Business Development and Capture Manager

Job Title:                     Business Development and Capture Manager

Location:                     Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF72630

Shape winning strategies that protect nations, connect communities and build a safer future.

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 Development and Capture Manager at Ashton House, near Bristol - with Bristol as the preferred location, and flexibility to be based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire or Plymouth, Devon if needed.

Babcock is a trusted partner to governments and organisations around the world, operating across defence, aerospace and engineering. Our Mission Systems business sits at the forefront of innovation, delivering advanced capabilities that support national security, critical infrastructure and global connectivity. When you join us, you become part of something meaningful, with the scale, purpose and ambition to match your aspirations.

The role

As a Business Development and Capture Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving growth across our Sense and Connect portfolio within Babcock Mission Systems. This is a high‑impact position where strategy meets execution  leading complex pursuits, shaping compelling solutions and working alongside technical experts to win and deliver strategically important programmes.

Your work will influence the future of strategic communications capabilities in the United Kingdom and, increasingly, international markets. You will build trusted relationships with customers, partners and internal stakeholders, using insight and creativity to develop solutions that really matter. In return, you’ll gain exposure to senior leaders, complex bids and long‑term career development within one of the world’s leading engineering organisations.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Leading complex capture and business development activities across strategic communications campaigns
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers, partners and internal teams
• Developing and delivering clear campaign strategies aligned to business growth objectives
• Managing opportunities from early shaping through bid submission and contract mobilisation
• Advising senior operational and project leadership on commercial and capture best practice

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Business Development and Capture Manager

• Proven success in business development, capture and solution development for complex opportunities
• Experience working with customers and suppliers within strategic communications domains
• Strong knowledge of the strategic communications market
• Credibility working across United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and international sectors
• Commercial awareness with the confidence to lead winning, customer‑focused solutions

Qualifications for the Business Development and Capture Manager

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant business or engineering discipline, or equivalent professional experience

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV) 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 to buy or sell annual leave
• Be Kind Day – one paid day per year for volunteering
• Flexible working options to support work‑life balance
• A dynamic, inclusive working environment where you can thrive

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 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: 28/04/2026

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