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About the role
- Programme Manager shaping future capability and resilience at UK defence infrastructure site. Leading complex programmes to modernise operations and deliver national defence support.
Responsibilities
- Lead transformation at the heart of UK defence infrastructure
- Take a pivotal leadership role in shaping the future capability, capacity and resilience of one of Europe’s most strategically important defence sites.
- Lead complex programmes that will modernise how Babcock operates at Devonport, delivering new infrastructure, strengthening systems and transforming the way we support national defence.
- Ensure our programmes deliver real‑world outcomes that matter.
- Develop your career within a world‑class engineering and defence organisation that offers continuous growth, meaningful work and the chance to influence large‑scale change from day one.
- Lead the delivery of major programmes from set‑up through to benefits realisation and closure.
- Shape programme vision, blueprint and delivery strategy, ensuring alignment across wider portfolios.
- Manage risks, issues, dependencies, budgets and reporting at programme level.
- Engage and influence senior leaders, delivery partners and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and coordinated activity.
- Drive continuous improvement, embedding best practice in programme and project management.
Requirements
- Experience leading programmes within complex environments such as defence, infrastructure, regulated industries or public sector.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities, interdependencies and multi‑disciplinary teams.
- Strong capability in programme and project management methodologies (e.g., MSP, PRINCE2, Agile).
- Confident leadership, communication and influencing skills at senior stakeholder level.
- Financial acumen, including business case development, investment appraisal and benefits tracking.
- Degree‑level education in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
- MSP or recent experience operating in a similar programme leadership context.
- The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
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