Job Title: Programme Manager
Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72792
Lead complex programmes that protect national security and shape the future of defence.
At Babcock, we work to create a safe and secure world together. As a Programme Manager you will manage key programmes within our Mission Systems Sense and Connect portfolio, supporting intelligence and security programmes that have national importance. Your primary focus will be business management and delivery oversight of large, technically complex contracts, ensuring outcomes meet operational, commercial and strategic objectives.
This high‑impact role offers visibility at senior level; your decisions will shape programme performance, stakeholder confidence and long‑term capability. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, collaborate with customers and partners, and champion continuous improvement while developing your leadership profile in a respected defence organisation.
The role
Day‑to‑day responsibilities include:
* Leading delivery and performance management of intelligence and security programmes across cost, schedule and quality
* Managing programme risks, issues and dependencies to ensure successful outcomes
* Establishing strong governance, controls and reporting aligned with business objectives
* Producing programme performance reports and driving corrective action where required
* Building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, customers and delivery partners
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.
Essential experience
* Extensive experience managing programmes delivering complex systems or equipment contracts
* Proven leadership of multidisciplinary, high‑performing teams
* Experience developing business cases, delivery plans and programme strategies
* Strong understanding of defence, intelligence or security‑led environments
* Ability to operate confidently at senior stakeholder level
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent professional experience in delivering complex programmes
* Chartered Project Professional status or equivalent is desirable
* APM Project Risk Management qualification is advantageous
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. You must be a sole UK national.
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 share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of professional fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
* Holiday trading to buy or sell annual leave
* Be Kind Day for paid volunteering each year
* Flexible working options to support work‑life balance
* A dynamic working environment where leadership, trust and purpose thrive
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header "Reasonable adjustments requirement". We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements at interview.
Closing date: 08/05/2026
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