The business

We’re building a business fit for the AI era.

Over the last eight years, we’ve grown a respected, impactful, consulting practice - providing sector expert, street smart, and hands-on support to clients in and around the public sector. Our differentiation has enabled us to build unusually strong, trusting and recurrent relationships with clients across central Government, the education, and health and social care markets.

Over the last 18 months, we’ve been reflecting on what our clients and markets will need from us over the next ten years – as they grapple with an increasingly complex, changing world, including not least coming wave of AI disruption and opportunity. So, this autumn we’ll be rebranding our business – and confirming some exciting evolutions to our propositions and model.

We’re building a very different kind of professional services business; one that is more global, more connected, more digital, and more sophisticated than the term ‘consulting’ conveys – even when it’s been us doing the consulting.

One thing that won’t be changing is our expectations of our people. We want the best. We want people with huge ambition for themselves, and their clients – and an appetite for work to match. Ambition without work is dreaming; we’re not dreaming – we’re building something. We want people who are intensely clever – and street-smart, such that they can get business done in complex, real world, client environments. And we want people with imagination and heart. Navigating the foggy road ahead will require both – as will our enjoyment of the journey.

To support our growth and diversification we’re looking for a new principal consultant with a specific focus on our technology offer. As a principal consultant you’ll join our high performing, dedicated senior leadership team and have a key role in shaping future direction - this is an opportunity for an individual to advance their career; you will need to revel in that entrepreneurial growth mindset and set of expectations.

Role specification

The post holder will:

• Shape and lead the delivery of the firm’s technology GTM strategy, in partnership with other senior leaders in the firm focused on the education, central Government and health and care markets. Develop the firm’s technology market position and propositions; lead engagement and development of proposals to build a strong pipeline.
• Lead digital client engagements, with responsibility for all aspects of the engagement team's work to ensure that we deliver exceptional outcomes and fulfil all aspects of our statement of work.
• Lead, support and hold colleagues to account with respect to the effective and impactful use of the firm\'s agreed methods and tools to support exceptional client delivery; proactively identifying opportunities to improve.
• Work closely with the head of marketing to develop thought leadership and positioning of the firm in a the way we believe resonate most impactfully with our customers given their operating context, including attendance at events and conferences.
• Engagement with, and maintenance of productive, outcome-focused, relationships with partner organisations we may want to work collaboratively with to develop new propositions and to deliver large scale client programmes.

Person specification

• Experience working in technology / digital in a consultancy environment, with a sales mindset – able to connect the dots between strategy and technical technology expertise in consulting, and how the dev capabilities of our partners can be deployed to new and existing clients.
• Experience in enterprise architecture, designing technology solutions for clients across different sectors - we are particularly interested in candidates with experience in central Government, education or health and social care, but are interested to hear from those with relevant experience in other public services sectors.
• High levels of ambition, energy and resilience, consistent with the firm’s plans for growth, and experience and enjoyment working in an acutely entrepreneurial, commercial and creative organisational context to deliver consistently high-quality work, and drive growth.
• Experience of working in a senior leadership team in a dynamic, fast-faced environment to translate strategic direction into operational action, and providing support and challenge to others.
• High levels of precision and presentational pride with respect to work product of all kinds. With experience of leading teams to deliver exceptional client work.
• A brilliant core skill set i.e. critical thinking, comms, working in a project environment and the agility and attitude required to add value and navigate dynamic, complex projects.

Working location

The firm’s HQ is in Farringdon, London. Our preference is for someone in and around the London area, to be in the office and working with the team for two days a week.

Package

• Basic salary commensurate to experience.
• Up to 40% bonus based on firm and individual performance.
• 25 days’ annual leave, rising to 30 within five years.
• Private medical and dental insurance.
• 4% pension contributions.