Transformation Programme Manager

Job Title: Transformation Programme Manager - SAP Migration

Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69660

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 Transformation Programme Manager at our Ashton Vale, Bristol or Devonport, Plymouth sites.

The Role

The Transformation Programme Manager role is based within our Mission Systems business area. Babcock is a trusted provider of integrated solutions for global defence and security. We have a wide portfolio of best-in-class intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance solutions, communications, and weapons launch and handling solutions across all domains, integrating the best of industry to meet our customers' needs.

Day-to-day, you'll be leading the complex integration of SAP across our Mission Systems business, as part of a Babcock wide transformation programme. Reporting to our Director of Operational Excellence this role will be centred around transformation and business change, providing leadership and strategic management focused on increasing sector wide operational effectiveness.

You'll play a key role in building strong relationships across both our sector and wider Group teams as part of implementing our ambitious strategy. You'll drive and control change and the role will provide high levels of visibility and responsibility to deliver.

• Providing operational and strategic management of business change initiatives, ensuring teams understand and deliver against cost, time and quality requirements and remain coordinated in their approach to delivering the agreed scope of work, taking business priorities and dependencies into account.
• Providing end-to-end delivery throughout the project lifecycle, you'll also be responsible for supporting with requirement capture, scoping, technical and delivery solutions and the generation of business cases and proposal documents.
• Identification, planning and management of multiple project interdependencies, ensuring successful delivery and focus on key activities.
• Effective management of stakeholders and building of strong relationships across a matrix organisation.
• Providing effective risk management to ensure that the business' risk exposure is kept to a minimum and is effectively managed throughout the project.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Transformation Programme Manager

• Considerable experience in delivery of transformation programmes within a relevant complex project environment (a background in SAP deployment/usage would be desirable)
• Experience of using both agile and waterfall methodologies is highly desirable, along with understanding the utilisation of effective project controls.
• Experience in understanding and controlling complex project interdependencies.
• Direct line management experience as well as leadership in a matrix environment
• Experience working with and presenting to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications for the Transformation Programme Manager

• APM PMQ, Agile practitioner, Chartered project manager status or equivalent (advantageous).

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. 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: 26/11/2025

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