Job Title: Business Operations Lead
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43,935.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF64370
Lead the Future of Operational Excellence in Defence
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Business Operations Lead at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon.
The Role
As a Business Operations Lead, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to deliver world-class support to submarine delivery programmes. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of defence operations by driving efficiency, enhancing governance, and developing talent across our Business Support and Disposals teams.
Day-to-day, you’ll lead the Business Operations and Disposals Teams in delivering business support activities, ensuring greater efficiency and effectiveness in execution. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Leading business support activities to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Coordinating data governance and managing dashboards for high-quality reporting.
- Supporting programme directors in business planning and benefits management.
- Maintaining resource data to support integrated business planning.
- Refining governance processes including business continuity planning.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.
Essential experience of the Business Operations Lead
- Extensive experience in business or project management environments.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen.
- Proven leadership with strategic thinking capabilities.
- Advanced IT proficiency and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management across all levels.
Qualifications for the Business Operations Lead
- Degree-level qualification in STEM or business-related fields.
- APM Project Management Fundamentals (preferred but not essential).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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 (www.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 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: 22/09/2025
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