Managing Consultant - Technology Strategy & Performance (SC Cleared)

My client is a global leading Digital Consultancy specialising in Cloud Adoption & Digital Architecture/Transformations, with offices in London, Manchester and Glasgow (providing a hybrid working model a 1 day in the office/4 days remote p/w - can be 2-3 days on an ad hoc basis). Clients include Government, Finance, Retail & Energy sectors.

They are looking for a Managing Consultant - (IT) Technology Strategy & Performance Consultant to join a rapidly growly team, currently at 14 but will be looking to grow to 70+ by the end of the year, working across multiple end-to-end digital transformation projects within Government, Finance, Retail and Energy sectors.

Primary responsibilities:

• Defining inventive technology strategies and transformation roadmaps that enable business ambitions and establishing the right initiatives, capabilities and processes to sustain a competitive advantage.
• Designing and implementing future-proof IT operating models that deliver impactful technology strategies and enable business agility and future innovation, covering all aspects of people, processes, and technology.
• Developing frameworks for understanding and managing the total cost of ownership of technology solutions. This includes providing cost transparency, identifying value drivers and cost optimisation opportunities.
• Performing technology due diligence, integration planning, risk mitigation and synergy identification for M&A transactions and the delivery of large-scale post-merger integration/ carve-out programs.

Primary skills & experience required:

• Must possess or be eligible for SC (Security Check) Clearance
• Experience in leading and supporting sales efforts (bids, RFPs & proposals), as well as structuring deals and engagement commercials
• Evidence of achieving sales targets of at least £500k (Managing Consultant) / £1m (Senior Manager) per annum as well as building and maintaining a pipeline of work
• Demonstrate a proactive attitude to building and maintaining trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders
• Evidence of delivering and leading successful large-scale, complex IT transformation delivery engagements, driving positive outcomes and developing opportunities to deliver follow-on work
• Evidence of specialism in one or more of the following core areas: (i) Technology Strategy; (ii) IT Cost Management and Optimisation; (iii) Mergers & Acquisitions delivery from an IT perspective (divestment, PMI, IT due diligence, asset restructuring delivery)
• Evidence of managing teams, including multiple workstreams in complex delivery environments, fostering practice development, team building and mentoring junior colleagues
• Ideally possess experience presenting & delivering successful DevOps/Cloud adoption/transformation concepts & strategies