Managing Director

Location:
Stevenage, GB, SG16 6DN Shrewsbury, GB, SY4 4DZ Gloucester, GB, GL51 6SP Ealing, London, GB, NW10 7LT Avonmouth, Bristol, GB, BS35 2LH Cardiff, GB, CF3 6YA Newham, London, GB, E6 7FF Aylesbury, GB, HP22 5PG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Managing Director, Training

Managing Director, Aviation

Location: Hybrid Working, UK with travel

Compensation: Competitive Salary

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69669

Lead the Future of Defence and Aerospace 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 Managing Director – Training and Managing Director - Aviation at our UK sites.

The role

We have two opportunities for Managing Director positions due to internal promotion. One role will lead our Training business and the other our UK Aviation business. You'll be at the helm of one of Babcock's most dynamic business units within the Land and Aviation sector. These are rare opportunities to shape the future of defence and aerospace training, drive operational excellence, and lead large scale, regulated contracts that make a real-world impact.

Day-to-day, you'll define strategy, deliver complex operations to critical customers, and foster a high-performance, inclusive culture. With Babcock's re-entry into the FTSE 100 and a renewed focus on growth and transformation, there's never been a more exciting time to join us.

• Leading strategic direction and operational delivery across the business unit
• Building and nurturing high-performing, safety-focused teams
• Driving growth through innovation and customer-centric solutions
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
• Championing Babcock's values and culture across all levels of the organisation

These roles are full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office/onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience for the role:

• Leading large scale, complex and regulated contracts with full financial accountability
• Inspiring leadership of diverse teams in high-pressure environments
• Strategic thinking with a proven growth mindset
• Building inclusive, safety-first cultures with high engagement
• Strong commercial acumen and risk management expertise

Qualifications for the Managing Director position:

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.

Selection Guidance

All applications must be submitted with a CV & Cover letter which should outline your experience against these key parameters. You must be able to demonstrate;

• Substantial experience running a P&L or large programme together with the size/scale of the delivery

• Extensive Leadership capability of teams in both scale and complexity

• Experience of Stakeholder/customer management

If selected, you will be required to attend an Assessment Centre on the 8th December in Bristol followed by a final stage interview in London on the 10th December.

As part of this assessment process you will undertake psychometric assessments

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC)

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: 21/11/2025

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