MBDA Italia è l'azienda italiana che fa parte del gruppo multinazionale MBDA, leader mondiale nel settore dei sistemi missilistici
MBDA rappresenta il primo Gruppo a livello europeo con capacità di produzione e progettazione in grado di coprire l’intera gamma corrispondente alle attuali e future esigenze delle forze armate (terra, aria e mare).
All’interno della Direzione “Strategy & Future Growth”, MBDA Italia SpA è alla ricerca di un “Group EU R&T Business Manager”.
Professional experience:
- Minimum 10y of experience
Accountabilities:
- To prioritize R&T areas to be developed at EU level, in line with MBDA product / techno Strategy, as well as the R&T Capture Plan
- To Interact with the various MBDA Directorates and coordinate at group level National WIN TLs the EU R&T project proposal or development, to keep group coherence
- To Interact with the key EU stakeholders to develop partnerships and joint projects. This includes all negotiations related to Consortia building, WBS and workshare/budget share definition
- To Interact with the various EU institutions (EDA, EU Commission,…) and customers to advocate for MBDA positioning
- Provide a special focus on the following areas :
EDF/EDIP :
- Monitor, influence, and prepare follow-on of on-going projects
- define the win strategy for the yearly calls and prioritize/manage bids
- Prepare a plan for new R&T / R&D projects to be pushed into EU Commission workprogram, in line with the R&T Capture Plan
EDA :
- To lead participation and influence into Captech Group and various EDA CoI,
- To propose and develop a plan for Cat.B projects building, and lobby MoDs accordingly
- To monitor, prioritize and influence OB studies call, and act as WTL for any related bid
- To position the company into HEDI (EDA Innovation Hub) either directly or via our SME supply chain
Support the Group Head of R&T&I for emerging EU opportunities :
- EU Brave-Tech : To assess and penetrate this new funding tool, aimed at building R&T partnerships with Ukraine
- EU Transformation Roadmap : To assess and penetrate this new funding tool aimed at agile techno insertion into products
- EUDIS : To assess and penetrate, either directly or via our SME supply chain
- Horizon EU : To assess and penetrate, for dual technologies developments
Skills & Knowledge
- Good technological understanding
- Good knowledge of MBDA products and future capabilities to be developed
- Good understanding of various National specificities and strategies
- Good understanding of EU institutions
- English fluent
Soft skills:
- Strong motivation
- Good negotiation skills
- “Group” mindset
- Ability to manage and align multi-national and multi-cultural teams out of all Directorates.
- Ability to work in a complex, rapidly changing, and very competitive international environment
Skills Required
- Minimum 10 years of experience
- Fluent English
- Good technological understanding
- Good knowledge of MBDA products and future capabilities
- Good understanding of various national specificities and strategies
- Good understanding of EU institutions (EDA, European Commission, etc.)
- Strong negotiation skills and experience building consortia, defining WBS and workshare/budget share
- Ability to manage and align multinational, multicultural teams across directorates
- Ability to work in a complex, rapidly changing, competitive international environment
- Group mindset and strong motivation
What We Do
A world leader in missiles and missile systems. Our multi-national organisation is made up of around 13,000 employees working across the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and the US, and is the first truly integrated European defence company. As the European champion in our sector, our vision is to continue to grow our presence as a global player. Our mission is to achieve this by establishing ourselves as an industry leader; promoting co-operation and delivering technical and operational excellence to our customer. Our values are: • Innovation: Ensuring operational and strategic advantage; • Commitment: Always delivering on our promises; • Integrity: A reliable and trusted partner with the highest professional and ethical standards; • Passion: Applying all our energy and focus to every task, recognising our role in providing mission critical capabilities; • Team Spirit: Harnessing our diversity and collective purpose to deliver competitive advantage to all of our stakeholders. We have a rich heritage of designing and producing missiles and missile systems to meet the whole range of current and future operational requirements for the three armed forces (army, navy, air force). We are proud to be a trusted partner to our armed forces and work with them to deliver a cutting-edge portfolio of products.
