Head of Business Operations📣 إعلان

About the Role

BAE Systems Saudi Arabia, through its majority-owned joint venture International Systems Engineering (ISE), is seeking a Head of Business Operations. This full-time position is based in Riyadh and offers an opportunity to contribute to ISE's development and growth within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of the economic offset companies.

Role Purpose

The Head of Business Operations strengthens execution discipline across ISE by ensuring alignment between strategy, programme delivery performance, governance structures, and leadership priorities. This role leads enterprise performance visibility, supports delivery maturity across programmes, oversees structured tracking of leadership priorities, and drives transformation initiatives. The position acts as a central integration point, translating strategic direction into structured execution plans, delivery priorities, and measurable outcomes, enabling ISE to scale as a trusted national digital and defense capability partner.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute approved strategic direction by translating it into structured operational plans, programme priorities, transformation initiatives, and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Translate leadership priorities into structured execution plans across programmes and functions, maintaining visibility of delivery confidence, risks, and dependencies.
• Support the design and coordination of transformation initiatives, tracking implementation progress, identifying barriers to execution, and ensuring alignment with ISE growth priorities and national capability objectives.
• Strengthen management reporting structures and improve clarity and consistency of performance information across programmes and functions, ensuring leadership visibility of performance, risks, and recovery actions.
• Develop and maintain enterprise KPI structures aligned with business priorities, improving visibility of operational performance and promoting consistent performance measurement practices.
• Support the strengthening of project controls practices and improve consistency of reporting standards across ISE delivery portfolios to increase predictability and transparency of delivery performance.
• Improve coordination between strategic planning, programme execution, and leadership oversight, strengthening management performance reviews and promoting consistent executive reporting standards.

Authority and Influence

• Participates in leadership performance reviews and programme delivery reviews.
• Supports alignment between transformation initiatives and operational delivery.
• Influences enterprise reporting structures and performance visibility frameworks.
• Engages across programme and functional leadership to strengthen execution alignment.
• Acts as a coordination point between leadership priorities and organizational delivery activity.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Senior leader experience in programme delivery, enterprise PMO, transformation execution, or operations leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of project controls environments and performance reporting structures.
• Experience operating within complex delivery organizations is preferred.
• Ability to work effectively across programme and functional leadership environments.
• Strong analytical capability and structured executive communication skills.
• Comfortable supporting leadership decision-making in a high accountability environment.

About BAE Systems Saudi Arabia

BAE Systems is the UK Government’s nominated Prime Contractor under Government-to-Government arrangements to provide equipment, support, and training to Saudi Arabia. The company provides maintenance of Royal Saudi Air Force aircraft and trains RSAF personnel safely in a training environment. BAE Systems Saudi Arabia is committed to supporting the Saudi Arabian National Agenda, including Saudisation and the training and development of Saudi National capability through the growth of Saudi National Partner Companies, thereby reinforcing industrialisation and partnerships.