Capability & Resource Lead

At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.

Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family‑friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

Work‑life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us.

Amentum are recruiting for two Capability & Resource Leads. These are strategic roles accountable for driving success and growth aspirations of the Business Divisions via innovative approaches to Skills, Capabilities and Resourcing. The roles will require the application of tactical and strategic resource planning, capability development, skills mapping, and programmes delivering inclusion.

Resource management remains one of the biggest risks to our markets, so we need to think differently on how we approach our overall capability strategy – this role is responsible for understanding the client requirements, market demands and the business division strategy, to drive results and effectively ensure the organisation has the capacity to meet these demands.

As a representative of Amentum, you will be responsible for developing a comprehensive framework that empowers our colleagues to pursue successful and adaptive career paths, ensuring their skills remain relevant in an ever‑changing market. Your commitment to continuous self‑learning and fostering an environment where employees take ownership of their own learning, up‑skilling, and development will be crucial. Your approach to leadership will be characterised by authenticity, thoughtfulness, collaboration, and inclusivity.

• Aligning resource management with the organisation’s strategic goals.

• Build people capability to deliver the strategy, including organisational design activities for existing and future opportunities.

• Managing resources to maximise productivity and efficiency.

• Promote inclusivity, diversity, well‑being, and continuous improvement.

• Assess critical skills and forecasting future needs to ensure the organisation has the capacity to meet these demands.

• Handle resource conflicts and shortages by reallocating resources or hiring additional employees.

• Collaborate with Project Managers, Senior Leaders, Talent Acquisition and HR to plan and execute resource management strategies.

• Develop a culture of cross‑functional collaboration to improve utilisation and cross pollination.

• Integrate with our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) team to maximise efficiency in line with strategy.

• Own and manage the process to develop and maintain a high‑quality resource demand focus across the business, enabling effective and timely decisions are made around resource mobilisation and deployment.

• Deliver high‑quality, data‑rich dashboards and reports for stakeholders, enabling real‑time, strategic decision‑making.

• Build and nurture strategic relationships across internal and external stakeholders to foster alignment and trust.

• Drive cross‑functional collaboration, ensuring a unified…