Job Title: Campaign Manager – Domestic
Location: Frimley, Christchurch, Filton, Gloucester. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: £69,200+ depending on skills and experience
Who we are:
Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.
From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.
Role Description:
This role is critical to ensuring the Defence Business Development (BD) team operates as a cohesive, well-coordinated unit, with the right structures, tools, and governance in place to deliver against its objectives.
It offers the opportunity to learn, grow, and lean into live and emerging campaigns, working alongside Senior Capture Managers and Senior Campaign Leads to shape opportunities, engage stakeholders, and contribute to the delivery of strategic growth. With a footprint across key capability areas including Cyber EM, Maritime Subsea, C4I, IAMD, Digital Targeting Web, Secure Cloud, FCAS/GCAP, Counter-UXV, and Defence Support. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys variety, and is motivated by enabling success across multiple lines of effort.
Core Duties:
- Coordinate internal BD activities, planning cycles, and governance processes across the Defence portfolio
- Act as a key point of contact for BD operations, ensuring alignment across functions and timely delivery of key outputs
- Maintain and improve BD artefacts including campaign plans, stakeholder maps, investment cases, and performance dashboards
- Contribute to campaign execution across a range of priority areas, supporting Senior Capture Managers and Senior Campaign Leads in shaping opportunities and engaging stakeholders
- Provide essential project and operational support, helping to synchronise internal activities, manage planning cycles, and maintain campaign readiness across a diverse and fast-moving portfolio
Essential Skills:
- You will have experience in business development, programme coordination, or campaign support within Defence, ideally across multiple capability areas
- You will have a strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders
- You will have familiarity with MOD structures, procurement pathways, and capability development processes, including those relevant to Army HQ, Navy Command, Strategic Command, Defence Digital, and the National Armaments Directorate
- You will understand key defence capability areas including Cyber EM, C4I, maritime systems, and integrated defence solutions
- You will have a proactive mindset with a focus on delivery, continuous improvement, and enabling campaign success
The team:
The BAE Systems Digital Intelligence Defence business is at the forefront of delivering mission-critical capabilities across the cyber, electromagnetic, intelligence, and multi-domain battlespace. We work in close partnership with UK Defence, Government, and international allies to protect national interests, enable operational advantage, and support strategic deterrence.
Our mission is to be the UK’s leading digital defence partner, delivering trusted, sovereign capabilities across Cyber EM, Signals Intelligence, Multi-Domain Integration, and Secure Mission Systems. We are focused on enabling operational readiness, enhancing decision advantage, and delivering integrated effects across land, maritime, air, space, and cyber domains.
Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
A place where everyone can thrive:
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 29th June 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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