Director, Operations Manager, Management

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Salisbury, GB, SP11 8HT
Telford, GB, TF2 8JT
Wareham, Bournemouth, GB, BH20 6JD
Warminster, Bath, GB, BA12 0BS
Gloucester, GB, GL20 8LZ
Darlington, GB, DL9 3LL

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Contract Director

Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Full time / Permanent

Lead major defence programmes. Shape capability. Influence outcomes that matter.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Contract Director operating at the heart of Through Life Equipment Support (TLES) and delivering mission‑critical outcomes for UK defence.

As Contract Director, you will take strategic accountability for delivering all contractual outputs across the Defence Support Group (DSG), Blueprint (Overseas Operations) and FEPS‑S contracts. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will lead complex, high‑value programmes that span multiple locations, disciplines and customer groups.

This is a role of significant scale, influence and visibility, requiring exceptional leadership, commercial maturity and the ability to make sound decisions in a fast‑moving environment.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be:

• Leading the delivery of all contractual outputs and operational performance across multiple major Defence contracts.
• Building trusted, productive relationships with the MOD customer, acting as a senior point of contact and strategic partner.
• Providing outstanding leadership to large, diverse teams across multiple locations and disciplines.
• Driving governance, commercial decisions, priorities and performance outcomes that protect and grow the business.
• Ensuring strong contract controls, risk management and strategic alignment across all programmes.

The position is hybrid, with UK‑wide flexibility and the requirement to travel to key Land DSG sites including Andover, Bovington, Ashchurch, Warminster, Donnington and Catterick.

• Extensive senior leadership experience within a large, complex organisation.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic leadership, operational delivery and senior‑level stakeholder management.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with the ability to interpret, challenge and influence data‑driven decisions.
• A proven track record managing multi‑million‑pound contracts across the full lifecycle in multi‑discipline environments.
• Experience working within recognised governance frameworks and bringing industry best practice to complex settings.

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.

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 -  () .

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• 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.

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

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