Senior Manager – Director, Defence and Security, Consulting

Job title:

Senior Manager – Director, Defence and Security, Consulting

Company

Deloitte

Job description

Senior Manager & Director,Defence & Security,Your opportunityDo you want to be at the heart of some of the biggest and most ambitious programmes undertaken to keep our country safe?We are proud of the impact we have with our Defence & Security clients, the strength of our relationships, and the variety of skills and expertise that we bring to help them achieve their mission.We’re growing our teams across all of Consulting. If you are cleared to SC or DV level, or willing and eligible to obtain this, and want to grow your career in this sector, we are very keen to hear from you.Are you able to guide Defence & Security clients through complex technology challenges, and rapidly develop new solutions to meet their evolving needs? We are looking for an experienced senior hire to help our clients with new thinking on technology capabilities and adoption processes, and someone who is sensitively able to combine the latest thinking with traditional Defence & Security functionsCustomer & MarketingPart Business. Part Creative. Part Technology. One hundred per cent digital. At Deloitte Digital, we connect creativity with technology for business. Bringing empathy, ideas, and experience into digital transformation. Together with all of Deloitte, we create connections across the breadth of our people, organisation, and ecosystems to make an impact that matters to our clients and to society. We’re a new type of creative digital consultancy that fuses strategy, tech and design to identify where businesses need to be, then get them there. Fast. Want to help us shape the future? We’re looking for experienced practitioners from a consulting, design, tech or business background who can show our clients what’s next, then work with our mixed-discipline team to make it happen.As part of our Consultancy practice, your career with Deloitte Digital can take multiple paths. Including: customer and channel strategy, customer experience design, designing new service capabilities and operations, mobile, online and contact centre technology solutions, and related technology and operational change programmes.We embrace the strengths of diverse talent within our team. You may have abrilliant mind, be a confident communicator or a nerd for all things digital, or you may have an impeccable business instinct, a collaborative outlook and a flair for big ideasWe encourage consideration of flexible ways of working, both formal and informal arrangements that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients. If this opportunity is of interest to you with some flexibility, please do discuss with us.Your roleThe ideal candidate would be from a technology background with defence credentials, or from defence with very strong digital transformation and technology understanding. They should be comfortable translating current and future technology trends and how they impact current defence assumptions and programmes. A key ability will be to balance between technical capability and user empathy.The Senior Manager / Director will have responsibility for:

• Engagement Management: Leading a range of projects and programmes (including QA); complete project planning and budgeting; define deliverable structure and content; facilitate buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client; direct on-time, quality delivery of work products; manage engagement economics; manage engagement risk; manage diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.

• Client Management: Manage day-to-day interactions with senior clients and sponsors; working collaboratively to develop and foster relationships with key clients

• Business Development: Originating and leading sales and developing our propositions (including new propositions); develop and maintain contact with top decision makers at key clients; participate in and lead proposals.

• Practice Development & Eminence: Develop solutions and methodologies; develop thought leadership and point-of-view documents; participate in public speaking and industry events.

• People Development: Perform role of counsellor and coach; provide input and guidance into the staffing process; actively participate in staff recruitment and retention activities; provide leadership and support delivery teams and staff in local offices.

Your work, your choiceAt Deloitte we believe the best impact is the value we add, not the hours we sit at our desk. We carefully consider agile ways of working, both formal and informal, that allow for the best impact for our people and our clients. Please speak to your recruiter about the working pattern that works best for you.Location: Your home office will be London, but this client-facing role provides lots of opportunity for travel in the UK and overseas.Work pattern: This is a permanent contract opportunity. Our team members work a variety of agile working patterns. Tell us what arrangement works for you and we’ll try to accommodate.Your professional experience

• Willing and eligible to apply and obtain UK security clearance to Security

Check (SC) or Developed Vetting level, if not holding an existing clearance

• Defence & Security awareness either working directly or in support of UK HMG

• Technology awareness either working directly or in support of Tech Industry

• Specific awareness around cloud, AI, data, analysis and disruptive digital technologies

• Defence-related awareness and empathy around digital transformation, adoption, information advantage

• Business development credentials within the defence or technology sector

• Able to form and hold senior relationships across client base

• Team leadership of senior individuals

• Experience of agile and start-up approaches

• Experience of digital transformation delivery and improvement

Your service line: ConsultingOur people and the way we work are the two things that set us apart in the consulting universe. For us, collaboration is fundamental to success, along with an unrivalled depth and breadth of expertise. We work closely with our clients and each other, at every stage of every project, solving our clients trickiest problems with a mix of knowledge, creativity and intellectual rigour. A hugely diverse range of clients rely on us to deliver the kind of change that adds genuine, lasting value to their business.Personal independenceRegulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints. This can mean that you and your “Immediate Family Members” are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm. The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process.About DeloitteOur Purpose & StrategyTo make an impact that matters for our clients, our people and society – defines who we are and what we stand for. Our purpose provides the foundation for our strategy and our aspiration to be the undisputed leader in professional services: this is not about size, it’s about being the first choice. The first choice for the largest and most influential clients, and the first choice for the best talent.What do we do?Deloitte offers global integrated professional services that include Audit &Assurance, Consulting, Financial Advisory, Legal, Risk Advisory and Tax Consulting. Our approach combines intellectual leadership, industrial expertise, insight, consulting & problem solving capabilities whatever the role, technology revolutions and innovation from multiple disciplines to help our clients excel anywhere in the world.Beyond the UK: Deloitte North and South EuropeThe UK is part of Deloitte North and South Europe (NSE), the second largest member firm in the Deloitte network. Deloitte NSE combines operations in Belgium, Central Mediterranean (Italy, Greece, Malta), Ireland, the Middle East(Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, PalestinianRuled Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen), theNetherlands, the Nordics (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden),Switzerland and the UK. Deloitte NSE brings together 2,700 partners and over 50,000 people, combining our unmatched breadth and depth of capabilities in audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, and tax and legal across the region. Being part of Deloitte NSE supports our aspiration to be the undisputed leader in professional services and will create more opportunity and growth for our people.What do we value?What brings us all together at Deloitte? it’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for maximum impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.Being a Leader at DeloitteCultural fit and purpose-led leadership is crucial for Deloitte. Our leaders always set the example and inspire their colleagues. They make quality time for people and take an interest in them. They know what matters to people – both inside and outside work and value them as individuals; always finding opportunities to develop them while showing respect and appreciation.We expect colleagues at all levels to embrace and live our purpose and our leadership culture by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters. We know leadership comes in all shapes and sizes, but our Leadership Charter helps all of our people understand what we’re looking for:

• We live our purpose: we act as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognising others for the impact they make

• We develop talent: we develop high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities

• We drive performance: we deliver exceptional client service; maximise results and drive high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders

• We believe positive influence can make an impact that matters: we influence clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people

• We move, together, towards a strategic direction: we understand key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligning people to objectives and setting priorities and direction.

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Location

London

Job date

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 07:43:58 GMT

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