Job Description

Job Title: Portfolio Management Office Lead
Location: Bristol
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF69968
Lead Strategic Change Across a World-Class Defence Portfolio
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 Portfolio Management Office Lead at Ashton House, in Bristol.
The role
As a Portfolio Management Office Lead, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be at the heart of our UK Submarines portfolio, providing strategic oversight and implementing governance across an integrated portfolio of programmes and projects.
Day-to-day, you'll establish and lead the Portfolio Office, creating and owning the Portfolio PM Handbook.

• Integrate programmes at portfolio level and provide insight for strategic decision-making.
• Manage portfolio-level strategic risks and ensure treatment plans are delivered.
• Drive strategic change initiatives, including organisational effectiveness.
• Develop capability plans and resource strategies to ensure a future-ready workforce.

This role is full time role with 37 hours per week based in Bristol.
Essential experience of the PMO Lead:

• Proven experience in a PMO lead role, project delivery or project controls.
• Strong track record of leading change initiatives at portfolio or senior level.
• Deep understanding of project governance and controls, with hands-on implementation experience.
• Knowledge of cost, estimating, scheduling and risk management disciplines.
• Ability to lead and motivate teams and engage senior stakeholders effectively.

Qualifications for the PMO Lead:

• APM Project Management Qualification (essential).
• Project controls-related qualifications (advantageous).
• Familiarity with tools such as Power BI, Microsoft Project, P6 and risk management systems (advantageous).

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.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (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 .
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 the majority of 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
• 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: 05/12/2025
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