Business Consulting Manager – Tech Advisory (UK MOD)

Sopra Steria - UK; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the UK is seeking a Business Consulting Manager to oversee secure data operations and compliance in the Aerospace and Defence sectors. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in export control and data governance, alongside proven leadership skills. This role supports flexibility and champions work-life balance while fostering a positive community within the firm.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in export control, data governance, or technical advisory within defence or aerospace.
• Active SC clearance (DV preferred).
• Good understanding of data container and metadata management.
• Knowledge of network access controls.
• Familiarity with cyber readiness standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure data exports align with regulations.
• Lead the return of sensitive data and ensure secure storage.
• Coordinate access to secure networks.
• Analyze business needs to align with software and data processes.
• Lead a team of technical and functional experts.
• Act as a trusted advisor to internal teams and external partners.

Skills

Export control

Data governance

Technical advisory

Multi-functional leadership

Project delivery

Tools

Ozone

Bots

Job description

We are seeking a Business Consulting Manager – Technical Advisory Lead to manage secure data operations and compliance across our teams.

You will have a background in Aerospace or Defence to drive business in Technology Transformation consultancy services into Aerospace, Defence and Secure (ADS) clients.

Sopra Steria is recognised for its activities in consulting, digital services, and software development. We provide end-to-end solutions to support large companies and organisations in their endeavours to become more efficient and effective by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors, strategic practices, business change and innovative technologies.

We are a big company, with an even bigger heart and despite being big, thanks to our culture, we are recognised in the Great Place to Work’s UK's Best Workplaces rankings. We are one community; working hard to retain a small, friendly team approach, determined to do the right thing by our clients, customers, and colleagues

If you have experience in data governance, export control, and access management within high-security environments like aerospace or defence this role offers an exciting opportunity to lead impactful work across the UK.

What you'll be doing:

• Export Control & Compliance: Make sure data exports and transfers align with regulations and internal policies. Collaborate with legal teams to maintain documentation and uphold standards.
• Data Repatriation & Governance: Lead the return of sensitive data from international locations, ensuring secure storage, correct metadata classification, and container management.
• Access Control & Cyber Readiness: Coordinate access to secure networks, ensuring compliance with SC-level protocols and cyber resilience frameworks.
• Business Analysis & Process Alignment: Analyse business needs to align with software development and data handling processes. Bridge the gap between legacy systems and evolving solutions.
• Team & Project Leadership: Lead a small team of technical and functional experts. Deliver project plans, training materials, and documentation to support change initiatives.
• Partner Engagement: Act as a trusted advisor to internal teams and external partners including across ADS. Present risks, progress, and solutions to senior leadership.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience in export control, data governance, or technical advisory within defence, aerospace, or similarly regulated environments.
• Active SC clearance (DV preferred).
• Good understanding of: Data container and metadata management.
• Network access controls.
• Cyber readiness standards.
• Confident in project delivery and multi-functional leadership.
• Familiarity with tools such as Ozone, Bots, or equivalent is a plus.

Referral Fee: £1500

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!

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.

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Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.