Senior Consultant – Digital Consulting
Job Description
Job title: Senior Consultant – Digital Consulting
Company: UBDS
Job description: UBDS have exciting growth plans heading into 2024 and we are looking for someone to grow with us. We have a purpose to empower our public and private sector organisations to realise significant, measurable and sustainable digital transformation gains, and to do this, we need to be fully aligned with our clients & to our partners in terms of supply and technology.
We are looking for an experienced consultant to join our growing digital consulting team. Our Digital Consulting service adopts a ground-up approach to help our clients harness the power of data and technology, build a digital culture and develop an end-to-end transformation roadmap. We also help our clients uncovering new cloud-based capabilities for a smoother and more rewarding adoption of cloud technology.
Responsibilities
Client delivery
- Work directly with clients and act as a client’s trusted advisor to lead consulting projects to success.
- Use consulting methodologies to collect data and insights, and turn these into practical recommendations and solutions for clients. Where possible, pull together existing UBDS capabilities to create digital solutions that can be scaled up across our client pool.
- Have overall accountability for the delivery of one or more projects assigned.
- Prepare underlying materials and design, lead or participate in client workshops and other client engagements.
- Manage senior stakeholders, provide constructive challenge and robust advice to senior management including C-suite.
- Drive technology-enabled transformation programmes and projects.
Business development
- Develop a deep understanding of UBDS commercial priorities. You will be responsible and accountable for the success and growth of customer accounts.
- Drive the development of new market offerings that meet clients’ needs in collaboration with Sales and Marketing teams.
- Drive and/or support as needed the production of high-quality proposals aligned to our clients’ needs.
Management
- Manage and lead team members to complete key pieces of client work.
- Act as a mentor to junior team members outside of client engagements to develop UBDS-wide skills profile.
- Take responsibility for aggregating professional knowledge from around the business and create business cases to be used in client engagements.
- In parallel to client work, lead and support internal processes to optimise our digital advisory operations.
About You
- 3+ years of prior Management Consulting experience preferably in a top-tier or boutique consulting firm with a combination of technical / operational and management / business development / strategy roles
- Possess a digital mindset and an interest in innovation and Digital Strategy & Transformation
- Be familiar with recognised Strategy frameworks and techniques
- Have a track record of successful delivery within projects or programmes working alongside other parties
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including an ability to listen to understand the client situation and the ability to communicate clearly and efficiently on potentially complex issues
- Ability to use hypothesis-driven problem solving to develop an approach to solve strategic problems. Being able to see the “big picture” without losing attention to detail
- Ability to quickly absorb information from interviews, data, reports and other information sources, in order to produce succinct analysis of a situation
- Quantitative skills, such as the ability to build Excel models, perform analysis on research output, draw key insights from data or visualise data as compelling charts in PowerPoint.
- Experience working in diverse teams in complex strategy/consulting engagements, delivering high-quality output in short timeframes
Benefits
Why people choose to grow their careers at UBDS
People are the most important aspect of our business, so adding the right people to the team and helping them grow is critical. This is why we’ve invested in a people-focused team to look after the entire employee experience.
With an impressive portfolio of customers in both the public and private sectors, we have a variety of exciting projects to be involved in. As a technology agnostic organisation, you’ll gain exposure to the world’s leading and latest technology.
Employee Benefits * Training – All team members are offered a number of options in terms of personal development, whether it is technical led, business acumen or methodologies. We want you to grow with us and to help us achieve more
- Private medical cover for you and your spouse/partner, offered via Vitality
- Discretionary bonus based on a blend of personal and company performance
- Holiday – You will receive 25 Days holiday, plus 1 day for Birthday and 1 day for your work anniversary in addition to UK bank holidays
- Electric Vehicle leasing with salary sacrifice
- Contributed Pension Scheme
- Death in service cover
- Hybrid Working – UBDS offers a flexible working environment to help enable you to operate at your maximum regardless of your location. With offices in London & Manchester we offer a culture that is focussed on outcomes and giving you a work life balance but at that same time creating and driving a culture of inclusivity and togetherness
About UBDS
UBDS was born out of a vision to build lasting relationships by delivering digital transformation solutions with unrivalled speed and efficiency. We have taken complex organisations to the frontier of innovation, transforming enterprise and public sector to be faster, leaner and more competitive.
Organisations turn to us for deep knowledge, specialist skills, years of on-the-job experience and our can-do and get-it done culture.
Projects are personal. Our work is an extension of the values we embody, and we are always looking for ways to fill the gap for our clients. For us, it’s about top- and bottom-line growth, and equipping our clients with cutting-edge technology that empowers innovation.
We exist to deliver significant, measurable and sustainable digital transformation, and we achieve this by delivering value to our customers in the following ways:
1. Accelerating change
2. Ensuring frictionless high performance
3. Mitigating risk and ensuring security
From advisory, to design and execution, we implement the technology that aligns with our clients’ goals – to help them innovate and thrive. We have four key values that guide the way we work together, engage with our customers, make decisions, and ultimately succeed: * Our reputation is everything
- We are passionate about technology and innovation
- We deliver value and make an impact
- We keep it simple and make it happen
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.
Expected salary:
Location: London
