Consulting Manager

Sopra Steria Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Consultant to join their NHS Shared Business Services team. You will lead and deliver projects across various assignments in operational efficiency and procurement optimisation. The role involves managing junior consultants and developing competitive proposals in a dynamic environment. A bonus, car allowance, and flexibility in work arrangements are part of the offering. Ideal candidates will have consulting experience and strong commercial understanding along with excellent engagement skills.

Benefits

10% Bonus

£5,400 car allowance

25 days annual leave

Private medical

Life assurance

Pension

Generous flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Ability to work flexibly across multiple projects.
• Proven experience delivering change or operational efficiency projects.
• Excellent partner engagement and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver specific project workstreams.
• Ensure high-quality outputs and client satisfaction.
• Develop junior consultants and support their growth.

Skills

Consulting experience

NHS transformation expertise

Strong commercial understanding

Analytical thinking

Excellent partner engagement skills

Job description

Looking for a role where you can make a real impact across the NHS and public sector? We're growing our Consulting practice at NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and are looking for a flexible, delivery-focused Consultant to join the team. This is a generalist consulting role, so you'll work on a wide variety of projects from transformation and operational efficiency to procurement optimisation and workforce initiatives. You'll lead workstreams, manage medium-sized projects, and support the development of Junior consultants. Alongside delivering high-quality outcomes, you'll help shape proposals and identify opportunities to keep us competitive in a financially constrained market. If you enjoy variety, influencing senior stakeholders, and thinking commercially while driving meaningful improvements, this could be the perfect next step for you. We can offer great career progression opportunities, the ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities. Hybrid working applies, you'll need to attend meetings or training at agreed locations as required as well as travel to client sites.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead and deliver specific project workstreams or medium-scale consulting projects.
• Work across diverse assignments including transformation, commercial improvement, operational efficiency, procurement optimisation, and shared services.
• Ensure high-quality outputs, timely delivery, and strong client satisfaction.
• Help shape consulting propositions, business cases, and bids in a competitive NHS environment.
• Build credibility and influence senior NHS partners to simplify complex problems and drive change.
• Line manage and develop junior consultants, supporting their growth and performance.

What you'll bring:

• Consulting experience or strong NHS transformation/commercial/operational expertise.
• Ability to work flexibly across multiple projects and quickly learn new domains.
• Strong commercial understanding, including shaping proposals and assessing value.
• Proven experience delivering change, procurement, or operational efficiency projects.
• Excellent partner engagement and influencing skills.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving ability.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience in an established consultancy or public-sector specialist environment.
• Background in NHS procurement, commercial functions, shared services, or digital transformation.
• Knowledge of public sector frameworks and procurement processes.
• Understanding of NHS financial pressures and constraints.

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 motivation, reduce stress and improve performance. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible 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.

Employment Type: Full-time Permanent. Location: UK Wide With travel to client site. Security Clearance Level: BPSS. Internal Recruiter: Soraya. Salary: £50,000 - £70,000.

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams' expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence. We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level. Would you like to join us on our journey?