Senior Project Manager

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Location:

Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ

Onsite or Hybrid:

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Project Manager at our Bristol site.

The role
As a Senior Project Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be part of our growing Digital Solutions team within Babcock Naval Nuclear, supporting critical defence programmes and delivering innovative digital solutions.

Day-to-day, you'll:

• Ensure alignment of IT projects with business strategies and digital transformation goals.
• Lead cross-functional teams including Business Analysts, Technical Architects, and Developers.
• Oversee project delivery, resourcing, and support within agreed budgets, timelines, and quality standards.
• Establish governance structures and communication plans in collaboration with the Architecture Lead.
• Provide regular progress reports, performance dashboards, and maintain risk mitigation plans.

This role is full time, provides hybrid working arrangements with 2+ days in the office and the remainder working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior Project Manager

• Proven experience delivering complex enterprise-level IT/digital projects in regulated industries.
• Strong leadership and line management skills.
• Experience working with government/MOD clients and programme partners.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies and IT systems lifecycle.
• Effective stakeholder management across internal teams, clients, and suppliers.

Qualifications for the Senior Project Manager

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Recognised PM qualification such as PRINCE2 or APM.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain BPSS 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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK ().

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 annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• '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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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 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: 03/09/2025