Job Title: Regional Programme Director - UK/EUR
Contract Type: Permanent
Flexibility: At BMT, we believe people do their best work when they have the freedom to balance their professional and personal lives. We understand that everyone’s circumstances are different, so we’re always happy to discuss what flexibility might look like for you. While we can’t guarantee every request, we will always listen and explore options that support both you and the needs of the role.
Location: In terms of location, we have offices in Bath, London & Fareham, and we are happy to explore flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Please note that travel to customer sites or to attend meetings will be required.
About BMT
BMT is dedicated to solving some of the most important engineering challenges of our time. Our people use their technical excellence to deliver practical, meaningful solutions that make a real difference.
We are committed to building a safer, more efficient, and more sustainable future. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to our mission, shaping our culture and supporting our purpose. Learn more about us at www.bmt.org.
Why Work for Us?
Joining BMT means joining a company that invests in you. As an Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) organisation, we’re independent and free from external shareholders — allowing us to reinvest in our people and make decisions that support long‑term success.
You’ll have access to a wide range of benefits that support your health, family life, financial wellbeing, and personal development, including:
- Private Medical Insurance (including family cover)
- Enhanced Pension
- 18 weeks’ enhanced maternity pay (after 1 year’s service)
- Family‑friendly policies
- Inclusive and supportive culture
- Annual Wellbeing Fund for hobbies and personal interests
- 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
- Holiday trading
- Retail and lifestyle discounts
- Professional subscriptions paid
This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced delivery and business leader to step into the role of Programme Director – UK / Europe. As a member of the Regional Leadership Team, you will provide integrated, multi-functional leadership across a diverse portfolio, translating strategy and growth opportunities into high-quality, predictable outcomes for customers and the business.
You will be accountable for the overall health of the portfolio, including performance, profitability, and governance across a range of programmes and contracts. This includes making confident, well-balanced decisions within your delegated authority, aligning priorities across bids, delivery, resourcing, and investment to protect margin, manage risk, and ensure consistently strong delivery performance.
A key part of the role is leading and developing a group of Heads of Programmes, supporting them as effective cross-functional leaders within a matrix environment. You will set clear expectations, establish a strong operating rhythm, and drive consistency in standards, performance, and ways of working across programme areas.
You will also play an important role in shaping future work, working closely with business development colleagues to ensure opportunities are deliverable, commercially sound, and appropriately resourced. This includes supporting mobilisation and setting programmes up for success from the outset.
The role spans both defence and commercial environments. You may bring experience delivering in defence contexts, or transferable experience from commercial sectors such as maritime, ports and marine infrastructure, energy transition, or other complex, competitive markets.
This is a highly visible leadership role with regular interaction across senior stakeholders, customers, and internal teams. It requires a strong leadership presence across the UK and Europe, along with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence at a senior level.
You are an established senior leader with experience operating at pace in a matrix environment, comfortable making decisions, trading priorities, and driving outcomes through others. You bring strong commercial and financial understanding, with a clear view of how project and contract performance connects to regional gross profit and wider P&L outcomes.
You have led complex, multi‑disciplinary delivery portfolios and intervened early and calmly when performance has drifted. Your experience includes working in defence contexts alongside credible delivery in competitive commercial markets, and you have helped broaden portfolios and scale delivery through repeatable approaches, partnerships, and improved efficiency.
You are recognised for your ability to align diverse stakeholders, unblock issues across functions, and create momentum around shared goals. You value consistent standards, clear governance, and people‑centred leadership, and you set a strong tone around wellbeing, safety, and security in delivery environments.
If you’re ready to use your skills to help tackle meaningful challenges and contribute to a more sustainable future, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and join a team that values innovation, inclusion, and long‑term impact.
We only accept applications via our ATS. CVs sent directly to HR or operational teams will not be considered. Any unsolicited candidates will be treated as direct applications, with no fees payable.
BMT is a maritime-orientated high-end design house and technical consulting firm driven by a passion for solving complex, real-world problems
Our core business comprises distinctive and sustainable capabilities, which we leverage to address the needs of our customers and markets and are the primary focus of future capability development.
We exist to navigate the most important and impactful engineering challenges of our time. We create environments where people with outstanding technical knowledge deliver meaningful, practical solutions. We are driven by a commitment to a safer, more efficient, effective and sustainable future.
