People Programme Lead

Job Title:                     People Programme Lead

Location:                     UK, Hybrid

Compensation:            Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF73965

Shape the future of people strategy in a purpose-driven organisation

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

The role

As a People Programme Lead, you’ll play a vital role in delivering high-impact programmes that support our Group People strategy. This is an exciting opportunity to lead meaningful change across a global organisation that supports defence, aerospace and engineering sectors that underpin national security and essential services.

This is a role where your expertise will directly influence organisational performance and culture, while offering you the chance to grow your own leadership and programme management capability.

Day-to-day, you’ll work at the heart of our Corporate Services function, driving strategic initiatives that enhance how we attract, develop and empower our people.

• Leading the planning and delivery of people-focused programmes using structured project methodologies
• Driving stakeholder engagement, ensuring alignment across teams and business units
• Managing project risks, issues and dependencies, escalating where appropriate
• Delivering high-quality analysis, insights and presentations to support decision-making
• Inspiring teams by clearly communicating programme goals and connecting them to wider business objectives

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the People Programme Lead

• Demonstrable experience delivering complex projects and programmes
• Strong stakeholder management and engagement skills across multiple levels
• Proven ability to produce clear, impactful presentations and insights
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and ability to prioritise effectively
• Adaptable and flexible in responding to changing business priorities

Qualifications for the People Programme Lead

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) 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.

Closing date: 02/06/2026