Head of Future Training Technologies and Innovation
Babcock International · Bristol
Job Title: Head of Future Training Technologies and Innovation
Location: UK, Remote Working + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF76539
Shape the future of digital learning and innovation
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Head of Future Training Technologies and Innovation.
As a Head of Future Training Technologies and Innovation, you'll lead the transformation of learning across one of the UK's most critical training environments. Working at the forefront of digital innovation, you'll develop and drive the Learning Technology Strategy for the Training Business Unit, identifying and implementing solutions that improve training effectiveness, learner engagement, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. You'll collaborate with senior leaders, customers, suppliers, and technical specialists to shape the future of learning and ensure the business remains competitive, innovative, and responsive to evolving needs.
Day-to-day you'll be required to:
- Develop and maintain the Learning Technology Strategy and technology roadmap aligned to business objectives.
- Identify, evaluate, and recommend learning technologies, artificial intelligence solutions, and digital training platforms.
- Engage with suppliers, customers, and senior stakeholders to assess requirements and influence investment decisions.
- Lead technology implementation activities including business cases, procurement, testing, adoption, and benefits realisation.
- Monitor emerging technology trends and identifying opportunities to improve learner experience, training outcomes, and business performance.
Please note that this position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.
The role is based at any of our main UK locations, and hybrid working patterns are available. The role is 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Essential experience of the Head of Future Training Technologies and Innovation:
- Strong experience in learning technology, digital learning, training systems, or a related field.
- Experience translating training, operational, or customer requirements into technology solutions.
- Experience evaluating technology products, software as a service platform, or digital services and influencing investment decisions.
- Strong understanding of training processes and how technology can improve learning outcomes.
- Proven experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders.
Qualifications for the Head of Future Training Technologies and Innovation:
We value difference and don’t 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. However, a Degree, Higher National Diploma, National Vocational Qualification, or equivalent industry-related qualification would be advantageous.
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 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
Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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 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: 02/11/2026