Lead Technology Consultant

TPXimpact

  • United Kingdom
  • £52,800-72,600 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 13 hours ago
About The RoleTo Apply:If you would like to express interest in this role, please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter max 2 pages highlighting your relevant experience against the essential requirements for the role.Job level: 10We're growing our team! We're looking for Lead Technology Consultants who will play central roles in the successful delivery of technology and digital transformation projects. You will work closely with clients and internal teams to understand context, co-design solutions, and lead multidisciplinary teams through implementation.This role involves guiding clients through complex digital transformations by delivering high-level strategic advice, technical architecture, and impactful solutions tailored to meet their business objectives. You will be accountable for running workstreams, advising clients on technology strategy, carrying out research, relaying your findings through reports and diagrams, translating insights into architecture, and making recommendations.This role involves translating business needs into technical strategies, creating architecture artefacts, and supporting clients to make sustainable and user-focused technology choices. Throughout, you will highlight how technology choices can impact people, processes and budgets.You'll operate as a trusted advisor, often leading smaller engagements or playing a senior role on larger ones, but may also work solo or contribute as a member of a team as needed. You will be the source of technical oversight and advice for the wider team and for the client.You will also support the development of junior colleagues while contributing to practice improvement and business development.We are committed to having a positive impact on the clients and the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from women, disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic candidates and historically under-represented groups.Responsibilities
  • Lead project workstreams or small/medium client engagements in technology and digital transformation engagements.
  • Lead the design and implementation of technology, digital and data strategies that enhance business outcomes.
  • Collaborate with client teams to align technical solutions with organisational strategies and user needs.
  • Analyse client technology environments, document current-state architecture, understand and interpret user needs and produce strategic recommendations.
  • Design future-state solution and enterprise architectures and IT operating models.
  • Create artefacts such as technology roadmaps, options appraisals, and architecture diagrams.
  • Advising on AI adoption, assessing AI readiness and defining appropriate operating models and assurance frameworks for AI development, deployment and usage
  • Facilitate workshops and discovery sessions with clients and users.
  • Communicate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Mentor and develop more junior consultants and contribute to internal learning. Line management of 0-2 other consultants, dependent on business need.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across design, data, and delivery.
  • Input into bids and proposals with a focus on technology content.
  • Provide thought leadership and contribute to business development and marketing activities.
  • Maintain a strong understanding of emerging trends and technologies.
  • Contribute to the continual development of our technology and data practice.
  • Develop and maintain strong client relationships, building trust with senior stakeholders.
About YouProfessional knowledge and experienceEssential
  • Strong experience in technology consulting or IT architecture roles on complex digital transformation programmes.
  • Knowledge of enterprise architecture including common enterprise IT landscapes, software engineering methods, data and cloud platforms, and experience developing future state architectures
  • Proven ability to work with stakeholders at multiple levels across organisations
  • Understanding of concepts and principles across information technology, enterprise architecture, software, data, infrastructure, and cybersecurity
  • Experience defining technical and functional requirements, and guiding the prioritisation of requirements
  • Experience of communicating technical concepts and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience developing and reviewing architecture artefacts.
  • Experience facilitating workshops, interviews, or training with business users
  • Experience delivering projects in a consultancy environment
  • Experience advising on the governance of IT services
  • Experience designing, implementing, or evaluating strategies, with the ability to anticipate and plan for future challenges
  • Experience analysing IT system capabilities, evaluating products, and engaging technology suppliers during or before procurement processes
  • Experience in multiple parts of the product life cycle and understanding appropriate activities at each stage.
  • Champion of user needs and user research in the context of technology strategy
  • Committed to personal and professional development, staying abreast of industry trends.
  • A technology and platform agnostic perspective.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Desirable
  • Experience working in diverse, remote, and multi-disciplinary teams
  • Experience with agile methodologies
  • Experience working in or with public sector organisations
About The ProcessTo ApplyIf you would like to express interest in this role, please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter max 2 pages highlighting your relevant experience against the essential requirements for the role.
Deadline for applications: 11:59pm on Wednesday 17th SeptemberScreening calls: w/c 22nd & 29th SeptemberInterviews to take place: w/c 6th & 13th OctoberAbout UsPeople-Powered TransformationWe're a purpose driven organisation, supporting organisations to build a better future for people, places and the planet. Combining vast experience in the public, private and third sectors and expertise in human-centred design, data, experience and technology, we're creating sustainable solutions ready for an ever-evolving world.At the heart of TPXimpact, we're collaborative and empathetic. We're a team of passionate people who care deeply about the work we do and the impact we have in the world. We know that change happens through people, with people and for people. That's why we believe in people-powered transformation.Working in close collaboration with our clients, we seek to understand their unique challenges, questioning assumptions and building in their teams the capabilities and confidence to continue learning, iterating and adapting.Benefits Include:
  • 30 days holiday + bank holidays
  • 2 volunteer days for causes that you are passionate about
  • Maternity/paternity - 6 months Maternity Leave, 3 months Paternity Leave
  • Life assurance
  • Employer pension contribution of 5%
  • Health cash plan
  • Personal learning and development budget
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Access to equity in the business through a Share Incentive Plan
  • Green incentive programmes including Electric Vehicle Leasing and the Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Financial advice
  • Health assessments
About TPXimpact - Digital TransformationWe drive fundamental change in approaches to product and service development, delivery and technology. Our agile, multidisciplinary teams use technology, design and data to deliver better results, improving outcomes for individuals, organisations and communities.By working in the open, in partnership with our clients, we not only transform their systems and services but also build the capability of their teams, so work can continue without us in the longer term. Our focus is sustainable change, always delivered with positive impact.We're an inclusive employer, and we care about diversity in our teams. Let us know in your application if you have accessibility requirements during the interview.

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