Global Head of Product Quality
Location:
Westminster, London, GB, W1U 1QX Kensington, London, GB, W10 6BD Barton, ACT, AU, 2600 GB
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Job Title: Global Head of Product Quality
Location: UK or Australia - Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66375
Location: UK or Australia - Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66375
Champion Excellence in Product Quality Across Global Defence Projects
About Us
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Global Head of Product Quality at any of our main locations in the UK or Australia, with flexible working options available.
The Role
As the Global Head of Product Quality, you’ll lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive product quality control and assurance framework across Babcock International Group. This is a pivotal role that ensures our products meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and compliance—supporting our mission to deliver trusted solutions in defence, aerospace, and engineering.
You’ll collaborate across functions and geographies, influencing strategy and governance while driving continuous improvement. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of product quality in a global organisation and make a meaningful impact on national security and operational excellence.
This full-time, permanent role is based at any of our offices in the UK or Australia, with flexible working patterns available. Travel to other Babcock and customer sites may be required.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
- Collaborating with Business Quality and Procurement teams to develop end-to-end product quality control processes
- Supporting business areas to implement group-level product quality requirements
- Contributing to technical governance and assurance for product quality across projects
- Developing product quality risk registers and reporting insights to inform priorities
- Participating in technical assurance reviews and audits across the organisation
Essential experience of the Global Head of Product Quality:
- Extensive background in product quality functions
- Broad experience across commercial and defence projects
- Strong understanding of quality systems, standards, and assurance practices
- Proven ability to communicate across time zones and with diverse stakeholders
Qualifications
- Chartered Professional Engineering credential with a recognised technical or engineering body in a relevant field.
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
- 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 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 05/09/2025
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