Management Consulting Manager - Aerospace and Defence

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

App-based fitness classes

Private medical insurance

Charitable leave (3 days)

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking an Aerospace and Defence Consulting Manager to lead high-impact client engagements from London or Manchester. The role combines strategic insight with hands-on delivery, leading multi-disciplinary teams across transformative A&D programs, including technology and AI-enabled solutions, while navigating travel and regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate has extensive management consulting experience in aerospace and defence, strong leadership, fluent English,

Qualifications

• Significant client-facing management consulting experience in Aerospace & Defence.
• Bachelor’s degree required; an advanced degree or MBA is a plus.
• Strong functional knowledge in areas such as Supply Chain, Operational Improvement, Manufacturing, and Digital Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead focused project teams across Aerospace & Defence clients and problems.
• Frame the problem, design the analysis approach, and lead execution.
• Oversee multiple workstreams within a broader project.
• Coach and develop team members to deliver excellence.
• Structure and communicate outcomes to client management teams.
• Help clients implement recommendations to deliver value and ROI.
• Develop offerings and collateral to support sales and origination activities.
• Lead client workshops with a human-centred approach to drive innovation.

Skills

Client-facing

Leadership

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Job Description

Role: Aerospace and Defence Consulting Manager

Location: London or Manchester

Mobility: Up to 100%

Career Level: Manager

Accenture is a global professional services company, providing a broad range of market-leading services to our clients. We are looking for an ambitious Management Consultant to join our Aerospace & Defence (A&D) Industry and Enterprise reinvention practice. In this role you will have an enviable opportunity to work with leading A&D clients, on cutting-edge and complex projects.

Our approach combines market-leading thought-leadership, deep industry knowledge and creativity blended with technology and AI; you can be excited to join a team of experts driven by helping clients navigate both present and future A&D challenges.

Inclusion and diversity are woven into the fabric of our business, and our core values of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, Integrity and Respect for the Individual have enabled us to create One Global Network for clients all over the world.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Our Team

The Aerospace and Defence industry is being hit by disruption on multiple fronts. To compete and win in this environment, companies are beginning to strategically transform components of their business to successfully address disruptive forces and capture new growth. Government is also increasing defence spending, to rearm and modernise. This environment creates exciting opportunities for consultants who want to work at the intersection of technology, UK industry, defence capability, and large-scale transformation.

Accenture is at the forefront of this change, helping the world’s largest A&D enterprises achieve sustainable and profitable growth by transforming their businesses to become more agile, innovative, operationally efficient, data and AI enabled while being secure.

We help our clients deliver lasting impact by driving excellence from strategy development through to implementation.

At Accenture, our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity.

We are experiencing unprecedented growth, and we are looking for exceptional individuals to join our team of passionate A&D consulting practitioners. As well as working with world-class industry clients you will learn, grow, and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking, and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways. You will have the opportunity to make an impact on operations, programmes and strategies, the success of which are crucial to both UK security and its A&D industry.

In our team, you will gain exposure to:

• The most strategic challenges and opportunities that occupy the minds of industry leaders
• Cutting-edge research and thought leadership that is defining the future of the A&D industry
• Industry A&D clients as well as government defence clients as part of our ‘One Defence’ model
• Structured problem-solving techniques to enable our clients to transform their businesses
• A global A&D network of highly skilled, geographically and culturally diverse people
• A world-class training curriculum that helps you continuously upskill yourself as the world changes
• A culture that encourages innovation, collaboration, enterprise, and a lot of fun!

As an Aerospace and Defence Consulting Manager you must be able to:

• Lead focused project teams across a range of A&D clients & problems
• Take ownership of framing the problem, structuring the analysis approach, and lead the execution
• Oversee multiple workstreams as part of a broader project
• Coach and develop members of the team to deliver excellence
• Structure and communicate outcomes to client management teams
• Work alongside client teams to help them implement the recommendations to deliver value
• Help develop and refine offerings and generate collateral to support sales and origination activities.
• Lead client innovation and requirements workshops and use a human-centred approach to solve problems, frame opportunities and achieve innovation through collaboration and co-creation.

This is the ideal opportunity for you if you can demonstrate:

• Significant client-facing management consulting and management experience in Aerospace and Defence clients gained within a comparable environment
• Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record, or equivalent experience. An advanced degree or MBA is a plus but not essential
• Strong functional knowledge in one or more of the following areas is key – Supply Chain, Operational Improvement, Manufacturing, Quality Management, Sourcing and Procurement, Digital Engineering, Complex Programme Delivery, Services.
• Exceptional creative problem solving and analytical skills
• Team leadership and coaching experience
• Effective communication skills, both written and oral. Fluency in English
• A passion for the reinvention of Aerospace & Defence with technology, AI and innovation.

To apply for this role, you must hold or be eligible for UK security clearance. As such, you must have lived in the UK for the past five years without an absence from the country of greater than 30 days at a time. More information about the requirements can be found here: United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant - GOV.UK

What’s In It For You

At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days of vacation per year, access to app-based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

We strive to help our people create the right work-life balance that allows them to realise their full potential. Please speak to your recruiter about the working pattern that works best for you.

Location

Your home office can be in London or Manchester. This role is client-facing and will therefore involve travel, working in other parts of the UK.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 537,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.