Head of Commissioning

Programme Name:

LCST

Location:

Bristol, UK

Are you ready for your next career challenge?..Role Overview:

The Head of Commissioning is the single point of accountability for all customer‑commissioned change entering the LCST portfolio, spanning Medical Support Services, Commodity Support Services (including Food, Defence Clothing, and General Consumables), and Operations.

This is a senior leadership role within P3M, responsible for the end‑to‑end commissioning function as an operational service, ensuring customer change demand is effectively shaped, assured, prioritised, and converted into executable delivery commitments. The role leads customer‑facing commissioning activity, oversees cross‑functional engagement, and drives continuous improvement in commissioning performance, quality, and throughput.

Core Purpose:

Provide a high‑performing commissioning service that converts customer demand into well‑defined, prioritised, and executable change with minimal rework, clear accountability, and high conversion to Authority to Proceed (ATP).

Key Accountabilities:

• Single point of accountability for all customer‑commissioned change entering the LCST portfolio
• Leadership of commissioning activity across Medical Support Services, Commodity Support Services, and Operations
• Senior customer engagement and leadership of commissioning discussions with delivery counterparts
• Ownership of demand shaping, definition, and assurance prior to delivery commitment
• Oversight and coordination of cross‑functional contributors including:
• Information Services
• Sub‑Contract Suppliers
• Commercial
• Finance
• Supply Chain
• Compliance and Security
• Leadership of commissioning performance improvement, focusing on:

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to drive innovation and efficiency

Reducing rework and RFIs:

Improving requirement clarity and completeness

Increasing conversion of demand to ATP

Success Measures:

• Improved operational performance of LCST Commissioning as a service
• Increased throughput of commissioned change entering delivery
• Reduction in rework, RFIs, and late clarification during delivery
• Improved conversion rate from demand to Authority to Proceed (ATP)
• Strong customer confidence in commissioning outcomes and commitments
• Clear, prioritised demand aligned to capacity and strategic objectives

Skills & Experience Required:

• Senior leadership of customer‑facing change commissioning or portfolio intake
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross‑functional teams in a matrix organisation
• Strong stakeholder management capability with customers, suppliers, and internal functions
• Experience shaping ambiguous demand into credible, deliverable proposals
• Understanding of commercial, financial, compliance, and security considerations for delivery in the UK Defence sector

Skills Desired:

• Experience operating in Defence, Logistics, or regulated public‑sector environments
• Background in complex programme management, service design, or large‑scale change enablement
• Familiarity with pre-award governance, investment decision‑making, and proposal assurance

Clearance Requirements:

• BPSS pre-screening required to start

• SC required for the role

Leidos UK! Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction...What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexible Working Scheme

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

The Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK’s defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD's materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK's defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time, the MOD will see the whole picture, as it is happening.

What Makes Us Different: Purpose:

you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration:

having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People:

Leidos empowerspeople from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills byenabling growth whilst developing**. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to**be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

£73,700.00-£97,000.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.