Job Title: Transformation Programme Manager
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Transformation Programme Manager across our Ashton Vale, Bristol and Devonport, Plymouth sites.
The Role
As a Transformation Programme Manager, you’ll be at the heart of our Mission Systems transformation journey. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a complex SAP integration programme across our business, driving operational excellence and enabling growth. Your work will make a tangible difference to national security and defence, while accelerating your own career development in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll play a key role in building strong relationships across both our sector and wider Group teams as part of implementing our ambitious strategy. You’ll drive and control change and the role will provide high levels of visibility and responsibility to deliver.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
1. Leading the delivery of transformation programmes, ensuring cost, time, and quality targets are met.
2. Managing end-to-end project lifecycles, from requirements capture to business case development.
3. Identifying and controlling interdependencies across multiple projects.
4. Building strong relationships and influencing stakeholders across a matrix organisation.
5. Driving effective risk management to minimise exposure and ensure successful outcomes.
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 of the Transformation Programme Manager
6. Proven experience delivering transformation programmes in complex environments.
7. Background in ERP deployment, ideally SAP.
8. Strong senior stakeholder engagement skills.
9. Experience with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
10. Leadership experience in a matrix organisation.
Qualifications for the Transformation Programme Manager
11. APM PMQ or equivalent.
12. Agile Practitioner certification.
13. Chartered Project Manager status (advantageous).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at
What We Offer
14. Generous holiday allowance
15. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
16. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
17. Employee share scheme
18. Employee shopping savings portal
19. Payment of Professional Fees
20. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
21. 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. This Window opens February through to March annually
22. ‘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
23. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing