Senior Consultant

Fluent Commerce; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility around hybrid working

Diverse and inclusive culture

Job summary

A dynamic software development company in London is seeking a Senior Consultant to guide Delivery Partners and clients in successful implementation of their Order Management System (OMS). The ideal candidate will have 5-8 years of experience in consulting complex projects, expertise in agile methodologies, and a strong ability to communicate effectively. You'll work closely with technical teams and clients, ensuring excellence in service delivery and project outcomes. Flexibility in working approaches is encouraged as part of our inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in complex commerce/digital projects and vendor professional services.
• Knowledge of SDLC, especially agile delivery.
• Experience in multi-vendor digital-oriented project implementations.

Responsibilities

• Support Delivery Partners in project discovery and backlog generation.
• Represent the company professionally.
• Collaborate with teams to define service packages and process improvements.

Skills

Consulting in complex commerce projects

Agile delivery

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Education

Minimum 5-8 years of consulting experience

Tools

Gen AI tools

JSON

GraphQL and REST APIs

Java

React

CI/CD and DevOps automation

Job description

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The Senior Consultant will be responsible for guiding and advising Delivery Partners and clients at all stages of a Fluent Commerce OMS implementation project. From early discovery, through build & test and Go Live, the senior consultant participates as a key Fluent stakeholder, assisting the Delivery Partner and the Client in requirement gathering, backlog creation, solution design, feature enablement and the promotion of best practices and standards.

The consultant also acts as a portal into the Fluent Commerce organization. The person will work closely with other Expert Services consultants and the Product and Engineering teams on best practice standards to ensure excellence in partner delivery.

The role will report into the Head of Expert Services.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Fluent Commerce Delivery Partners in working with clients to perform project discovery of requirements, generate well defined product backlogs and user stories & acceptance tests.
• Consistently represent the company in a professional and ethical manner.
• Work with other Expert Services consultants to support client project engagements.
• Work with the Expert Services and Partner Enablement teams to define new service packages and process improvements.
• Foresee and communicate risks, both in delivery and commercially, and analyse implementation timelines.
• Be a product expert, understanding capabilities and best practices of the Fluent platform and products.
• Lead project Discovery phases to elicit and document business requirements.
• Review user stories (integration points, workflows, etc.) & acceptance tests as required and work with team members from within the Partner delivery team on the same throughout the sprint.
• Collaborate with the Product & Solutions teams to provide input on the Product roadmap collated from Fluent Commerce Delivery Partners and clients.
• Prepare project audits and assessments of the partner implementation for the client prior to launch focusing on technical and business requirements.
• Use Gen AI tools for daily tasks ranging from research, data gathering, report generation as well as building explorative tools and UIs for our internal and external use.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Minimum 5-8 years as a Consultant in complex commerce/digital projects either as vendor professional services or systems integrator.
• Knowledge of SDLC including agile delivery, especially experience with backlog development, user story writing/reviews, effort estimation reviews and sprint planning.
• Experience within multiple complex multi-vendor digital-oriented project implementations.
• Solutioning within the software product framework and bespoke customisation to meet client needs.
• Leading and Planning Solution Workshops.
• Producing and/or reviewing functional specifications, solution blueprints, solution architecture diagrams.
• Solution Scoping and Estimation.
• Knowledge transfer, coaching and training Delivery Partner Business Analysts on the Fluent platform.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Attention to detail, problem solving and strong analytical thinking.
• Distributed Order Management, PIM, WMS, Global Inventory Management, Customer Service tooling, Payments, Carriers, Returns/Supply Logistics.

Exposure to and preferably experience in

• Use of Gen AI tools for task automation and explorative work (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot)
• BPM automation tooling: workflow designers
• JSON
• GraphQL and REST APIs
• Java and React development
• CI/CD and DevOps automation (e.g. Maven, Bitbucket Pipelines, Github Actions).

Will ideally have experience in one or more of these OMS platforms

• Fluent Commerce
• Manhattan
• IBM Sterling
• Mainstreet OMS
• Order Dynamics
• Carrier Management Software: ShippIt, Metapack, Temando

About Fluent Commerce

Working with some of the world’s leading brands and retailers, we’ve created a powerful and exciting cloud-native Order Management platform designed to reinvent how businesses serve their customers’ needs efficiently and cost effectively. We’re disrupting the status quo to help our clients adapt quickly to their ever-changing needs. It’s a huge opportunity and we’re proud to be at the heart of it.

Globally headquartered in Sydney, Australia—and with teams across Europe, US and APAC—we’re growing quickly with new opportunities both nationwide and internationally. Are you ready to change the world of commerce? Then we’d love to hear from you!

At Fluent Commerce, we are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued. We believe our culture & competences are stronger with diverse experiences and perspectives.

That's why Flexy is one of our core values, we embrace flexibility around hybrid working and working hours.

We are not looking for someone who checks every single box; we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their own experiences. We value your uniqueness so that you can be your authentic self at work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, family, gender identity, marital status, physical or mental disability, neurodivergence, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Supply Chain and Consulting

Industries: Software Development

Location: London, England, United Kingdom