Managing Consultant - Software Engineering

Women in Data®; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health and lifestyle perks including私e

25 days annual leave + half-day on 25/

Generous company pension scheme

Annual performance-based bonus

PA share ownership

Tax efficient benefits

Zusammenfassung

PA Consulting is seeking a Managing Consultant to lead architectural strategy and client engagement across Defence & Security and related sectors. You will shape service propositions, drive growth, and mentor teams while delivering innovative, scalable solutions for high-profile clients.

Join a collaborative, inclusive environment that values excellence, curiosity and impact, with hybrid working across office and client sites in the UK.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience leading architecture and development teams delivering end-to-end solutions.
• Strong understanding of the defence sector across multiple domains (banking, insurance, payments, wealth).
• Ability to shape and communicate architectural strategies across domains (application, business, integration).
• Skilled at building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and translating technical insight into business value.
• Track record in business development including pre-sales, proposals and client engagement.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks and modelling tools (UML, ArchiMate) and awareness of trends.
• Established network of senior stakeholders to nurture and extend client partnerships.

Aufgaben

• Be part of our management team, shaping and launching new service propositions while driving strategic business growth.
• Lead business development initiatives—building trusted client relationships, owning outcomes, delivering high-impact solutions.
• Collaborate with FTSE 100 clients as a respected advisor, guiding complex challenges with clarity and creativity.
• Support your team’s growth through coaching, knowledge-sharing, and creating opportunities for them to thrive.
• Be part of an environment that deeply cares about its values - Values | PA Consulting

Jobbeschreibung

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Why consider joining us as a Managing Consultant?

• Join a team where you're trusted to shape your own path, manage your time, and influence real change for our clients and communities.
• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity.
• Be part of a team actively shaping Defence & Security and tackling issues that impact our everyday lives
• Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative community through knowledge-sharing and peer-level support, coaching and mentoring

What you can expect

• Be part of our management team, helping shape and launch new service propositions while driving strategic business growth.
• Lead business development initiatives —building trusted client relationships, owning outcomes, and delivering innovative, high-impact solutions.
• Collaborate with FTSE 100 clients as a respected advisor, guiding them through complex challenges with clarity and creativity.
• Support your team’s growth through coaching, knowledge-sharing, and creating opportunities for them to thrive.
• Be part of an environment that deeply cares about its values - Values | PA Consulting

Qualifications

Even if you don’t meet every requirement below, feel free to still apply as we are often hiring for similar roles which your background might be better suited to.

• Proven experience leading architecture and development teams, delivering impactful, end-to-end solutions for complex client challenges.
• Strong understanding of the defence sector, with experience across areas such as banking, insurance, payments, or wealth management.
• Demonstrated ability to shape and communicate architectural strategies across multiple domains (application, business, integration).
• Skilled at building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, translating technical insight into business value.
• Track record of contributing to business development, including pre-sales, proposal development, and client engagement.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks and modelling tools (e.g. UML, ArchiMate), with awareness of emerging trends and technologies.
• An established network of senior stakeholders within your specialist sector, with a proven ability to nurture and expand relationships that support business development and long-term client partnerships.

While we advocate for using the right tech for the right task, you can expect to work with the following technologies to ensure scalable, high-performance applications:

• Cloud & Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, IBM, Oracle, Salesforce
• Architecture & Delivery: Microservices, packaged solutions, cloud/on-premise models, agile delivery, digital transformation
• Tools & Frameworks: IoT, cloud-native architectures, UML, ArchiMate

Additional information

Assessment process

Please note that the interview stages may be subject to change based on the specific requirements of the role.

• Introductory Call with one of our senior Talent Acquisition partners to explore your background, the opportunity and PA.
• Round 1: 3x competency interviews, allowing you to meet different members of PA.
• Final Round: Business plan presentation with PA leaders – you will be given guidance and time to prepare in advance.

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Hybrid Working

Our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on client site.

Adjustments or accommodations

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [e-mail]

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