Portfolio Management Office Lead

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 Portfolio Management Office Lead at our Bristol site.

The Role

As a Portfolio Management Office Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will lead the functional PMO and become the PMO point of contact. Day-to-day, you’ll develop the PMO strategy and implement any associated initiatives.

• Lead PMO and governance related meetings
• Own the implementation of governance related change and improvements
• Lead governance audits and strive to achieve green status across mission systems
• Own governance related process and policy compliance
• Leading global project management framework adoption within mission systems

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Portfolio Management Office Lead:

• Experience in similar PMO role
• Good understanding of project governance and controls
• Experience of motivating direct and indirect teams
• Experience of implementing and communicating change across matrix organisation
• Ability to present information to senior stakeholders

Qualifications for the Portfolio Management Office Lead:

• Degree level qualified in relevant subject

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.

What We Offer:

• 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 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.
• ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 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’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 14/06/2025