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 aTransformation Programme Manager, you’ll take a leading role within our Mission Systems business, driving complex business change across a highly regulated, engineering‑led environment. This is a high‑profile opportunity to shape how our organisation operates as we deliver a major SAP migration programme, forming part of a wider, enterprise‑level transformation.
You’ll lead teams through periods of change, aligning stakeholders around a shared vision and ensuring delivery against cost, time and quality commitments. Your work will directly support operational effectiveness, business growth and long‑term sustainability while developing your own leadership capability, strategic insight and programme delivery expertise at scale.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
1. Leading end‑to‑end delivery of a complex SAP transformation programme across multiple business units
2. Driving business change initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and operational priorities
3. Managing multiple interdependencies, risks and resources to maintain momentum and delivery focus
4. Building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across a matrix organisationE
5. mbedding strong governance, project controls and performance reporting throughout the programme
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.
Essential experience of the Transformation Programme Manager
6. Proven experience delivering complex transformation or change programmes in regulated or engineering‑led environmentsStrong background in IT, technical or business change, including ERP deployment experience
7. Demonstrated expertise in waterfall project delivery, with Agile experience advantageous
8. Confident senior stakeholder engagement and influence at programme level
9. Experience leading teams directly and within a matrix structure
Qualifications for the Transformation Programme Manager
10. Recognised project or programme management qualification such as APM PMQ, Agile Practitioner or equivalent
11. Chartered Project Manager status or similar professional accreditation is advantageous
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Employee shopping savings portal
15. Payment of Professional Fees
16. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
17. 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
18. ‘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
19. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
20. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
21. Employee share scheme