Futures Director

Lead the future of defence and engineering 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 Futures Director, based across our UK hubs with hybrid working options.

The role involves:

• Providing strategic leadership for the Future Business and Capability discipline across the Land & UKA sector, ensuring alignment with long‑term organisational objectives.
• Shaping market strategies and engaging senior stakeholders to drive informed decision‑making and prioritisation.
• Identifying emerging markets and future capability needs, translating insights into tangible opportunities that position the business for sustained growth.
• Enabling future‑focused growth initiatives by ensuring the organisation has the right skills, capacity, and capability pipeline.
• Demonstrating external gravitas and thought leadership, representing the sector in key forums, influencing industry direction, and strengthening the organisation’s profile and credibility.
• Collaborating closely with the senior leadership team to advance sector‑wide strategic priorities and deliver high‑impact outcomes.

This is a permanent, full-time role working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with hybrid working across UK locations.

Essential experience:

• A visionary leader who can unite and inspire a high-performing team.
• Significant experience within a large, complex, global organisation.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate future possibilities.
• Resilient and adaptable, able to navigate ambiguity and complexity.
• Pragmatic approach to applying skills and knowledge in a dynamic context.

Qualifications:

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 Security Check (SC) clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions.

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 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 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 has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world for over a century. 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: 28/01/2026