At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead diverse tech projects, ensuring delivery excellence and proactive risk management.
- Company: Join Babcock, a global leader in defence and engineering with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy generous holidays, pension schemes, health support, and volunteering days.
- Other info: Flexible working options available; be part of a supportive and inclusive team.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on national security while shaping the future of technology.
- Qualifications: Experience in project management and familiarity with frameworks like PRINCE2 or Agile.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Shape The Future of Technology Delivery In Defence, Aerospace and Engineering
At Babcock, we are working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an IT Portfolio Lead based at any of our main UK locations including Bristol, Warrington, Devonport, Leicester, Rosyth.
The role:
As an IT Portfolio Lead, you will provide independent, insight-led oversight across a diverse portfolio of technology projects. You will play a pivotal role in strengthening delivery discipline, improving forecasting, and ensuring risks are identified early and effectively managed. Working closely with senior stakeholders, project managers and the Project Management Office, you will bring clarity, structure and continuous improvement to portfolio delivery—directly impacting business performance and strategic outcomes.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
- Provide delivery assurance and governance oversight across the portfolio
- Produce high-quality portfolio reporting and insights to support decision-making
- Identify, assess and manage risks, issues and escalations proactively
- Support and enhance project management capability and delivery standards
- Drive alignment with the Project Management Office and continuous improvement initiatives
This role is full-time, 37.5 hours per week and can be based at one of our main UK locations including Bristol, Warrington, Devonport, Leicester, Rosyth. Hybrid working arrangements are available.
Essential experience:
- Demonstrating extensive experience in project or programme delivery
- Applying a strong track record within portfolio or Project Management Office environments
- Managing and overseeing multiple concurrent projects in complex settings
- Identifying delivery risks early and implementing effective mitigation strategies
- Working with established delivery frameworks such as PRINCE2, Agile or hybrid models
Qualifications:
- Project or programme management certification (such as PRINCE2, Agile or equivalent) is desirable
- Relevant degree or professional qualification in a related discipline is advantageous
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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: 23/06/2026
IT Portfolio Lead employer: weServed
At Babcock, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a flexible working environment across various UK locations, including Bristol and Warrington. Our commitment to employee well-being is reflected in our generous benefits package, which includes a matched pension scheme, health consultations, and unique initiatives like 'Be Kind Day' for volunteering. We foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth, ensuring that our employees can thrive while contributing to meaningful projects that enhance national security and public infrastructure.
