Technology Strategy / Sourcing Consultant

PA Consulting; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and lifestyle perks

25 days annual leave plus additional days

Generous company pension scheme

Annual performance-based bonus

PA share ownership

Tax-efficient benefits

Job summary

PA Consulting is seeking an experienced IT / Technology Strategy / Sourcing Consultant to join their team in the City of Westminster, England. In this role, you will partner with CIOs and business leaders to develop sourcing strategies and transition programs that enhance IT and business services.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in sourcing strategy, a background in consultancy, and the ability to deliver impactful solutions. The role offers a hybrid working model, health benefits, and professional growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in sourcing, strategy, and transformation within IT.
• Previous consultancy experience preferred.
• Knowledge of technology services marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Design sourcing strategies for IT and business services.
• Deliver business cases and contracts for sustainable benefits.
• Lead transition programs to transform IT and business services.

Skills

Sourcing and Strategy

Consultancy experience

Transformation in IT/digital settings

Creating business cases

Understanding technology services

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an IT / Technology Strategy / Sourcing Consultant to join our Sourcing, IT Strategy, and Corporate Services capability. As a consultant you will partner with CIOs and business leaders to design sourcing strategies, operating models, and transition programs that deliver sustainable benefits and modernise IT and business services.

Hybrid Working

Our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. Actual time may vary by role, up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Responsibilities

• Design sourcing strategies that balance the appropriate mix of internal and external IT and Business Process services to provide fit‑for‑the‑future capabilities.
• Shape and deliver sourcing solutions, business cases and contracts that deliver sustainable benefits, including engagement of leading market suppliers.
• Shape and deliver global operating and delivery models that enable the exploitation of modern, digital ways of working.
• Lead complex transition programmes and workstreams to transform IT and business services, building new organisations, cultures, supplier relationships and moving services to new delivery models.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Sourcing, Strategy and Transformation within an IT/digital setting.
• Preference for previous consultancy experience.
• Demonstrable experience of contributing to major bid and proposal development (consulting bid or supplier/service bid – either way desirable but not essential).
• Broad knowledge of the technology services marketplace and exposure to outsourcing application, infrastructure and workplace services (including cloud, SaaS, AI solutions).
• Ability to define business and IT services, requirements and SLAs.
• Experience across the outsourcing lifecycle (strategy, delivery, transition, service optimisation and remediation), including business cases, cost and commercial models.
• Experience working on the shaping of effective procurement strategies and robust commercial solutions.
• At senior grades, consulting experience is essential.

Benefits

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to purchase 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives.
• Annual performance‑based bonus.
• PA share ownership.
• Tax‑efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from under‑represented groups.

Security Clearance & Background Checks

Please note that some of our UK roles require a UK security clearance and all PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK. You must meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years) to be eligible for clearance.