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  "id": "2602811",
  "name": "Head of Consultancy",
  "office": "Hybrid",
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  "schedule": "full-time",
  "createdAt": "2026-04-15T15:37:21+00:00",
  "seniority": "executive",
  "department": "Consultancy",
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      "name": "Your mission",
      "value": "<strong><span style=\"font-size:19px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#215F9A;\">The Role </span></strong><br><br><span style=\"font-size:15px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Automation Consultants (AC) is a leading Agile and DevOps software and services company, with an ongoing expansion into AI. Its Consultancy team provides advice and hands-on project execution to a wide range of customers in the UK and elsewhere. Its customers range in size from blue-chip companies and government departments to start-ups.</span><br><span style=\"font-size:15px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Reporting to the Director of Professional Services, this high-profile leadership role </span><br><span style=\"font-size:15px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#0E0E0E;\">leads the Consultancy department to deliver high-quality consulting engagements, develop the consultancy’s capabilities, and support execution of the consultancy strategy. The role is responsible for consultancy delivery excellence, operational management of the team, and developing the consulting capability required to support new services and areas of expertise.</span><br><br><br><strong><span style=\"font-size:19px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#215F9A;\">Responsibilities and Duties</span></strong><br><br><strong><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(33,95,154);font-size:15px;\">Leadership & People Management</span></strong><span style=\"font-size:15px;\"><br></span><ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;margin-left:8px;\"><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Lead and manage a team of consultants to maintain a high standard of delivery, capability, and performance.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Develop the consulting capability of the team, including consulting practices, delivery frameworks and emerging service areas, aligned with the consultancy strategy.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Be accountable for ensuring the general welfare of members of the Consultancy team.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Foster the team’s culture of excellence.</span></li></ul><span style=\"font-size:15px;\"><br><strong><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(33,95,154);\">Consultancy Operations</span></strong><br></span><ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;margin-left:8px;\"><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(14,14,14);\">Own consultancy resource planning and assignment, ensuring new and existing engagements are effectively staffed in line with skills, availability, and commercial priorities.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(14,14,14);\">Oversee consultancy capacity and workload distribution across the team, ensuring effective utilisation and balanced allocation through senior consultants and team leads.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(14,14,14);\">Maintain oversight of consultancy delivery, ensuring effective governance, appropriate escalation of risks, and accurate and timely recording and invoicing of work.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Own and manage the operational performance of the consultancy team including utilisation, delivery forecasting, and project health.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Provide regular reporting on consultancy performance, capacity, and delivery metrics.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Represent the Consultancy team within the AC business and work collaboratively with peers across departments, particularly the Head of Managed Services.</span></li></ul><span style=\"font-size:15px;\"><br><strong><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(33,95,154);\">Commercial Work</span></strong><br></span><ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;margin-left:8px;\"><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Support pre-sales and proposal development with the sales team.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Contribute delivery insight to proposal design and solution shaping.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(14,14,14);\">Enable and guide the consultancy team to identify and support account expansion opportunities during delivery engagements</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Work with the AC marketing team to ensure consultancy services are marketed as effectively as possible.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Build and maintain strong customer relationships with key and strategic customer accounts.</span></li></ul><br><span style=\"font-size:15px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#215F9A;\">Strategy Execution</span></strong><br></span><ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;margin-left:8px;\"><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(14,14,14);\">Lead and support the execution of consultancy strategic initiatives defined by the Director of Professional Services.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Contribute operational insight to consultancy strategy discussions.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">Lead or support initiatives aimed at improving consultancy capability, services, and operational effectiveness.</span></li></ul><br><span style=\"font-size:15px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#215F9A;\">Delivery Excellence</span></strong><br></span><ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;margin-left:8px;\"><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(14,14,14);\">Own the overall quality of consultancy delivery, ensuring engagements meet high professional and technical standards across engagements.</span></li><li style=\"font-size:15px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(14,14,14);\">Own and evolve delivery frameworks, consulting practices, and quality standards to ensure consistent and effective delivery across the team.</span></li></ul><br>"
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      "value": "<strong><span style=\"font-size:19px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#215F9A;\">Qualifications and Skills</span></strong><br><h2><span style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#215F9A;\">Essential</span></h2><ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;margin-left:8px;\"><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Understanding of the elements required to manage a commercially successful Consultancy department.</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">The ability to build and lead a team and to create and nurture a successful team culture and ethos.</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">A commercial mindset with the ability to develop strong customer relationships</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Computer Science degree, STEM degree, or equivalent professional experience</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">5 years + in technology and management of technology teams</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Experience of the Atlassian ecosystem.</span></li></ul><h2><span style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#215F9A;\">Nice to have</span></h2><ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;margin-left:8px;\"><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Budgeting and financial management skills</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Management qualifications</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Understanding of current computing and project management concepts, including DevOps, Agile, ITSM and AI</span></li></ul>"
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      "value": "<strong><span style=\"font-size:19px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#215F9A;\">Salary and Benefits</span></strong><br>£80,000 - £110,000<br><ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;margin-left:8px;\"><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">33 days holiday <em><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;\">(including bank holidays)</span></em></span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Private Healthcare</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Dental insurance</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Enhanced Maternity & Paternity plans.</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Pension Scheme</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Dedicated ongoing training plan and budget.</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Flexible working hours and environment</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Access to the Electric Car Scheme</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Automation Consultant’s Cycle to Work Scheme</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Top Spec Machine and access to virtual test lab</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Onsite gym, showers, yoga lessons and more.</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;\">Regular company-wide events, team social events, including Hackathons and competitions.</span></li></ul>"
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