Programme Manager

About the Role

At Babcock, we are committed to creating a safe and secure world. As a Programme Manager based at Ashton House near Bristol, you will lead a high-profile, strategically important programme within our Mission Systems business. This is a pivotal opportunity to deliver complex technology and engineering solutions that support defence capability, national security, and future growth. You will be at the forefront of defence innovation, leading multidisciplinary teams, influencing senior stakeholders, and delivering outcomes that truly matter.

This role is responsible for leading a complex and high-value growth programme, driving successful delivery from mobilisation through to execution. You will join a developing team at an exciting stage, with the opportunity to shape ways of working, build capability, and make a lasting impact across the business.

This role offers excellent career development opportunities within a globally recognised engineering and defence organisation, enabling you to contribute to projects that support the safety and security of the UK.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Lead multidisciplinary teams to successfully mobilise and deliver complex programmes and growth initiatives.
• Manage the delivery of large, technically complex engineering and technology contracts for Ministry of Defence and commercial customers.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to maintain confidence, engagement, and programme success.
• Drive programme performance, risk management, financial objectives, and delivery commitments.
• Develop and grow high-performing teams that support both successful programme delivery and future business growth.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week, and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential Experience:

• Demonstrable experience leading and delivering large-scale complex engineering or technology programmes valued at £75m+.
• Strong project and programme management expertise, including bid, mobilisation, delivery, and service integration activities.
• Experience identifying, managing, and mitigating programme risks within complex delivery environments.
• Proven commercial awareness and experience operating within large, high-value programmes.
• Experience building, leading, and developing high-performing teams while engaging confidently with senior stakeholders and customers.

Qualifications:

• Holds a recognised project management qualification such as APM PMQ, ChPP or equivalent.
• Holds a clean UK driving license.
• Be eligible for a minimum SC level (UK) security clearance with the potential for further clearance if required.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of our positions are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions, which may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and residency.

What we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• 10-days special paid leave for Reservists in the armed forces
• Holiday Trading
• 'Be Kind Day' for volunteering
• Flexible working options
• A dynamic working environment

Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation committed to lifetime engineering, offering meaningful careers that respect work-life balance. We are a disability confident committed employer and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We are happy to discuss flexible working patterns.