Defence Consultant Lead

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At Kainos, we use technology to solve real-world problems that matter — transforming d...

In Kainos Defence we work with clients across the MOD, Armed Forces and the Defence Industrial Base. We represent and deliver the breadth of Kainos services including Data and AI, Cloud Platforms, bespoke software development and more.

As a Defence Consultant Lead, you will lead delivery of projects from inception to completion, from smaller strategic engagements to large scale transformational delivery. You will have strong experience in assessing client business challenges, developing solutions and implementing a range of business changes enabled by technology. Strong consulting skills are essential, supported by applied knowledge of digital trends and agile delivery methods.

You will lead initiatives with stakeholders and your account leadership team to nurture and grow existing accounts and identify and develop new opportunities.

Acting as a visible leader within the organisation, you will help to grow, nurture and develop new talent through mentoring and thought leadership.

• Leading analysis of client business challenges, developing solutions across business operations and technology capability
• Leading Kainos/client joint teams to develop business transformation roadmaps
• Leading Kainos delivery teams to refine and inform service and product transformation
• Leading specific client areas for the Kainos Defence team in identifying, qualifying and converting new opportunities
• A desire to work on some of the most complex and ambitious programmes focused on keeping our country safe
• Experience working within Defence sector or similar
• Sole British National holding current SC clearance, with willingness to apply for DV
• Comfortable with significant travel and on-site working (up to 4 days per week)
• Extensive hands-on experience of Business Analysis and Consulting
• Experience in rapidly understanding client problems to propose effective, feasible solutions
• Strong stakeholder communication, management and relationship building at all levels from graduates to the C-suite
• Core consulting experience (analysis, project management, business case development, communicating with impact, workshop facilitation, project management, stakeholder management)
• Excellent commercial awareness and a proven ability to identify and develop new business opportunities; demonstrable experience in pre-sales activities
• Hands on experience in a senior business role e.g. operations management, IT services, data and information, finance
• Hands on experience in a digital services discipline such as service design, product management, technical architecture, software development
• Experience of agile delivery methods across business and technology change

• Strong consulting skills and applied knowledge of digital trends and agile delivery methods
• Experience leading delivery from inception to completion, including strategic engagements and large scale transformational delivery
• Proven ability to assess client challenges, develop solutions, and implement business change enabled by technology
• Experience with defence sector or comparable environments
• Current SC clearance, and willingness to apply for DV
• Willingness to travel up to 4 days per week and work onsite
• Hands-on experience in business analysis, consulting, operations management, IT services, data & information or finance
• Experience in digital services disciplines such as service design, product management, technical architecture, software development
• Agile delivery experience across business and technology change

Our vision is to enable outstanding people to create digital solutions that have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our values aren't abstract; they are the behaviours we expect from each other everyday, and underpin everything that we do. We expect everyone to display our values by being determined in how obstacles are overcome; honest when dealing with others; respectful of how you treat others;

creative to find solutions to complex problems and cooperative by sharing information, knowledge and experience.

These values, applied collectively, help to produce an outstanding Kainos person, team and culture.