Principal, Transformation (Energy & Utilities) - London

Gate One; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gate One is seeking a Principal to lead significant transformation engagements within Energy & Utilities, bringing structure and momentum to complex client challenges.

You will own strategic work within major accounts, build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, and lead multidisciplinary consulting teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Around 10 years’ experience in management consulting.
• Established senior-level track record leading complex transformations.
• Broad transformation leadership across operating model, digital/tech, organisational transformation, strategy execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex transformation engagements and delivery quality for major clients.
• Take ownership within key client accounts and balance delivery with account needs.
• Grow client relationships, identify opportunities and shape new work.
• Coach and develop consulting teams, fostering high performance.
• Contribute to propositions, bids and business development.

Skills

Transformation leadership

Team leadership

Client relationship management

Business development

Problem solving

Self-awareness

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

Our Energy & Utilities work is growing, creating opportunities to work on significant transformation challenges within complex organisations. As we continue to grow, we are looking for Principals who can combine outstanding transformation delivery with strong client relationships, team leadership and the appetite to take on increasing responsibility for developing our work.

The opportunity

As a Principal at Gate One, you will lead complex transformation engagements, bringing structure and momentum to some of our clients’ most important challenges.

This is first and foremost a transformation leadership role. You do not need to be a career Energy & Utilities specialist. We are interested in accomplished management consultants who have successfully led complex programmes and can rapidly understand a new organisation, challenge and sector context.

You will have the opportunity to take significant ownership within major client accounts: leading strategically important work, developing trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and leading high-performing consulting teams.

Alongside leading complex transformation delivery, you will play an active role in growing client relationships, identifying opportunities and helping develop strategically important accounts.

You will

Lead complex transformation engagements

• Lead significant transformation programmes and workstreams, taking accountability for delivery quality and client outcomes.

• Bring structure and clarity to complex and ambiguous client challenges, translating strategy into practical execution.

• Work comfortably across different transformation challenges rather than being defined by a single methodology or capability.

• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and become a valued advisor through the quality of your thinking and delivery.

• Lead and develop teams of consultants, creating an environment where people can perform at their best.

Take ownership within our client accounts

• Take responsibility for strategically important areas of client work, balancing excellent delivery with the broader needs of the account.

• Build trusted senior client relationships and use your understanding of client priorities to identify, shape and support new consulting opportunities.

• Contribute to account growth, proposals and business development activity, progressively taking greater commercial ownership as you develop towards Client Director.

Help build Gate One

• Contribute to the continued growth of our Energy & Utilities work and the wider firm.

• Bring ideas, intellectual curiosity and an entrepreneurial approach to solving problems.

• Support propositions, thought leadership, bids and business development activity alongside colleagues across the firm.

• Coach and develop consultants and contribute to the culture and community that makes Gate One distinctive.

About you

You will have around 10 years’ experience working within management consulting environments and will already be operating at an established senior level, with a strong track record of leading complex transformation engagements and teams.

We are looking for broad transformation leaders rather than narrow specialists. Your experience could span operating model, digital and technology transformation, organisational transformation, strategy execution or other major change programmes.

You will bring:

• Excellent transformation delivery capability, with the ability to move from strategy and ambiguity into practical execution.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary consulting teams and taking ownership for high-quality delivery.

• The credibility and judgement to build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.

• Experience contributing to account growth and business development, whether through expanding existing client relationships, shaping opportunities, leading proposals or supporting the conversion of new work.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the versatility to turn your hand to different transformation challenges.

• Self-awareness about your strengths and development areas, coupled with the ambition to continue growing as a consulting leader.

• A collaborative and entrepreneurial approach aligned with Gate One’s culture and ways of working.

Energy & Utilities experience is advantageous, but it is not essential. We are equally interested in outstanding transformation consultants who can demonstrate an ability to learn new sectors quickly and operate effectively in complex client environments.

Experience in areas such as asset management, major capital programmes or energy-system transformation would be particularly interesting where combined with strong transformation consulting capability.

Inclusion & accessibility

Gate One is committed to an inclusive hiring process. All applications will be given fair consideration regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith, or social background. We welcome individuals from all educational backgrounds to apply. We encourage applications from underrepresented and minority groups and can provide reasonable adjustments where needed to ensure a fair and accessible process.

Right to work: Candidates must hold the legal right to work in the UK and meet the experience requirements outlined above.