Digital Excellence Business - Graduate Programme 2027
Join MBDA's Digital Excellence Business Graduate Scheme and develop your knowledge in the business capabilities that help MBDA deliver digital change, improve how we work and make the most of emerging technology.
Salary: £31,900 plus a £3000 joining bonus
Dynamic (Hybrid) Working: You can expect to be onsite for 2 to 3 days of the week
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
This role is scheduled to close for applications at midnight on Monday 2nd November 2026 but may close earlier depending on application volumes.
The opportunity:
Digital Excellence brings together the capabilities that help shape MBDA's digital environment from managing change and delivering projects to defining business architecture and exploring how AI and data can support better decisions and new ways of working.
Over two years, you'll complete four six-month placements, giving you broad exposure to different areas of Digital Excellence while developing your business, strategic and stakeholder management skills within a complex international organisation. Some of these placements could include: Change Management, Project Management, Business Architecture, Digital Factory, AI & Data Strategy.
Throughout your placements, you'll work alongside experienced specialists and contribute to real business and digital challenges. You could be supporting a major change initiative, coordinating project activity, analysing business needs, helping shape a digital product or contributing to the development of MBDA's AI & data strategies.
With support from experienced colleagues, you'll develop skills in:
Managing and supporting digital change
Planning and delivering projects and programmes
Understanding business needs, capabilities and processes
Developing business architecture and strategic thinking
Working with digital products, innovation and emerging technology
Understanding the opportunities and challenges of AI and data
Collaborating with technical specialists, business teams and senior stakeholders
Presenting and communicating ideas clearly
Building relationships across an international organisation
The scheme is designed to give you the breadth to discover where your strengths and interests lie, alongside the experience to build a long-term career within Digital Excellence. More important than already knowing exactly which business or digital career you want is having the curiosity and ambition to explore different areas and develop your expertise.
What we're looking for from you:
Degree qualified in one of the following disciplines, to a minimum 2.2:
Business and Management
Change Management
Project Management
Business Analysis
Economics
Engineering (any specialism)
Information Systems
Computer Science
Data Science
Mathematics
We're looking for graduates who are curious about how organisations work and passionate about using digital capabilities to create positive change.
This role is ideally suited to someone who:
Enjoys solving problems and understanding how things work
Is interested in technology, business and emerging digital trends
Has strong analytical, organisational and planning skills
Is curious and willing to learn
Can communicate ideas clearly to different audiences
Enjoys collaborating with others and building relationships
Can manage competing priorities and take ownership of your work
Digital capability plays a critical role in enabling our people and our business to succeed. Within Digital Excellence, you'll have the opportunity to work on meaningful challenges, learn from specialists across a wide range of disciplines and help shape the change, projects, strategies and digital solutions that will support MBDA now and into the future.
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