Portfolio Obsolescence Manager

Obsolescence Manager

Location: Huntingdon UK

Clearance level - High - (DV) Developed Vetting

UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL

As the QDC Portfolio Obsolescence Manager encompassing the three service elements you will act as the focal point for portfolio-level obsolescence management ensuring lifecycle risks are identified assessed managed and reported in accordance with the principles of BS EN IEC 62402:2019 and ITSM good practice.

The QDC Portfolio Obsolescence Manager will be accountable to the Chief Engineer for ensuring that obsolescence risks issues and opportunities are captured assessed escalated and governed through the appropriate portfolio programme service-management and change-control routes. The role will also liaise with Architecture Engineering ITAM Service Configuration Management and Service Design stakeholders to ensure that new or changed hardware software firmware applications and third-party components are considered against the agreed Obsolescence Management strategies Obsolescence Management Plan and service lifecycle requirements.

You will proactively identify items that are obsolete approaching end-of-life end-of-sale end-of-support or otherwise at risk of reduced availability supportability maintainability compliance or service continuity. You will assess and communicate the associated operational cyber-security commercial contractual and service risks producing evidence-based customer reports that support clear decisions on risk acceptance residual-risk treatment or funded remediation.

You will work closely with the wider portfolio including Commercial Finance PMO IT Asset Management Service Configuration Management Core Service Security/Cyber Service Architecture Agile Change teams suppliers and wider Engineering entities to identify assess prioritise and resolve lifecycle and obsolescence risks throughout the asset configuration item service and system lifecycle.

The role is based on a customer site near Huntington (3-4 days per week) with travel to other customer sites and the Leidos Farnborough office.

• Develop implement maintain and continually improve an Obsolescence Management Plan (OMP) aligned to the Obsolescence Management Policy contractual obligations regulatory requirements customer outcomes service-management controls and BS EN IEC 62402 principles.

• Identify assess classify and monitor obsolescence for configuration items and technology assets including hardware software operating systems firmware applications infrastructure components and third-party products using lifecycle intelligence such as vendor roadmaps end-of-life notices end-of-support dates and support-policy changes.

• Maintain obsolescence registers lifecycle records configuration and asset data risk assessments treatment plans decision records and residual-risk positions ensuring defined ownership review cadence governance and timely escalation of critical risks.

• Perform obsolescence impact assessments for obsolete or at-risk items including service impact dependency and compatibility constraints security exposure availability and maintainability implications compliance considerations workaround requirements and operational support consequences.

• Lead and coordinate obsolescence mitigation and resolution strategies such as last-time buys alternative sourcing approved substitutions upgrade paths redesign requalification repair solutions extended-support agreements risk treatment or service re-architecture.

• Work with Engineering Architecture and Design teams to identify and validate replacement options (form-fit-function replacements approved alternatives or modern equivalents) including compatibility security supportability and service impact.

• Define replacement and remediation recommendations with an implementation view including change category implementation steps prerequisite changes testing and validation needs release and deployment considerations service-transition impact and high-level effort or cost drivers to support funded-change decisions.

• Engage with suppliers to understand product lifecycle status roadmaps and endoflife notifications.

• Support programme bids cost models and business cases by providing obsolescence impact assessments.

• Facilitate customer and portfolio decision-making by presenting options for risk acceptance risk treatment residual-risk ownership and funded remediation; maintain traceability of decisions approvals assumptions controls and agreed actions.

• Ensure compliance with customer contractual and regulatory requirements related to obsolescence management.

• Provide customer-facing reporting packs (e.g. monthly/quarterly) showing obsolete/at-risk products affected locations/services risk ratings support implications and recommended actions.

• Contribute to continual improvement of obsolescence-management processes lifecycle-data quality service-management controls reporting packs governance forums and toolsets.

• Provide technical assurance on packaging/installation standards (approved versions dependencies hardening and supportability) so remediation actions do not introduce new lifecycle or security risk.

• Assess and communicate the impact of proposed changes through the change enablement lifecycle including compatibility regression and validation needs support status configuration baseline impact release and deployment considerations and downstream service impact providing inputs to CAB or the relevant Change Authority as required

What does Leidos need from me

• Develop implement govern and continually improve the Obsolescence Management Plan across the enterprise together with proactive and reactive obsolescence strategies that minimise lifecycle risk and provide controlled mitigation resolution or risk-treatment options.

• Provide obsolescence-management input at programme technical service-management and support meetings and chair the Obsolescence Working Group to drive governance prioritisation decision-making and action tracking.

• Produce maintain and communicate the Obsolescence Management Forecast including emerging lifecycle risks forecasted end-of-support events affected services risk ratings mitigation options and decision points.

• Proven experience and Knowledge of obsolescence/lifecycle management within a complex IT or operational technology estate.

• Strong technical understanding across hardware operating systems applications and infrastructure components including integration dependencies and service delivery impact.

• Working knowledge of ITIL and ITSM practices particularly IT Asset Management Service Configuration Management Change Enablement Incident Management Problem Management Risk Management Knowledge Management and Continual Improvement including how configuration and lifecycle data underpins effective service-management controls.

• Experience working within regulated or high-assurance environments and producing evidence-based reporting for customer and audit stakeholders.

• Ability to analyse technical operational and commercial data to assess risk determine service impact and recommend practical mitigation or replacement options.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence decisions across multi-disciplinary teams (operations engineering security procurement and customer).

• Experience engaging vendors/suppliers for lifecycle information (EoL/EoS notices support options roadmaps) and translating this into actionable plans.

• Excellent communication and reporting skills including the ability to produce clear Obsolescence Impact Reports risk summaries and recommendations for non-technical audiences.

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of industry standards and best practice for obsolescence management particularly BS EN IEC 62402 including obsolescence-management policy organisational infrastructure OMP development proactive design strategies risk-based management approaches resolution selection implementation measurement and continual improvement.

• Experience with obsolescence management tools or lifecycle databases such as Diamond OM.

• Understanding of ITSM service configuration management configuration baselines CI relationships asset records change enablement release and deployment controls and auditability.

• Commercial awareness including cost modelling and total lifecycle cost considerations.

• Experience in ITSM and ITAM tooling such as:

  • ManageEngine End Point Central.

  • Service Desk Plus.

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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)
Flexi-TIme

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:

Leidos UK & EUROPE we work to make the world safer healthier and more efficient through technology engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence healthcare government safety and security and transportation.

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 empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling 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 youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were 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:

61500.00-78800.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 61500 - 78800