GCAP - Delivery Manager – Digital Thread

Overview

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).
• 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.
• 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 tool chains.
• 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.

Transition & Adoption (Legacy Coexistence)

• Acknowledge efficient Parent Companies legacy; design federated incremental integration, allowing legacy use while deploying new…