Job Description

Job Title: Discovery Pipeline Manager - SC
Location: London, MAX 1 day/week on site (Tuesday)
Contract Duration: 31.03.2027 with possibility of extension
Daily Rate: £466/day (Umbrella – Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside

Security Clearance: SC

Owns and manages the AI Discovery Pathway, ensuring demand is captured, assessed, prioritised, and matured into decision-ready opportunities that align with Defence priorities.

Core Responsibilities:

• Maintain a single, authoritative pipeline of AI opportunities and requests across Defence.
• Ensure all demand is captured, tracked, and aligned to agreed prioritisation frameworks.
• Provide transparent reporting on pipeline health, volume, and flow into prioritisation, commissioning, and delivery.
• Ensure structured intake, triage, and prioritisation processes are applied consistently in line with Team Operating Procedures.
• Translate fragmented demand signals into coherent themes and priority areas.
• Reduce mis‑routed, low‑value, or duplicative requests entering the pipeline.
• Lead delivery and continuous improvement of the Discovery Pathway (L3 2.5.1), including clear entry criteria and structured deep‑discovery outputs.
• Define and manage hand‑offs from discovery into prioritisation, commissioning, or delivery.
• Ensure discovery distinguishes genuine Defence‑level demand from local optimisation or low‑value use cases.
• Ensure problems entering delivery are well‑defined, evidence‑based, and linked to war‑fighter needs and strategic outcomes.

Essential:

• Experience in pipeline, portfolio, or demand management within complex organisations.
• Proven ability to design and operate structured intake and discovery processes.
• Ability to translate ambiguous or fragmented demand into clear, decision‑ready problem statements.
• Experience working across engagement, insight, and delivery functions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leaders.
• Ability to apply prioritisation frameworks and support evidence‑based decision‑making.

Desirable:

• AI awareness

Security Clearance: SC

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181