Management Consulting Manager – Software & Platforms – B2B Software

Within our Software & Platforms Industry & Enterprise team
, we work with software and SaaS businesses from high-growth scale-ups to established global vendors, helping them navigate the strategic and operational challenges that define success in a rapidly evolving industry.

Our clients are software businesses facing consequential challenges: AI-native competitors rewriting competitive dynamics, commercial models shifting from subscription to consumption and outcome-based pricing, hyperscalers reshaping distribution, and B2B buyers demanding measurable workflow outcomes rather than product features. We help them respond to this through GTM redesign, lead-to-cash transformation, commercial model evolution, and large-scale B2B operational change.

Much of our work centres on B2B growth, product reinvention, customer lifecycle transformation, and revenue operations, helping software businesses build the strategies, processes, and operating models they need to grow efficiently and compete in an AI-driven market.

As a Manager in our Software & Platforms Industry & Enterprise team, you'll lead diverse, high-performing teams to shape and deliver strategies that unlock growth, improve performance, and enable transformation 'll work closely with senior stakeholders, support your team's development, and bring creativity and structure to every engagement. You'll also contribute to our go-to-market strategy and help evolve our internal practice, building your leadership experience and impact.

• Lead complex B2B transformation programmes for software and SaaS clients, taking ownership of work streams that span GTM strategy, commercial and business model transformation, lead-to-cash process redesign, and operational change.
• Define and structure solutions in ambiguous environments, bringing clarity to complex problems through rigorous analysis, process design, and evidence-based recommendations.
• Build and own the commercial narrative, developing business cases, value models, and investment cases that can stand up to C-level scrutiny.
• Work directly with senior client stakeholders to co-create strategy, align on priorities, and drive cross-functional change programmes forward.
• Translate industry insight into practical advantage, helping clients understand how shifts in AI, pricing models, and competitive dynamics should shape their strategy and operating model.
• Drive business development activity, shaping proposals, contributing to go-to-market initiatives, and building relationships that generate new client opportunities.
• Lead and develop your team, setting direction, coaching others, and fostering a high-performance, inclusive culture.
• Contribute to the growth of the Software & Platforms Industry & Enterprise practice through thought leadership, asset development, and internal capability building.

Please note candidates with backgrounds primarily in technical delivery, software engineering, or IT implementation, or those without meaningful software industry exposure, are unlikely to be the right fit.

We are looking for candidates who bring deep expertise in the Software and SaaS industry, either through a career at a top tier management consulting firm with a focus on Software & Platforms clients, or through direct experience in strategy, transformation, or commercial roles within software companies. Candidates will have a strong understanding of how SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers buy, adopt, and expand software products, alongside a clear point of view on how the industry is evolving.

You will be comfortable working with ambiguity and have a track record of driving measurable client or business impact.

• Leadership:
  Proven experience leading complex programmes across the B2B customer lifecycle, from lead generation and sales through to onboarding, adoption, and renewal, with clear evidence of revenue growth, cost reduction, or efficiency improvement.
• Delivery:
  Experience designing future-state processes, customer journeys, and transformation roadmaps, translating strategy into executable, end-to-end product strategies that improve customer onboarding, adoption, retention, and growth while boosting product investment returns and reducing costs.
• Value:
  Skilled in value-led delivery, building business cases, tracking outcomes, and managing risk and governance.

• Problem Solving:
  Strong analytical mindset with the ability to synthesize disparate data sources into clear, actionable insight.
• Business Cases:
  Able to construct board-ready business cases that link operational data to commercial outcomes and communicate them persuasively to C-level stakeholders.
• Data-driven Approaches:
  Experience driving data-driven approaches to product development, lead generation, monetization, segmentation, and channel strategy to identify growth opportunities and inform investment decisions.
• Design:
  Strong understanding of B2B GTM strategy within software or SaaS,…