Technology Strategy / Sourcing Consultant

Consultancy.uk; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Hybrid working model

Equal opportunity environment

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in London is seeking an experienced IT/Technology Strategy and Sourcing Consultant. This role will involve designing sourcing strategies, delivering sustainable solutions, and leading transformations in IT services. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in consultancy, demonstrated sourcing experience, and knowledge of technology services. The position offers a hybrid working model, requiring in-office or client site presence a minimum of two days per week, fostering both flexibility and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Sourcing, Strategy and Transformation within an IT setting.
• Preference for previous consultancy experience.
• Demonstrable experience in major bid and proposal development.
• Broad knowledge of the technology services marketplace.
• Ability to define business and IT service requirements.
• Experience across the outsourcing lifecycle and commercial models.
• Expertise in IT strategy and service management.

Responsibilities

• Design sourcing strategies balancing internal and external services.
• Shape and deliver sourcing solutions and contracts for sustainable benefits.
• Lead complex transition programs for IT and business services.

Skills

Sourcing experience

Strategy and Transformation

Consultancy experience

Knowledge of technology services

Defining business and IT services

Experience across outsourcing lifecycle

Effective procurement strategies

IT project management

Job description

Firm: PA Consulting

Location: London, United Kingdom

Benefits

Competive

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

Are you passionate about connecting IT success with commercial results? Would you like to work in a high performing team where your role involves combining strategy, change, implementation, and technical skills? Our Sourcing, IT Strategy, and Corporate Services capability is growing. We help our clients to solve complex IT and sourcing challenges, providing solutions to drive innovation and build efficient organisations. We design integrated and forward-thinking approaches to build the tech strategies and organisations which are needed today – and for tomorrow. Whether it’s pure IT strategy or operating model design, outsourcing strategies or legacy technology, or even underperforming and expensive IT functions – we help our clients get things back on track. We are actively recruiting talented IT/ Technology Strategy and Sourcing Consultants with a passion for defining and delivering radical change within businesses to exploit new digital technology and modern digital ways of working by providing strategic advice to CIOs and business leaders.

As an IT / Technology Strategy/ Sourcing Consultant, you will have the opportunity to help our clients solve the most complex and challenging issues affecting business and government by:

• Designing sourcing strategies which balance the appropriate mix of internal and external IT and Business Process services, so that organisations benefit from fit-for-the-future services and capabilities.
• Shaping and delivering sourcing solutions, business cases and contracts which deliver sustainable benefits, including engaging leading market suppliers.
• Shaping and delivering global operating and delivery models that enable the exploitation of modern, digital ways of working.
• Leading complex transition programmes and workstreams to transform IT and business services, to make the change happen by building new organisations, cultures, supplier relationships and transitioning services to new delivery models.

Hybrid Working

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

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.
• Expertise in technology delivery disciplines (e.g. IT strategy, IT service management, agile delivery, IT project management).
• At senior grades Consulting experience is essential.

Equal Opportunity

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their 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 underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or Accommodations

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.