Deputy Director Strategic Partnering
Defence Equipment & SupportLondon, United Kingdom, London
AI insight: this role at a glance
The Deputy Director for Strategic Partnering will lead strategic engagement across Defence, build trusted relationships, and create conditions for diverse teams to solve complex challenges. This role suits an inclusive and authentic leader who is comfortable working through complexity and building trust across organisational boundaries. The successful candidate will help shape priorities, enable better decisions, and ensure commissioned activity remains aligned to Defence's strategic objectives.
Key points
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Sector: central_government
- Employer: Defence Equipment & Support
- Job title: Deputy Director Strategic Partnering
- Unique opportunity to shape a new organisation and influence decisions at the heart of Defence
How to stand out
- 1Review the candidate pack included in the CS Jobs advert for full details on the role and requirements
- 2Demonstrate experience of building trusted relationships at senior levels and creating conditions for diverse teams to come together
- 3Show evidence of shaping priorities, enabling better decisions, and ensuring activity remains aligned to strategic objectives
- 4Highlight your ability to work through complexity, build trust across organisational boundaries, and turn ideas into action
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Job description
The Deputy Director for Strategic Partnering operates within the Options Development area of the Plans & Portfolio Directorate, which forms part of the National Armaments Director Group.
Options Development acts as a front door into the National Armaments Director Group, working across the whole of the Ministry of Defence, Front Line Commands, industry, academia and international partners to understand demand, shape problems and connect decision-makers with the expertise they need. We are building a genuinely collaborative, One Defence approach - one that reduces duplication, improves coherence and helps Defence focus its effort on what matters most.
This role is about people and partnerships. You will lead strategic engagement across Defence, build trusted relationships at the most senior levels, and create the conditions for diverse teams to come together and solve complex challenges. You will help shape priorities, enable better decisions and ensure that commissioned activity remains aligned to Defence's strategic objectives.
Just as importantly, you will help build the organisation itself. We want Options Development to be a place where accountability, collaboration, adaptability and continuous improvement are more than values on a page. We are creating a Directorate that is scalable, data-led and constantly learning - empowering our people to challenge constructively, innovate confidently and deliver outcomes that make a tangible difference. We are looking for an inclusive and authentic leader who is comfortable working through complexity, building trust across organisational boundaries and turning ideas into action. Someone who takes ownership of outcomes, who values partnership over hierarchy, and who is motivated by enabling others to succeed.
This is a unique opportunity to shape a new organisation, influence decisions at the heart of Defence, and help build the relationships, systems and ways of working that will underpin Defence's future success. If that excites you, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please review the candidate pack included in CS Jobs advert for full details.
How this role compares
There are 360 central government roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 47 of them in London.
Defence Equipment & Support has 20 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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