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# Senior Engineering Delivery Leader (Complex Systems)

- **Company:** Holiday Trading
- **Location:** Bristol, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering
- **Published:** May 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/37461967/

## About the Role

Significant experience delivering complex, safety-or-mission-critical systems, using formal systems engineering approaches, within defence, intelligence, aerospace, or similarly regulated environments.
Proven accountability for engineering delivery across multiple programmes or portfolios, managing competing priorities, shared resources, and delivery trade-offs.
Demonstrable experience operating in a matrix organisation, leading engineering outcomes through a combination of authority, influence, governance, and clear accountability.
Strong financial and commercial acumen, including ownership of engineering estimates, delivery efficiency, and cost-performance trade-offs.
Evidence of leading engineering organisations through change or maturity uplift, improving delivery predictability, governance, capability, or ways of working.
Ability to act as a credible senior engineering leader with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders, clearly articulating complex technical and delivery issues and exercising sound engineering judgement.

Qualifications for the Head of Engineering Delivery

Mechanical or Electrical and Electronic Engineering Degree, Master's Degree level would be beneficial.
Chartered Engineer at a relevant institution, or in a position to apply for chartership upon appointment.

## Description

As Head of Engineering Delivery for Sense & Connect, you will be a senior leader within both the Sense & Connect Leadership Team and the Engineering & Technology Leadership Team. This is a high-impact role, accountable for engineering delivery outcomes across a diverse and technically demanding portfolio.
You will lead the delivery of engineering activity across multiple programmes and projects, ranging from the development of CEMA systems, AI-enabled capabilities, highly modular and autonomous systems, through to the in-service support of strategic and tactical communication systems.
Operating within a matrix organisation, you will hold clear accountability for engineering delivery to cost, time and quality, while working in close partnership with Engineering Discipline and Assurance functions to ensure technical integrity, governance, and capability development.
A key challenge of the role is balancing near-term programme delivery with the longer-term development of engineering capability, ways of working, and organisational maturity across Sense & Connect., Accountable for the delivery of engineering activity across Sense & Connect programmes, ensuring customer needs and programme objectives are met to cost, schedule and quality.
Leadership of an effective engineering delivery organisation with strong governance, clear accountability, and timely issue identification and resolution.
Ownership of holistic engineering estimates to support business winning activity, bids, and organic growth.
Driving the adoption and exploitation of new and enhanced technologies, ensuring delivery approaches remain aligned to end-user needs and growth objectives.
Acting as a senior technical and delivery leader, able to engage credibly with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders at all levels.

Essential Experience of the Head of Engineering Delivery


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