Job Title: Portfolio Controls and Reporting Manager
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: From £59,110.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF69988
Shape the future of defence infrastructure with cutting-edge portfolio management.
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 Controls and Reporting Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Portfolio Controls and Reporting Manager, you’ll be at the heart of delivering strategic improvements across one of the UK’s most critical defence sites. Working closely with the Ministry of Defence, you’ll help transform how we manage and report on multi-million-pound infrastructure projects. This is your chance to make a tangible impact on national security while advancing your career in a dynamic, data-driven environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for the development, monitoring, and reporting of infrastructure Portfolio across the Devonport site.
- Design and maintain a real-time portfolio dashboard and business intelligence solutions.
- Implement best-practice reporting, metrics, and data visualisation methods.
- Ensure project-level data integrity and alignment across portfolio reporting.
- Drive digital transformation of portfolio reporting platforms.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to support strategic decisions.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2-3 days in the office/onsite and 2-3 days working from home.
Essential experience of the Portfolio Controls and Reporting Manager
- Strong knowledge of portfolio controls principles (cost, schedule, risk, change).
- Experience in data modelling, analytics and visualisation tools.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Familiarity with tools such as Power BI and Azure DevOps is beneficial.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Qualifications for the Portfolio Controls and Reporting Manager
- Strong understanding of portfolio, programme, and project management methodologies.
- Degree in a relevant field (e.g., data science, finance, business, change management) preferred.
- Demonstrable experience in strategy, portfolio/programme management, or corporate development.
- Certifications in MoP, P3O, Prince2, MSP, or Agile are advantageous.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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: 05/12/2025
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