Governance and Assurance Manager - Submarines

Job Description

Job Title Governance and Assurance Manager - Submarines

Hours Full time

Location Derby/ Wilmore House

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Governance and Assurance Manager to join Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby.  We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

Working for the Head of Governance and Assurance and Risk.  The Governance and Assurance Manager will be responsible for overseeing the Rolls-Royce Submarines governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations, and maintaining effective assurance processes. This role plays a key part in strengthening the internal control environment, supporting risk management, and promoting a culture of accountability and transparency across Submarines

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing?

• Maintain and enhance corporate governance structures, policies, and procedures
• Support the Board, Executive, and Committees with governance advice and reporting
• Develop and oversee the internal assurance framework to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and policy requirements
• Coordinate 2nd Line of Defence Assurance across the business and follow-up on agreed actions
• Monitor key controls and assurance processes across departments
• Ensure alignment between risk management and assurance activities
• Develop and deliver governance and assurance training to internal stakeholders
• Act as a subject matter expert on good governance practices
• Prepare high-quality reports, dashboards, and briefings for senior leadership and governing bodies
• Analyse trends in risk and assurance to support strategic decision-making

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.

• Proven experience in governance, risk, assurance, or compliance roles.
• Trained auditor with audit experience
• Strong understanding of corporate governance principles, risk management frameworks, and regulatory compliance
• Experience of working with senior stakeholders, Boards, and/or Committees
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to integrity and confidentiality.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under pressure.
• A degree level or equivalent in business, project management, or 2-3 years equivalent business experience including APMQ qualifications is desirable in addition to experience with data analytics and management information reporting.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines, you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Closing date: Friday 08 August

Grade: Level C

Job Category

Project Management