Job Title: Global Senior Product Quality Governance Manager
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £70,000 - £80,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72990
Lead quality at a global scale. Shape safer systems. Make a lasting impact
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Global Senior Product Quality Governance Manager at any of our main UK locations, near your nearest commutable town and county.
The role
As a Global Senior Product Quality Governance Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll play a pivotal role in strengthening how product quality is governed across Babcock International Group. This is a highly influential leadership position where you'll shape end‑to‑end product quality governance frameworks, ensuring product quality risks are understood, controlled and managed consistently across diverse sectors and international operations.
Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:
* Leading group level product quality risk assessments across sectors and delivery units
* Defining governance controls, requirements and assurance activities that improve product quality outcomes
* Creating and implementing product quality governance policies, processes and procedures
* Conducting technical assurance reviews and vertical product audits across the organisation
* Supporting and influencing engineering teams on design for manufacture, inspection and critical specifications
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.
This is a full time, permanent role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. The role can be based at any of our main UK locations with hybrid working patterns.
Essential experience of the Global Senior Product Quality Governance Manager:
* Significant experience in product quality, quality assurance or engineering roles, including leadership responsibility
* Proven knowledge of quality systems, standards, product quality control and assurance
* Experience working across complex, regulated environments such as defence, aerospace or engineering
* Strong stakeholder engagement skills across global, multi‑disciplinary teams
* Extensive practical application of quality and engineering tools and techniques
Qualifications for the Global Senior Product Quality Governance Manager:
* 1st Degree in either a Quality, science or engineering discipline
* Chartered Membership of an applicable body, (Engineering or Quality) i.e., CQI is preferred.
* Lead auditor in either As9100 or ISO 9001.
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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .
What we offer
* 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
* 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
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 24/04/2026
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