Head of Asset Management Strategy

Babcock International; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Digital health & GP services

Employee share scheme

Volunteer leave program

Flexible working

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Head of Asset Management Strategy to lead enterprise asset management across the business. You will shape long-term frameworks, standards and operating models to maximise asset value and reduce risk.

The role is based at Bristol, Plymouth, or Clyde with hybrid working and travel to sites as required. Security clearance is expected for this UK role.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in asset-intensive organisations.
• Experience developing ISO 55001 Asset Management Systems.
• Experience designing enterprise operating models.
• Proven track record delivering strategic transformation and organisational change initiatives.
• Experience engaging, influencing and advising Executive and Board-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement enterprise asset management strategies.
• Establish and improve asset management systems, policies, standards and governance frameworks.
• Drive operating model development, capability growth and asset management maturity.
• Support portfolio optimisation through investment modelling, strategic planning and risk-based decision making.
• Represent the business with executive stakeholders, industry forums and regulatory bodies.

Skills

Leadership

Asset Management

ISO 55001

Enterprise operating models

Strategic transformation

Executive stakeholder engagement

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Title: Head of Asset Management Strategy

Location: Plymouth, Devon, Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75491

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as the Head of Asset Management Strategy, based at either the Babcock Technology Centre in Bristol, Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth, or HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

The role

As Head of Asset Management Strategy, you'll have the opportunity to lead and influence asset management strategy at enterprise level within one of the UK's leading engineering and defence organisations. You'll drive the development of long-term asset management frameworks, policies, standards and operating models that support critical defence and infrastructure capabilities. Working closely with executive leaders and key stakeholders, you'll help maximise asset value, manage risk and create lasting impact across a complex, asset-intensive environment.

Day-to-day, you'll provide strategic leadership for enterprise asset management across the business. You'll establish and continuously improve the Asset Management System, define best practice standards, and drive organisational capability to ensure assets are managed safely, efficiently and sustainably. This role offers the chance to shape the future direction of asset management while developing industry-leading expertise within a business that delivers vital services supporting national security and public infrastructure.

• Leading the development and implementation of enterprise and sector asset management strategies.
• Establishing and continuously improving asset management systems, policies, standards and governance frameworks.
• Driving operating model development, organisational capability growth and asset management maturity programmes.
• Supporting portfolio optimisation through investment modelling, strategic planning and risk-based decision making.
• Representing the business with executive stakeholders, industry forums, regulatory bodies and professional institutions.

This role is full time and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 - 3 days onsite at one of Babcock's key locations: Babcock Technology Centre, Devonport Royal Dockyard or HM Naval Base Clyde, Near Helensburgh Argyll and Bute site. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to travel regularly to the other sites to support collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery across the business.

Essential experience of the Head of Asset Management Strategy

• Extensive leadership experience within asset-intensive organisations.
• Significant experience developing and implementing ISO 55001 Asset Management Systems.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise operating models.
• Proven track record delivering strategic transformation and organisational change initiatives.
• Experience engaging, influencing and advising Executive and Board-level stakeholders.

Qualifications for the Head of Asset Management Strategy

Essential:

• Degree-qualified in Engineering, Asset Management, Infrastructure Management, Business Management or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrable expertise in strategic asset management and enterprise governance.

Desirable:

• Institute of Asset Management certification or membership.
• Professional engineering registration or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Experience leading ISO 55001 certification programmes.
• Experience within regulated infrastructure, engineering, defence, utilities, transport or energy sectors.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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 [e-mail] 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: 10/09/2026

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