Managing Consultant - Public Services - Complex Procurement

Why consider joining our Public Services community as a Managing Consultant? Join a team where you're trusted to shape your own path, manage your time, and influence real change for our clients and communities. Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity.   Be part of a team actively shaping the Public Services sector and tackling issues that impact our everyday lives   Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative community through knowledge-sharing and peer-level support, coaching and mentoring  What You’ll Do Lead delivery of complex commercial programmes Shape, lead and deliver large-scale procurements, commercial strategies and transactions across UK central government and arm’s‑length bodies. Drive tangible impact for clients Provide insight, challenge and structure across complex commercial, contractual, sourcing and supplier‑management activities. Help clients solve problems that span commercial, operational and policy boundaries. Develop propositions and support practice growth Contribute to go‑to‑market activity and help evolve our PS commercial offerings in line with client demand and market trends.   Qualifications What You’ll Need Consulting background delivering public‑sector complex transactions under UK public procurement regs; able to operate as commercial business partner not just as a “procurement lead”.  Tech‑centric deal experience: Outsourcing, platforms/ERP, telecoms/emergency comms, or analogous “novel tech” procurements.  End‑to‑end commercial lifecycle: Business case shaping, ITT and market engagement, evaluation design, negotiation, contract award, and mobilisation/implementation support.  Numeracy & VFM judgement: Can design incentive‑compatible evaluations, quantify ROI, and structure performance regimes suppliers will sign up to and excel against.   Stakeholder command: Comfortable with commercial directors, procurement lawyers, SROs, programme directors, technical leads, and supplier execs.