IT Service Manager in Bristol

Location: Bristol, Gloucestershire

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74843

Shape the future of aviation technology while delivering services that keep critical operations running. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an IT Service Manager at The Bristol Technology Centre, near Bristol, Gloucestershire.

The role:

As an IT Service Manager, you'll be the single point of accountability for end-to-end IT service delivery to a key aviation customer. This is a highly visible, customer-facing role where you'll build trusted stakeholder relationships, drive service excellence, and ensure critical technology services are delivered to the highest standards. Working at the heart of our Engagement Delivery Team, you'll have the opportunity to influence service strategy, lead continual improvement initiatives, and make a direct impact on customer success. If you're passionate about delivering exceptional IT services, managing complex stakeholder relationships, and helping support vital aviation operations, this role offers an exciting platform for career growth within a global engineering and defence organisation.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with customer stakeholders as the key interface between Babcock IT and the customer.
• Lead regular service review meetings, presenting performance against contractual commitments and service levels.
• Manage customer escalations and oversee communications and resolution during major incidents.
• Drive customer-focused Service Improvement Plans that enhance service delivery and user experience.
• Represent the Engagement Delivery Team through executive communications, stakeholder engagement, and customer site meetings.

This role is 37.5 hours per week and is based on-site at The Bristol Technology Centre. Travel to other Babcock and customer sites will be expected.

Essential experience of the IT Service Manager:

• Experience managing operational IT delivery teams or resolving complex IT service issues.
• Experience producing reports for senior stakeholders and presenting findings effectively.
• Strong understanding of IT services and their relationship to wider business objectives.
• Demonstrable experience managing customer-facing services and stakeholder relationships.
• Proven ability to drive service improvements and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.

Qualifications for the IT Service Manager:

Essential:

• Relevant experience in IT service management, service delivery, or customer-facing technology environments.

Desirable:

• PRINCE2 or equivalent project management qualification.
• ITIL Foundation or Practitioner certification.
• Technical qualifications such as Cisco, Microsoft, or equivalent certifications.

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:

• 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.
• 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.

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. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 27/07/2026