Portfolio Delivery Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Portfolio Delivery Manager to oversee risk management in critical projects. You will support the Senior Portfolio Manager, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with standards. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of project controls, strong communication skills, and relevant qualifications. This position offers a hybrid work model, allowing for flexibility in your work environment.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate in cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience managing infrastructure risk within secure environments.
• Exceptional skills in stakeholder engagement and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk management strategies for complex projects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to mitigate risks.
• Ensure compliance with governance and industry standards.

Skills

Project controls principles

Infrastructure risk management

Data modelling

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving

ISO 31000 understanding

Collaboration in teams

Education

Degree-level education

Professional certifications (e.g., MoP, PMP, PRINCE2)

Tools

Data analytics tools

Job description

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF 69920

Shape the Future of Defence and Engineering – Join Us as a Portfolio Delivery Manager

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Portfolio Delivery Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Portfolio Delivery Manager, you’ll be at the heart of projects that protect national security and advance engineering excellence. You’ll lead risk management strategies that ensure mission‑critical programmes are delivered safely on time and to the highest standards. This is a role where your decisions make a real difference to our customers, to society and to your own career growth.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be responsible for supporting the Senior Portfolio Manager in maintaining effective delivery across our complex infrastructure programmes and projects at Devonport.

• Drive risk management processes across complex defence and engineering projects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate risks.
• Ensure compliance with governance frameworks and industry standards.
• Provide clear reporting and actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Champion continuous improvement in risk management practices.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2‑3 days in the office/onsite and 2‑3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Portfolio Delivery Manager

• Strong understanding of project controls principles, including cost, schedule, risk and change management.
• Proven experience in managing infrastructure risk within complex, secure environments.
• Proficient in data modelling, analytics and visualisation tools to support informed decision‑making.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder engagement and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong understanding of ISO 31000 or equivalent risk management frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate effectively within cross‑functional teams in fast‑paced environments.

Qualifications for the Portfolio Delivery Manager

• Degree‑level education preferred, or demonstrable experience in business change disciplines.
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., MoP, PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, P3O) considered an advantage.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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

• 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. This window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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 International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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.