Managing Director

Overview

In this role you will lead growth and delivery for major Public Sector & Transport accounts within a global transformation consultancy. You’ll shape strategy, win high-profile engagements, and oversee complex transformation portfolios while managing cross-functional, geographically distributed teams. You will work closely with senior government stakeholders to drive revenue, profitability, and client satisfaction, contributing to the firm’s UK Government growth agenda. This is a senior, client-facing leadership position with significant ownership and impact.

Pay / Benefits

• salary up to 200,000
• hybrid working
• private medical plan
• health cash plan
• workplace savings schemes
• enhanced parental leave

Responsibilities

• Lead acquisition and growth of major Public Sector & Transport accounts
• Build trusted relationships with C-suite and senior government stakeholders
• Identify, shape and win significant new consulting engagements
• Develop and execute targeted account and growth strategies
• Lead business development across existing and new client accounts
• Manage complex procurement-led opportunities (SOW, MSP/VMS)
• Own account performance across revenue, profitability, delivery quality and client satisfaction
• Oversee portfolios of complex transformation programmes and engagements
• Lead and develop geographically distributed consulting teams
• Manage commercial and delivery risk across key accounts
• Build market presence as a senior Government & Public Sector thought leader

Key requirements

• 12+ years’ Professional Services / Consulting experience
• Significant experience at Director, Partner, Managing Director or equivalent senior leadership level
• 10+ years’ business development experience across Public Sector & Transport
• Deep expertise and established relationships within the UK Public Sector
• Strong track record of winning and growing major consulting accounts
• Experience developing proposals and selling complex consulting solutions
• Experience with SOW, MSP/VMS and large procurement-led opportunities
• Proven delivery of large-scale, complex consulting and transformation engagements
• Strong commercial understanding with experience managing revenue, margins and account profitability
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams
• Excellent C-suite stakeholder management, influencing and relationship-building skills

• C-suite stakeholder management
• relationship-building
• influencing
• SOW
• MSP/VMS
• large procurement-led opportunities

…