Programme Manager Strategic Projects in Fife

Lead the programmes that shape the future of defence, engineering and maritime innovation. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Programme Manager Strategic Projects at Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife. As a global engineering and support services organisation, Babcock delivers critical capabilities across defence, aerospace and complex engineering. Our work protects communities, strengthens national security and enables innovation at scale — and we do it with purpose.

As a Programme Manager Strategic Projects, you will be at the heart of Babcock’s strategic growth, turning ambition into delivery. This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity, brings clarity to multi‑workstream programmes and takes pride in delivering outcomes that matter. Sitting within our Growth and Engineering directorate, you’ll lead strategically important programmes from concept through to completion. Your work will shape new technologies, improve operational performance and position Babcock for long‑term commercial success — while accelerating your own leadership development in a highly visible, business‑critical role.

Responsibilities

• Owning end‑to‑end delivery of complex, strategic programmes, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within scope and with clear commercial benefit.
• Leading development, improvement and FEED initiatives, embedding lifecycle, manufacturability and service considerations from the outset.
• Providing programme‑level governance, control and reporting across multiple concurrent workstreams, managing risk, dependency and change.
• Operating within structured stage‑gate governance frameworks, owning business cases, documentation and evidence‑based decision making.
• Acting as the connective lead across engineering, commercial and external stakeholders, representing Babcock with credibility and confidence.

This role is full time (37.5 hours per week) and based at Rosyth. Hybrid working patterns are available; with a minimum of three days per week on site. International travel will be expected.

Essential experience

• Proven experience delivering complex, multi‑workstream programmes within an engineering or technically led environment.
• Strong programme governance capability, including stage‑gate or gated development frameworks.
• Sound commercial awareness, with experience integrating cost, margin, schedule and lifecycle considerations.
• Technical credibility enabling effective collaboration with engineering teams and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Formal project or programme management qualification (APM, PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent).
• Degree or equivalent experience in an engineering, technical or numerate discipline.
• Experience within marine, energy, capital equipment or similarly regulated engineering sectors (desirable).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain BPSS security clearance for this role. Many positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This may affect eligibility based on place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and residency.

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 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 entitlement.
• Be Kind Day enables one working day’s paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme.

About Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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. We’re building a future that lasts — and meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. 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’re committed to an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. Flexible working can be discussed at interview.

Closing date

Closing date: 05/05/2026