IT Project Manager

Overview

IT Project Manager role at Babcock, a global defence leader. You will lead complex IT projects that support thousands of users, modernise systems and enable the business to deliver essential services that protect national security. This is a dynamic, high‑impact role within a collaborative Group IT team that values innovation, structured delivery and continuous improvement.

• Lead the planning, tracking and successful delivery of multiple IT projects simultaneously, adjusting resources and timelines as needed.
• Maintain full project documentation in line with Babcock’s IT Project Management Process.
• Coordinate communications across all business areas influencing project scope, risk, budget and resources.
• Ensure solution designs meet Babcock’s Standard Technology Framework and enable long‑term supportability.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across Group IT, business units, external vendors and senior management.

• Extensive experience in IT project management within complex, multi‑project environments.
• Demonstrable experience delivering large‑scale IT projects on time and within budget using structured project methodologies.
• Strong background managing in‑house development teams and third‑party suppliers.
• Ability to manage 4–5 projects simultaneously with confidence and clarity.
• Expertise in current IT technologies and lifecycle processes, including ALM and software application delivery.

• Certified Scrum Master, Agile certification, or equivalent.
• Professional project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or APM (or equivalent).

• Experience with Microsoft Project Server.
• Knowledge of Dev Ops, infrastructure delivery (network, server, VOIP, Citrix, Cisco), or software application project management.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. UK Nationals only.

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 -  ().

You’ll receive a strong range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, development and work‑life balance, including:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• 10‑days special paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists
• Holiday Trading – buy or sell up to one working week of annual leave
• ‘Be Kind Day’ – one paid day each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice
• Flexible working options to help balance personal and professional commitments
• A dynamic, supportive and purpose‑driven working environment

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 car 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.