Job Title: Business Development and Capture Manager
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72630
Shape winning strategies that protect nations, connect communities and build a safer future. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Business Development and Capture Manager at Ashton House, near Bristol – with Bristol as the preferred location, and flexibility to be based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire or Plymouth, Devon if needed.
Babcock is a trusted partner to governments and organisations around the world, operating across defence, aerospace and engineering. Our Mission Systems business sits at the forefront of innovation, delivering advanced capabilities that support national security, critical infrastructure and global connectivity. When you join us, you become part of something meaningful, with the scale, purpose and ambition to match your aspirations.
The role
As a Business Development and Capture Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving growth across our Sense and Connect portfolio within Babcock Mission Systems. This is a high‑impact position where strategy meets execution, leading complex pursuits, shaping compelling solutions and working alongside technical experts to win and deliver strategically important programmes.
Your work will influence the future of strategic communications capabilities in the United Kingdom and, increasingly, international markets. You will build trusted relationships with customers, partners and internal stakeholders, using insight and creativity to develop solutions that really matter. In return, you’ll gain exposure to senior leaders, complex bids and long‑term career development within one of the world’s leading engineering organisations.
Day‑to‑day responsibilities
- Lead complex capture and business development activities across strategic communications campaigns
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners and internal teams
- Develop and deliver clear campaign strategies aligned to business growth objectives
- Manage opportunities from early shaping through bid submission and contract mobilisation
- Advise senior operational and project leadership on commercial and capture best practice
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.
Essential Experience
- Proven success in business development, capture and solution development for complex opportunities
- Experience working with customers and suppliers within strategic communications domains
- Strong knowledge of the strategic communications market
- Credibility working across United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and international sectors
- Commercial awareness with the confidence to lead winning, customer‑focused solutions
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant business or engineering discipline, or equivalent professional experience
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
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 to buy or sell annual leave
- Be Kind Day – one paid day per year for volunteering
- Flexible working options to support work‑life balance
- A dynamic, inclusive working environment where you can thrive
We’re a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. We call that lifetime engineering.
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.
Closing date: 28/04/2026
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