Senior Consultant- Program & Portfolio Management 1

Capgemini; Glasgow, London, Manchester; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consultancy firm as a Senior Consultant, where your expertise in Programme and Portfolio Management will drive impactful business transformations. You'll lead complex initiatives across various sectors, leveraging your knowledge of P3M tools and methodologies. This role offers the chance to mentor junior team members while contributing to internal training and business development efforts. With a focus on innovation and creativity, you will be at the forefront of shaping solutions that meet the evolving needs of clients. Embrace a culture that values inclusion and work-life balance, while making a difference in the world of business.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Employee wellbeing programs

Training and development opportunities

Mental Health Champions

Access to wellbeing apps

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

CSR activities

Glassdoor Best Places to Work recognition

Qualifications

• Proven track record in delivering complex transformation initiatives.
• Expertise in programme governance and stakeholder management.
• Experience with automation solutions and AI-driven reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of work streams on client delivery.
• Implement P3M methodologies to drive client engagement.
• Contribute to business development and internal training pathways.

Skills

Programme and Portfolio Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Automation Solutions

People Development

Commercial Awareness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Professional Certifications (PMP, PRINCE2)

Tools

MSP

MoP

P3M

Salesforce

Oracle

Job description

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We are a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology.

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Workforce and Organisation is a core Capgemini Invent capability unit that puts people at the heart of everything we do. We combine strategy, process, people, technology, and data working across all sectors to transform technology, organisations, and society. W&O are made up of three capability teams, including Programme & Change Acceleration (‘P&CA’) which is the focus of this specific role. P&CA houses Capgemini Invent’s transformation programme delivery and change experts.

YOUR ROLE

As a Senior Consultant with expertise in Programme and Portfolio Management, you will deliver complex client business transformation initiatives across a variety of sectors. With an agile mindset and a strong grasp of P3M tools and techniques, you will lead clients through their transformation journeys. Your understanding of market trends and emerging challenges will allow you to offer valuable insights and strategic advice, helping clients achieve lasting and impactful change.

As a Senior Consultant you will play a key role in:

Independently lead the execution of overall work stream(s) on client delivery, and being a mentor/coach to junior team members, enabling capability development and growth of our team.

Implementing P3M methodologies / principles on client engagements to drive forward P&CA thought leadership.

Contributing to the development of internal training pathways to enhance P&CA capability in areas such as automation, tooling, and P3M methodologies.

Able to shape andsolve problemsusing a fact-based approach to driveinsight to clients.

Having a commercial mindset to proactively identify new opportunities to support clients and shape our P3M offer.

As part of your role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.

Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.

Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

YOUR PROFILE

Proven track record of delivering complex transformation initiatives across various industries. Expertise in programme governance, stakeholder management and risk management.

Experience managing a workstream(s) or a small project on client delivery and delegating work to direct reports.

Experience and expertise of multiple P3M delivery approaches and methodologies.

Experience with automation solutions, including workflow automation, AI resource augmentation, AI-driven reporting, or Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

Strong commercial awareness, including identifying and converting sales opportunities or managing budgets effectively.

Demonstrated skills in people development through coaching and managing others.

Desirable skills and/or experience:

MSP, MoP, and/or P3O from Axelos

PMQ, PPQ and/or ChPP from APM

PMP and/or PgMP from PMI

PROSCI or APMG qualifications

PRINCE2 Practitioner or agile equivalents

Experience and expertise of key technologies such as S4/Hana, Workday, Salesforce, Oracle & Microsoft product suite.

Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.

Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry but having a Consulting background.

Experience of proposition building and delivery.

Hold UK security vetting status of Security Check (SC).

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE:

The Programme and Change Acceleration team is at the heart of the transformational consultancy services Capgemini Invent deliver for our clients. We act as Capgemini Invent's programme and change management center of excellence, focused on the design and delivery of business transformations. Our Change Management offering helps organisations to navigate and mitigate the people-related challenges that come with complex transformations. Whilst our Programme Management offering equips organisations with the tools necessary to ensure successful delivery execution.

We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK’ accolade for 5 consecutive years, to see what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page .

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

ABOUT CAPGEMINI

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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Posted on 02 May 2025

Experience level Experienced Professionals

Contract type Permanent

Location Glasgow, London, Manchester

Business unit INVENT

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