Tech Principal Consultant
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Job Description
Salary: 85000 - 105000 (depending on experience)
Location: United Kingdom (Hybrid with regular in-person client meetings. Some travel including international travel may be required depending on project needs)
Job Type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full time
Were open to exploring other working patterns on a case-by-case basis where possible and in line with business needs.
Closing date: 21/ 07/ 2025 - We encourage early applications as we reserve the right if required to close this role ahead of the date advertised.
Could this be you
Were looking for technologists from all kinds of backgrounds to join us.
You might be a Cloud Infrastructure Manager Senior Developer Engineering Manager Technical Team Lead or someone whos led a community of practice. Titles arent everything we care most about people whove worked hands-on in technology and who understand what good digital delivery looks like.
At Public Digital youll use your practical experience to help leading institutions around the world adapt for the internet era. Youll bring deep expertise in at least one technical area as well as a healthy curiosity for the broader digital landscape. Just as importantly youll be motivated by making things better for users and turning your own experiences into useful insights for clients.
If you want to support meaningful transformation and help others do their best work wed love to hear from you.
About the role
As a Tech Principal Consultant at Public Digital youll bring hands-on experience to help clients assess their current digital and technical capabilities. Youll work with them to identify blockers improve delivery and build sustainable modern technology practices.
Youll join multidisciplinary teams supporting a range of clients facing different challenges from designing and delivering better public services to shaping large-scale organisational change and digital transformation.
Youll also support the growth of technical skills across our consulting team helping to build confidence and capability in digital delivery.
Who we are
We are Public Digital a digital transformation consultancy. We help global institutions that matter thrive in the digital era. We apply the culture processes business models and technologies of modern delivery to help teams build and run excellent services. Working with the leaders doing strategy and the teams doing delivery we operate globally advising large organisations and governments on six continents.
Were values-driven and we articulate them in our positions on the Public Digital website.
Attitude as much as skill is critically important to us as a team and we look for entrepreneurialism initiative kindness and a willingness to pitch in. We fundamentally believe transformation is about people and that change comes from creating great teams and the conditions to successfully empower them.
How youll make an impact
- Help clients understand where they are in their digital and technology journeys and where to focus their transformation efforts
- Review programmes and projects to identify risks blockers or unintended consequences and offer practical ways to improve
- Work with delivery teams to spot gaps in trust internally or externally and suggest realistic interventions to build confidence and transparency
- Use your hands-on experience to help organisations improve how they work from technical practices to team structures
- Act as a coach and trusted advisor translating complex technical issues into clear actionable plans
- Use your specialist knowledge directly with teamsleading by example helping them learn by doing
- Support the team to produce clear high-quality outputs such as reports and presentations
- Build and maintain strong client relationships ensuring your technical insight is applied at the right moments to influence decisions and drive progress
We know that great digital delivery takes more than good technology. Youll bring depth in your area of technical expertise but also be comfortable navigating the broader organisational challenges that shape delivery from culture and capability to governance and funding.
Requirements
What were looking for
We know that lists like this can sometimes put people off from applying. Research shows that men are more likely to apply for jobs when they meet around 60% of the criteria while women and other marginalised groups often feel they need to meet every single requirement.
We dont want that to happen here.
If youre excited by the role and think you could be a good fit but dont meet every point listed below wed still love to hear from you. You might have skills or experience weve not considered.
Heres what we think could make someone well-suited to this role:
- Experience leading technical work in the public sector or in large complex organisations
- A strong understanding of how digital products are built from strategy through to delivery
- Familiarity with modern software practices cloud platforms (such as AWS Azure or GCP) systems integration or data architecture
- Great communication skills with the ability to engage and influence people across a range of technical and non-technical backgrounds
- Confidence in explaining technical ideas in clear accessible language
- A collaborative and supportive approach to leading and empowering teams
- Comfort working in complex or ambiguous environments with the judgment to navigate tricky stakeholder situations
- A proactive and pragmatic mindset with strong skills in organisation delivery and relationship management
How you will be assessed:
We want to understand your background experiences perspective and what motivates you to work with us.
Were happy to have a chat about the role before you apply - get in touch with Dai Vaughan (our Consulting Chief Technology Officer) -
We start with an initial sift of all applications assessed against the What were looking for criteria in the advert.
If youre shortlisted the selection process will include:
- A short phone interview (up to 30 minutes) with a member of our talent team. Someone from the hiring team may also join
- A 60 minute exercise to examine how you would approach a real-world scenario in your role. This will be with technical and non-technical consultants from PD. Youll receive the information regarding this task in advance along with full details about the format if applicable
- A 45 minute panel interview. Well ask questions about your work ways of working and approaches to problems.
- An informal peer chat giving you the chance to speak with someone in a similar role at Public Digital.
Each stage is designed to be a two-way conversation giving you the chance to get to know us too.
Well share more details and any materials you may need for each stage of the process with at least a weeks notice so you can prepare. If you require any additional accommodations please let us know.
Please note that we have seen an increase in candidates using AI tools to complete their answers we will reject candidates if we suspect they have used this technology.
Benefits
Why you should apply
- Opportunity to grow and progress rapidly within an engaged supportive environment.
- Be entrepreneurial and contribute to the growth and success of Public Digital.
- Deliver high-impact work with leading institutions around the world.
- Emphasis on learning development and progression.
- Build and develop your expertise and profile through publishing blog posts presenting at events and sharing knowledge.
- Empowerment to do your best work.
- Home and remote working with flexibility in how you deliver work.
- Buddy system and prioritised mental health.
- Generous holiday allowance of 30 days plus an additional office closure over the Christmas period.
- Private healthcare cover.
- Flexible benefits allowance.
Be a part of our amazing work culture. To read more about it please visit our Careers page which gives more details about our culture employees and benefits.
Were an equal opportunities employer. Were committed to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best. Public Digitals mission is to help institutions thrive in the internet era - to do that well we aim to hire and empower people who reflect the diversity of the users communities and organisations we work with.
We actively encourage applications from under-represented and minoritised groups including those with lived experience of the challenges were working to address. Were keen to hear from curious collaborative and thoughtful people regardless of gender age ethnic identity religion socio-economic status sexual orientation neurodiversity or physical disability.
If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every requirement in the job description please apply anyway you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.
Things you need to know
- Salary
Well offer a salary that reflects your experience and the skills you show throughout the process. We aim to be as competitive as possible based on what you bring to the role. - Flexible working
We support flexible working and you can split your time between home and our London office. Most of the team comes in around once a week to collaborate but theres no set requirement to be in regularly. - However As this is a client-facing role there will be times when youll need to travel to client offices or attend in-person meetings depending on project needs. This may occasionally include working across time zones to support clients in regions such as Canada Central and South America and Africa. We understand that this wont suit everyone and well always do our best to accommodate individual circumstances. While we offer flexibility wherever possible we also value the same flexibility in return when it comes to meeting client expectations.
- Right to work
Youll need to already have the right to work in the UK when you start. Were not able to sponsor visas for this role. - Reserve list
If youre successful at the final stage but we dont have an immediate role available we may place you on a reserve list for up to 6 months. This means we can get back in touch if a similar opportunity comes up within that time and you wont need to reapply. - Closing date
We encourage you to apply early as we review applications on a rolling basis. Due to the high volume of applications weve been receiving we may close the role before the advertised deadline and wont be able to accept applications once its closed.
We aim to give at least 24 hours notice of early closure by updating the job advert where possible. Reviewing applications as they come in also helps us get back to candidates sooner so youre not left waiting.
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
Full-Time
