Are you a Business Consulting Manager looking for their next challenge with a clear progression plan.

Sopra Steria is renowned for consulting, digital services, and software development. We deliver end-to-end solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness for large organisations.

Despite our size, we maintain a small, friendly team culture and are proud to be listed in the Great Place to Work’s® UK’s Best Workplaces™ rankings. We work hard to do the right thing by our clients, customers, and colleagues.

We are expanding our Technology consulting services and need a leader with expertise in Defence & Secure clients to drive growth, win business, and develop our consulting business in areas such as applications, cloud, and infrastructure transformation. This role also involves billable work, reflecting our commitment to close client collaboration.

This role is hybrid working, with some travel to our UK offices and clients’ sites in the South and South West of England, when required.

What you'll be doing:

Grow business in Technology Transformation consultancy services into Aerospace, Defence, Secure clients. Identify, develop, and bring together consulting opportunities. Lead teams delivering transformational projects for Aerospace, Defence, Secure, and Public Safety clients. Inspire clients on technology exploitation and bridge business outcomes with people, process, data, and technology. Build a robust pipeline, lead bids, and proposals to win work. Grow a market-leading team of consultants and ensure successful project delivery to achieve revenue targets and customer satisfaction.

What you’ll bring:

Current DV clearance and ADS sector knowledge is crucial. Expertise in Technology consulting, InfoSecurity, and IT transformation. Extensive client-facing consulting experience and a strong personal network in the ADS sector. Strong negotiation and leadership skills. Recent experience within Defence or UKIC (UK Intelligence Community).

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time.

Location: UK but commutable to Bristol area weekly.

Security Clearance Level: Must have Active DV.

Internal Recruiter: Soraya.

Salary: £70,000 - £90,000.

Benefits: 10% Bonus, £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Our specialist team at Sopra Steria Next, the consulting arm of Sopra Steria, leverages extensive experience across various sectors, including Financial Services, Security, Government, and Commerce. With over 45,000 employees in 25 countries, we are a European leader in technology and transformation.

We believe that success comes when you put people first. By focusing on the needs of our clients’ customers, we help organisations achieve their goals, empower employees, and build trust as responsible corporate citizens. Driven by innovation, we harness next-generation technology and data-driven insights to address critical challenges. Our expertise enables large, complex organisations to innovate and transform effectively.

In every sector we serve, we re-imagine the organisations that shape everyday life in the UK, helping them stay ahead of the competition and safeguard their systems from evolving risks.