Managing Consultant - National Security

Do you have experience working in a technical consulting capacity on complex problems that deliver capabilities into the heart of National Security customers, progressing their mission of protecting the UK?

We are supporting a number of organisations (from scaleup to prime) that are investing in and scaling their National Security consulting teams, in London. We are recruiting consultants at a range of seniorities that will contribute to developing capabilities, working closely with customers on-site. You'll be shaping and delivering against the customer mission, working together to make the UK a safer and better place.

I'd love to speak with you if you have experience in one the following disciplines:

• Business Analysis
• Business Change
• P3M Consulting
• Technical Consultancy (Cloud or Software)

*Please note all applicants must hold the highest levels of UK Government clearance*

Ideally, you will be:

• Excited by the challenge of shaping something new and growing how we work for our customers.
• Driven by the excitement and challenge of helping customers solve some of the most critical challenges faced in Defence and National Security.
• An experienced consultant looking to shape and lead teams, a technologist looking to apply their skills to a different challenge, or a government operational user wanting to link your experience to the growth of capability.
• Experienced with agile delivery methodologies
• Able to work with offsite teams to help better integrate a broad range of existing and new capabilities both within the business and supplier ecosystems
• Willing to work on customer sites several days a week

Key Capabilities and Knowledge:

Note: The following bullet points describe one version of our dream candidate. We very much encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of the wish list.

• Implementing organisational change management practices to support iterative/agile working
• Stakeholder mapping and engagement
• Organising and prioritising requirements using techniques such as; product roadmaps, epics, user stories and backlogs
• Planning and leading workshops and interviews with stakeholders
• Reconciling the customer’s vision with user requirements
• Thorough understanding of Agile methodologies, including scaled-agile
• Good and effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Understands the operational environment and underlying domain-specific issues
• Experience of working in highly technical and/or large government departments
• Mapping value chain and benefits realisation
• Articulation of option papers, mapping to end organisations’ strategic direction
• Systems thinking and business process modelling

If you've made it here, we should speak...

I know direct applying and tick-boxing clearance stuff via LinkedIn isn't what you'll want to do, so please drop me a message directly and I'll be in contact to confidentially discuss your interest further.

Thanks in advance!