Futures Director

Bristol - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Futures Director

Location: Flexible UK Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70621

Lead the future of defence and engineering innovation.

At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us you can play your part as a Futures Director based across our UK hubs with hybrid working options.

The role

Defence has never been more critical. Combined with our refreshed Babcock strategy placing greater emphasis on international markets collaboration with industry and a blended product and services mix this is an exciting opportunity to lead the Future Business and Capability discipline in the Land and UK Aviation (UKA) sector.

As part of the Land & UKA Leadership Team reporting directly to the CEO Land & UKA youll shape the future by identifying emerging markets and capabilities translating these into early-stage capture opportunities across multiple domains in the UK and internationally. Youll ensure we have the right people technology and processes to deliver our strategy and drive growth.

Day-to-day youll be required to:

Provide strategic leadership for the Future Business and Capability discipline across the Land & UKA sector ensuring alignment with longterm organisational objectives.
Shape market strategies and engage senior stakeholders to drive informed decisionmaking and prioritisation.
Identify emerging markets and future capability needs translating insights into tangible opportunities that position the business for sustained growth.
Enable futurefocused growth initiatives by ensuring the organisation has the right skills capacity and capability pipeline.
Demonstrate external gravitas and thought leadership representing the sector in key forums influencing industry direction and strengthening the organisations profile and credibility.
Collaborate closely with the senior leadership team to advance sectorwide strategic priorities and deliver highimpact outcomes.

This is a permanent full-time role working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday with hybrid working across UK locations.

Essential experience of the Futures Director:

A visionary leader who can unite and inspire a high-performing team
Significant experience within a large complex global organisation
Strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate future possibilities
Resilient and adaptable able to navigate ambiguity and complexity
Pragmatic approach to applying skills and knowledge in a dynamic context.

Qualifications for the Futures Director:

We value difference and dont 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 Security Check (SC) 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 - ().

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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working days 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 with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 28/01/2026

Required Experience:

Director

Job Title: Futures DirectorLocation: Flexible UK Hybrid Working ArrangementsCompensation: Competitive Salary BenefitsRole Type: Full time / PermanentRole ID: SF70621Lead the future of defence and engineering innovation.At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together...