Director of Security Land and Mission Systems

Job Title:                     Director of Security Land and Mission Systems

Location:                     Hybrid, UK with regular travel across UK

Compensation:           Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF75284

Lead security at the forefront of defence, aerospace and engineering

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Director of Security at any of our main UK locations, near your preferred Babcock hub.

The role

This is a rare opportunity to take on a highly influential leadership role within our Mission Systems and Land sector. As Director of Security, you will shape and drive the security strategy for a critical part of our business, protecting people, information, assets and infrastructure while enabling innovation, growth and operational excellence.

Working closely with senior leaders, government stakeholders, customers and industry partners, you'll provide strategic direction across physical, personnel, information and cyber security disciplines. If you're looking for a role where your leadership will have a direct impact on national security, business success and the development of high-performing security teams, this is an exceptional opportunity to make your mark.

Day-to-day, your expertise will help maintain customer trust, strengthen resilience and ensure compliance in an increasingly complex security environment.

• Providing expert security advice and assurance to senior leaders, customers, government bodies and key stakeholders.
• Driving security risk management, compliance and assurance activities across physical, personnel, information and cyber security.
• Building, leading and developing a high-performing team of security professionals and managers.
• Strengthening a positive security culture that enables business growth while protecting critical assets and information.
• Leading the development and delivery of the sector-wide security strategy and governance framework.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office and days working from home.  There will be regular travel across the UK.

Essential experience of the Director of Security Land and Mission Systems

• Significant experience in a senior security leadership role supporting Executive or Senior Leadership Teams.
• Extensive knowledge of Government Security Functional Standards (GovS007) and relevant aspects of JSP 440.
• Proven experience leading security governance, risk management and compliance programmes.
• Strong knowledge of Information Risk Management, Information Assurance and ISO 27001 principles.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders on complex security matters and contractual security obligations.

Qualifications for the Director of Security Land and Mission Systems

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.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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 is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic 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 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.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. We encourage early applications, as we may close the advert before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of strong candidates.

Closing date: 13/08/2026