IT Portfolio Lead

Job Title:                     IT Portfolio Lead

Location:                     Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF74302

Shape The Future of Technology Delivery In Defence, Aerospace and Engineering

At Babcock, we are working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an IT Portfolio Lead based at any of our main UK locations including Bristol, Warrington, Devonport, Leicester, Rosyth.

The role

As an IT Portfolio Lead, you will provide independent, insight-led oversight across a diverse portfolio of technology projects. You will play a pivotal role in strengthening delivery discipline, improving forecasting, and ensuring risks are identified early and effectively managed.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, project managers and the Project Management Office, you will bring clarity, structure and continuous improvement to portfolio delivery—directly impacting business performance and strategic outcomes.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Provide delivery assurance and governance oversight across the portfolio


• Produce high-quality portfolio reporting and insights to support decision-making


• Identify, assess and manage risks, issues and escalations proactively


• Support and enhance project management capability and delivery standards


• Drive alignment with the Project Management Office and continuous improvement initiatives

This role is full-time, 37.5 hours per week and can be based at one of our main UK locations including Bristol, Warrington, Devonport, Leicester, Rosyth. Hybrid working arrangements are available.

Essential experience of the IT Portfolio Lead:

• Demonstrating extensive experience in project or programme delivery


• Applying a strong track record within portfolio or Project Management Office environments


• Managing and overseeing multiple concurrent projects in complex settings


• Identifying delivery risks early and implementing effective mitigation strategies


• Working with established delivery frameworks such as PRINCE2, Agile or hybrid models

Qualifications for the IT Portfolio Lead:

• Project or programme management certification (such as PRINCE2, Agile or equivalent) is desirable


• Relevant degree or professional qualification in a related discipline is 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 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

Babcock

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

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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 [email protected] 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: 23/06/2026

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