Job Title: Contract Director
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Lead major defence programmes. Shape capability. Influence outcomes that matter.
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Contract Director operating at the heart of Through Life Equipment Support (TLES) and delivering mission‑critical outcomes for UK defence.
The role
As Contract Director, you will take strategic accountability for delivering all contractual outputs across the Defence Support Group (DSG), Blueprint (Overseas Operations) and FEPS‑S contracts. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will lead complex, high‑value programmes that span multiple locations, disciplines and customer groups.
This is a role of significant scale, influence and visibility, requiring exceptional leadership, commercial maturity and the ability to make sound decisions in a fast‑moving environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be:
1. Leading the delivery of all contractual outputs and operational performance across multiple major Defence contracts.
2. Building trusted, productive relationships with the MOD customer, acting as a senior point of contact and strategic partner.
3. Providing outstanding leadership to large, diverse teams across multiple locations and disciplines.
4. Driving governance, commercial decisions, priorities and performance outcomes that protect and grow the business.
5. Ensuring strong contract controls, risk management and strategic alignment across all programmes.
The position is hybrid, with UK‑wide flexibility and the requirement to travel to key Land DSG sites including Andover, Bovington, Ashchurch, Warminster, Donnington and Catterick.
Essential experience of the Contract Director:
6. Extensive senior leadership experience within a large, complex organisation.
7. Demonstrated expertise in strategic leadership, operational delivery and senior‑level stakeholder management.
8. Strong commercial and financial acumen with the ability to interpret, challenge and influence data‑driven decisions.
9. A proven track record managing multi‑million‑pound contracts across the full lifecycle in multi‑discipline environments.
10. Experience working within recognised governance frameworks and bringing industry best practice to complex settings.
Qualifications for the Contract Director:
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
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 Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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