Head of Asset Management Data and Digital

Job Title: Head of Asset Management Data and Digital

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

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75488

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 Data and Digital, 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 a Head of Asset Management Data and Digital, you’ll lead the strategy, governance and transformation of asset information across the business. This is a highly influential leadership role, responsible for ensuring asset data is trusted, accessible and capable of driving better operational and business decisions throughout the asset lifecycle.

Day-to-day, you’ll act as the business owner for enterprise asset management information systems while driving digital transformation, analytics capability and the adoption of innovative technologies. This is an exciting opportunity to shape how data and digital technologies support the future of asset management, while developing your leadership profile within a global organisation.

• Developing and maintaining the asset information strategy aligned to business objectives and operational requirements.
• Leading enterprise-wide data governance, information quality and data standards initiatives.
• Owning business requirements and strategic roadmaps for enterprise asset management and digital asset management platforms.
• Building advanced analytics capabilities and enabling data-driven decision-making across the organisation.
• Driving digital innovation, including the adoption of emerging technologies, artificial intelligence and predictive analytics.

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 Data and Digital

• Significant leadership experience within data management, information management or digital asset management functions.
• Experience managing enterprise asset information systems and associated data environments.
• Proven experience implementing data governance frameworks and data quality improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrable success delivering analytics, digital transformation or technology-enabled business change programmes.
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across complex organisations.

Qualifications for the Head of Asset Management Data and Digital

Essential

• Degree in Information Management, Data Science, Engineering, Asset Management or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

Desirable

• Chartered professional qualification.
• Institute of Asset Management Diploma or equivalent.

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 [email protected] 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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