Business Consultant

Daintta; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Daintta seeks a technically literate business consultant to bridge strategy and hands-on analysis for defence, public sector and national security clients. You’ll shape technology-enabled change across data, cyber security and networks, translating complex issues into practical recommendations and building trusted stakeholder relationships.

Hybrid role based in London or Cheltenham with client site work as required; you’ll lead or contribute to bids, mentor juniors, and help grow the consulting

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years in consulting within data, cyber, or networks.
• Public sector experience with security clearance eligibility.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; clear articulation of complex ideas.

Responsibilities

• Engage stakeholders through interviews and workshops.
• Define strategies, operating models, and business cases for technical programmes.
• Carry out structured business analysis covering requirements, processes, options.
• Develop pragmatic improvement roadmaps and track delivery.
• Produce high-quality deliverables on tight timelines.
• Contribute to bids, frameworks and propositions.
• Coach junior consultants and support teams.
• Grow client relationships and identify new opportunities.
• Maintain alignment with company values: transparent, fair, daring.

Skills

Consulting experience in data, cyber,

Public sector clearance eligibility

Stakeholder management & facilitation

Excellent written and verbal comms

Ability to handle ambiguity

Job description

You are a technically literate business consultant who can move seamlessly between strategy definition and hands‑on business analysis. You’ll work with defence, law enforcement, national security and central government clients, shaping technology-enabled change across data, cyber security and telecoms/networks. You’ll translate complex technical issues into clear, defensible recommendations, build and maintain trusted stakeholder relationships, and drive delivery to time, cost and quality. You’ll also help grow our consulting capability: developing propositions, winning work and coaching juniors.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage senior and practitioner level stakeholders, running interviews and workshops.
• Define strategies, target operating models and business cases for technical programmes.
• Perform structured business analysis: requirements, process mapping, options appraisal, benefits/business cases.
• Design and implement pragmatic improvement roadmaps, tracking delivery and realisation.
• Produce high‑quality deliverables (reports, proposals, slideware) to agreed timelines.
• Lead or contribute to bids, frameworks and proposition development.
• Manage and support small multi-disciplinary teams (client and internal), providing direction and assurance.
• Support graduate/analyst consultants through coaching and mentorship.
• Maintain and extend client relationships. Identify and support new opportunities.
• Uphold and promote our values of being transparent, fair, and daring, both internally and externally.

Skills/Knowledge

• Consulting experience in our core areas of data, cyber or networks., preferably 3+ years.
• Proven track record in public sector (defence, LE, NS, central government) with SC/DV clearance or eligibility.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation e.g. through 1:1s and workshops.
• Excellent written and verbal communication. Able to communicate complexity succinctly.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and working through complexity.

Nice to have

• Business development experience: identifying opportunities and drafting compelling proposals.
• Solid grasp of technical concepts e.g. data architectures, security controls/assurance, network fundamentals.

Location?

Hybrid, with 2-3 days working from Daintta office (London or Cheltenham) or on client site as required.

Security Information

Due to clients’ requirements, all applications are strictly subject to security clearance requirements relevant to the role.