Technology Strategy Sourcing Consultant

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 its 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 - 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

We know the skill-gap and somewhat need to tick every box can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates so please dont hesitate to apply wed love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years) as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If youre unsure about your eligibility we encourage you to review the UK Governments guidance on security vetting before applying.

Additional Information :

Life At PA encompasses our peoples experience at PA. Its about how we enrich peoples working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work. 

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams and support our communities to deliver insight and impact solving the worlds most complex challenges. Were focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self. 

Find out more about Life at PA here. 

We are dedicated to supporting the physical emotional social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits: 

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days 
• Generous company pension scheme 
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives 
• Annual performance-based bonus 
• PA share ownership 
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work give as you earn) 

Were 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.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time