Principal Consultant – Operational Analysis / Data Analysis

Sagentia Defence; Bristol; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Profit Share Scheme

Generous Holiday Allowance

Private healthcare by Bupa

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Sagentia Defence in Bristol is seeking a Principal Consultant to lead Operational Analysis and Data Analysis initiatives, shaping strategy and delivering high-impact solutions for government programmes.

You will mentor teams, drive business development, and ensure technical assurance while collaborating with cross-functional partners across the Defence sector.

Qualifications

• Experience leading tasks in an Operational Analysis discipline.
• Proven ability in analysis, modelling, or Government Approvals support.
• Ability to develop and integrate new tools and techniques.
• Experience guiding project deliverables to a high standard.
• Experience leading teams in a consultancy context.

Responsibilities

• Business Development: support bids, write technical approaches, and present to customers.
• Vision and Strategy: help set department strategy and align with Sagentia Defence.
• Capability Development: develop OA service offerings and maintain coherence across the business.
• Team leadership: motivate, coach, and manage performance; deliver projects.
• Training and Development: coach use of OA tools and techniques; enable career growth.
• Technical Assurance: provide guidance and review deliverables for quality.

Skills

Operational Analysis

Approvals Assurance

Decision Support

Modelling & Simulation

Team Leadership

Mentoring

Proposal writing

Education

Degree-level qualification

Job description

Principal Consultant – Operational Analysis / Data Analysis

Department: Operational Analysis

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Bristol

Description

Are you an experienced consultant with a background in Operational Analysis, Operational Research, Data Analysis, or supporting Government Approvals looking for an opportunity support and develop a growing team and be responsible for delivering Analysis and Innovation?

Sagentia Defence has a track record of success as a trusted partner to customers within highly regulated Government programmes. As a result, we are looking for a new Principal Consultant within our Operational Analysis team.

• The Operational Analysis team uses modelling, analysis, domain knowledge, and approvals expertise to provide the evidence to make better decisions, in support of our customers within the defence and space sectors. We:
• Undertake research to analyse the benefits of new equipment, approaches, or technologies.
• Provide the evidence to support Government procurement decisions.
• Work with customers and stakeholders to improve policy, strategy, and planning.
• Collaborate with our partner organisations within Science Group to integrate innovation into everything we do.

Key Responsibilities

As a Principal Consultant within our Operational Analysis team, you will be responsible for:

Business Development: Supporting Account Leads throughout the whole business development cycle, including writing technical approaches within bids and presenting to prospective customers. Collaborating with Account Leads to identify new opportunities and the need for new capability across all our customers.

Vision and Strategy: Assisting in setting the vision and strategy for the department in collaboration with the other capabilities across Sagentia, integrating Analysis and Innovation throughout. Ensuring that the strategy is then communicated across the company and aligned with the wider Sagentia Defence vision.

Capability Development: Developing and maintaining Operational Analysis service offerings aligned to account demand signal and collaborating with other departments to ensure services are coherent across the business. As a Principal Consultant your focus will be developing:

• Operational Analysis
• Approvals Assurance
• Decision Support
• Modelling and Simulation

Team leadership: Motivating, coaching, and managing the performance of team members. Leading team meetings to share knowledge, co-ordinate activities, pursue opportunities and address issues. Being responsible for the delivery of Operational Analysis projects and wider collaborative multi-disciplinary work.

Training and Development: Coaching people on the use of Operational Analysis tools and techniques. Staying at the forefront of profession, we encourage career development through attendance to conferences, steering committees and tailored training and development as and when required.

Technical Assurance: Working on projects, providing technical guidance and review to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers’ expectations.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You will be someone with experience in leading tasks in an Operational Analysis discipline, with expertise in analysis, modelling, or support to Government Approvals.

You should have a positive, flexible, and initiative-taking attitude, and be keen to develop yourself and others within the team. You will have experience in:

• Delivering Operational Analysis, Approvals Assurance, Decision Support and/or Modelling and Simulation in a consultancy context
• Writing analysis documentation or business cases.
• Capability development and integration of new tools and techniques.
• Providing technical guidance and reviews to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers’ expectations.
• Leading teams in a consultancy setting.
• Working within public sector with knowledge of government processes.
• Managing a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Mentoring employees across all grades.
• Contributing and leading successful bids/technical proposals.

If you are interested in applying for this role, candidates must have:

• In existing right to live and work in the UK.
• Either hold a current SC clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo a Security Clearance check (SC level) upon starting their employment with the company.
• To gain SC clearance you will normally need at least 5 years’ UK residency.
• Degree level qualification or relevant experience.
• Defence or government experience.
• An Engineering Chartership or equivalent relevant to the role.

Benefits

At Sagentia Defence, we believe in rewarding our people and supporting their wellbeing. Alongside our competitive salaries we offer a comprehensive benefits package including Company Profit Share Scheme, Generous Holiday Allowance with the ability to buy and sell holiday, Employee Assistance Programme, 24 Hour access to GP and Mental Health support along with access to hundreds of high street discounts, private healthcare provided by Bupa and more. As a consultancy our people are our biggest asset, and we aim to nurture and develop our staff to achieve their full potential.