Capability Lead - Product Design
Fulltime
Derby/Hybrid
Why join Rolls-Royce?
At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Capability Lead, to join the Product Design Team, within the Design Engineering function of Rolls-Royce, based in Derby.
As a Capability Lead, you will lead, develop and engage assigned Engineering personnel to meet current and future business requirements, and deploy assigned staff to approved business activities/technical programmes.
You will also ensure compliance to process throughout the life cycle activity and ensure that world class capability is effectively utilised to provide products and services that satisfy business requirements.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership to the Engineering resource group and ensure compliance to process throughout the life cycle activity
- Create and maintain resource plans to meet the overall delivery commitments and ensure that sufficient resource is available, through subcontract and recruitment (whilst adhering to Company manpower policy) to meet current and future business’ needs and budgets. Align the resourcing plans through the load and capacity process
- Ensure effective performance management ensuring that employees have relevant & appropriate objectives through the Business Plan Deployment Process
- Lead and develop the members of their team within and beyond their respective disciplines, including individual and professional development, training, performance and reward management, HSE and security
- Ensure staff are suitably qualified and experienced and that the required skills are sustainable for the future through multi-skilling, staff rotation, and the competency framework tools and professional networks and standards
- Ensure effective knowledge management through the use of knowledge capture, lessons learnt, and best practice guides for the resource group, and encourage knowledge sharing within the group and beyond
Who we’re looking for
Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent.
- Demonstrates sound engineering judgement and knowledge of the Sector Customers and Programmes.
- Demonstrates effective leadership & engineering skills.
- Capable of building high performing teams and effecting a positive shift in attitudes and behaviours.
- Understanding of Company Quality policies and processes deployed within the resource group.
Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.
Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.
Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to
This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.
It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.
Grade: Level C
Closing date: 15th June 2026
For further information please contact: Sam Cushley – [email protected]
Skills Required
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent
- Demonstrates sound engineering judgement and knowledge of the Sector Customers and Programmes
- Demonstrates effective leadership & engineering skills
- Capable of building high performing teams and effecting a positive shift in attitudes and behaviours
- Understanding of Company Quality policies and processes deployed within the resource group
Rolls-Royce Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Rolls-Royce and has not been reviewed or approved by Rolls-Royce.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is strengthened by a U.S. 401(k) program and recent Indianapolis agreements that enhanced retirement benefits. This foundation is complemented by an ongoing company emphasis on competitive retirement provisions across regions.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity value is broadened through a global employee share plan with a broad-based grant in 2024. A matched-purchase program introduced in 2025 further extends access to share ownership.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are highlighted through a holistic, choice-based package and flexible working principles under the People Deal. Regional tailoring provides options spanning wellbeing, recognition, and other locally relevant rewards.
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