Senior Business Consulting Manager

Sopra Steria Ltd; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm is seeking a Senior Business Consulting Manager to drive technology transformation consultancy for Defence clients. The ideal candidate will have strategic-level experience, strong commercial acumen, and hold enhanced DV clearance. This role offers a hybrid work model with competitive salary and benefits, including a bonus and car allowance.

Benefits

20% Bonus

£6,600 car allowance

25 days annual leave

Private medical

Life assurance

Pension

Flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Hold enhanced DV (eDV) clearance (essential).
• Senior-level commercial acumen analyzing complex problems.
• Experience in competitive bidding for work.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth in Technology Transformation consultancy services.
• Identify partners and craft solutions with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Lead complex, multi-team programmes.
• Engage with senior clients and influence decision-making.

Skills

Strategic-level experience in ADS sectors

Experience in Management Consulting

Commercial acumen

Network within ADS clients

Ability to mentor junior consultants

Education

Enhanced DV (eDV) clearance

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Business Consulting Manager with a background in Defence to drive business in Technology Transformation consultancy services into Aerospace, Defence and Secure (ADS) clients.

Sopra Steria is recognised for its activities in consulting, digital services, and software development. We provide end-to-end solutions to support large companies and organisations in their endeavours to become more efficient and effective by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors, strategic practices, business change and innovative technologies.

We are a big company, with an even bigger heart and despite being big, thanks to our culture, we are recognised in the Great Place to Work’s UK's Best Workplaces rankings. We are one community; working hard to retain a small, friendly team approach, determined to do the right thing by our clients, customers, and colleagues

What you’ll be doing:

As a Senior Business Consulting Manager, you will drive growth in Technology Transformation consultancy services into ADS clients, acting as a trusted advisor across Defence and Secure sectors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Account development: Identify partners, understand strategic drivers, and craft compelling solutions in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Programme leadership: Lead complex, multi-team programmes (>20 people), and build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Opportunity spotting: Proactively identify and qualify sales opportunities, lead bids and deliver business-winning proposals.
• Multi functional delivery: Ensure seamless delivery across applications, cloud, infrastructure, and data transformation.
• Leadership: Mentor junior consultants, shape high-performance teams, and cultivate a consulting-first culture.
• Client engagement: Engage at senior level, influence decision-making, and translate complex needs into clear, value-driven technology solutions.
• Quality & negotiation: Uphold rigorous standards while negotiating favourable outcomes for clients and Sopra Steria.

What you’ll bring:

• Holdenhanced DV (eDV)clearance (essential).
• Strategic-level experience across at least two ADS sectors, focused on Intelligence Community consulting.
• Highly experienced in Management Consulting.
• Senior-level commercial acumen analysing complex problems and implementing practical, innovative solutions.
• Experience of competitive bidding for work.
• Experience having worked withinan environment of Sales Targets.
• Extensive senior network within ADS clients and partners.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location:Hybrid, travel to client sites across the UK when needed.

Security Clearance Level: eDV

Internal Recruiter:Soraya

Salary:£90,000 - £110,000

Benefits: 20% Bonus , £6,600 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 your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working 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.

Our specialist team at Sopra Steria Next, the consulting arm of Sopra Steria, leverages extensive experience across various sectors, including Financial Services, Security, Government, and Commerce. With over 45,000 employees in 25 countries, we are a European leader in technology and transformation.

We believe that success comes when you put people first. By focusing on the needs of our clients’ customers, we help organisations achieve their goals, empower employees, and build trust as responsible corporate citizens. Driven by innovation, we harness next-generation technology and data-driven insights to address critical challenges. Our expertise enables large, complex organisations to innovate and transform effectively.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We havepartnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us knowwhen completingyour application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.