprise IT Operations projects, ensuring quality delivery of internal investments.
  • Build and mature Project managers through targeted coaching, mentorship, and development in execution excellence and leadership.
  • Coach team members across IT to drive execution across multiple concurrent initiatives, managing dependencies, risks and delivery milestones.
  • Provide strategic direction, prioritization, and oversight to ensure consistent, high quality program delivery across all initiatives
  • Ensure projects follow established practices for successful project lifecycle management, leveraging BAE LifeCycle Management frameworks.
  • Promote a culture of ownership, transparency, and results driven- performance.
  • Embed Agile practices to enhance execution speed, transparency and adaptability
  • Support IT Operations teams as they shift to a product management team structure. Coach program and delivery teams on applying Agile principles within a structured, hybrid program management environment.
  • Guide leaders and teams in balancing Agile ways of working with governance, planning and delivery commitments.


Required Education, Experience, & Skills
  • Skilled communicator who influences and shapes the image of a complex Program, Business Area, Sector or Enterprise wide.

  • Project/Program Manager responsible for oversight of diverse project team or small program ($7.5 to $25M in revenue). The project typically has well-defined goals and follows a well-established process. Typically completed within 12 months.

  • Project Management Professional (PMP).


Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
  • More than 12+ years relevant management experience preferred.
  • Knowledge of information technology concepts and practices .
  • Strong leadership, coaching and mentoring skills with the ability to achieve results through others
  • IT Service management, product management, hybrid project management methodologies, SDLC, Agile and ITIL certification, ServiceNow SPM.


Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $122400 - $208080

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.


About BAE Systems, Inc.
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
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