Head of Delivery Services in Plymouth

Position: Full time, Permanent. Sites: Plymouth, Bristol or Edinburgh. Role ID: SF74412. Compensation: Competitive + Benefits.

Responsibilities:

• Leading cross‑portfolio delivery, ensuring compliance, governance and performance standards are consistently achieved.
• Driving strategic initiatives including digital transformation, knowledge management and continuous improvement.
• Developing and implementing resourcing strategies to align future demand with operational capability.
• Managing interfaces, risks and dependencies across complex programmes and stakeholder groups.
• Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enhance delivery outcomes.

Essential Experience:

• Significant experience leading large, complex portfolios within defence, infrastructure, public sector or regulated industries.
• Proven ability to oversee multi‑million‑pound programmes with complex interdependencies.
• Strong knowledge of portfolio, programme and project delivery methodologies such as Managing Successful Programmes, Projects In Controlled Environments or Agile.
• Demonstrated leadership and influencing capability at senior or executive level.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including business case development and benefits realisation.

Qualifications:

• Degree level qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Additional qualifications in portfolio management, strategy or programme leadership are desirable.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within the company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that 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.

Benefits:

• 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 employees to buy or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day of paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Inclusive Hiring:

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 are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 05/07/2026.