1,204 Lead Consultant jobs in the United Kingdom

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of strategic advisory projects for C-suite executives and senior management across various industries.
• Conduct in-depth market analysis, competitive intelligence gathering, and trend forecasting to identify growth opportunities and strategic threats.
• Develop comprehensive business strategies, including market entry, product innovation, digital transformation, and operational improvement plans.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder interviews, employing robust data analysis and synthesis to drive strategic alignment and decision-making.
• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with clients, acting as a key advisor and thought partner.
• Mentor and coach junior consultants, fostering their development and ensuring high-quality project execution.
• Develop compelling presentations and reports that articulate complex strategies and recommendations clearly and persuasively.
• Contribute to the firm's intellectual capital by developing new methodologies, frameworks, and thought leadership.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources effectively to ensure successful project completion within a remote engagement model.
• Stay abreast of emerging business trends, technological advancements, and best practices in strategic management.

• MBA or advanced degree in Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7-10 years of progressive experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or a similar strategic advisory role.
• Demonstrated success in leading and delivering complex strategic initiatives for major organizations.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with a strong ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Proven leadership capabilities, with experience managing teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, adaptable to virtual collaboration tools.
• Proficiency in market research methodologies, financial modelling, and strategic planning frameworks.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and fully remote work environment, demonstrating self-discipline and proactivity.
• Experience working with diverse industries and global markets is highly desirable.

Lead Consultant

Location: Warrington

Inside IR35

Reports to: This role typically reports to the Head a Consultancy

Job Purpose
To lead, develop and manage strategy development and implementation, in line with the
Consultancy Growth Plans. To take ownership for Consultancy growth campaigns, frameworks, tender opportunities and operational excellence across the Consultancy stream.

Key Responsibilities
Consultancy Business provides industry leading support and solutions to a wide range of customers and provides a platform to support the future strategy and growth of the business.
It is imperative that the Consultancy Business develops an executable and measurable strategic business Plan that aligns with the overarching consultancy Strategic Plan and aligns the NDA, Clean Energy and Defence Business Units.
Delivery of technically excellent solutions is a key enabler to the growth aspirations of the business. As such the key responsibilities for the Lead Consultant are listed below:
General Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Support the identification of core market areas, capability requirements, technology requirements, strategic partnerships / suppliers
2. Support the development of the Specialist Services 5 year business plan
3. Supports the execution of the strategy by working collaboratively with the business units and ensuring that the Cavendish Nuclear strategy is communicated and easily understood
4. Support the assessment, development and communication of new business opportunities in current and future markets to support the Specialist Services Strategic Plan
5. Provides support to strategic growth campaigns and bids including supporting value
propositions, marketing content and presentation materials to support the Cavendish
Nuclear Strategy
6. Develop and maintain key customer relationships
7. Continually improve delivery through review of industry best practice
8. Ensuring that deployed resources are suitably qualified and experienced personnel
9. Directing and supervising the work of technical specialists within the same discipline

Project Delivery Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Providing leadership and key input to design projects, ensuring that nuclear safety
requirements are incorporated
2. Managing delivery of tasks undertaken within their agreed Delegation of Authority (DOA)
against cost and programme to the satisfaction of the Key Stakeholders
3. Provide oversite of technical submissions through the review and approval process
4. Review and approval of design changes, concessions and technical queries
5. Managing project risks by closing out safety items on the Technical Issues and Risk Register Database
6. Raising quality plans for work packages
7. Producing, verifying, and approving technical Scopes of Work, assessing tender returns, then verifying/assessing and/or approving the outputs to ensure that the requirements of the design sub-contract are met
8. Feeding back lessons learnt for use on future stages of the current project and other
Projects
Bid Support Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Provide oversite for all bids and offers in the stream within Delegations of Authority
2. Ensure robust governance processes are adhered to
3. Provide Independent assessment of the technical basis of claims and disputes where
appropriate
4. Lead/conduct LFE reviews on successful and failed bids to ensure, it is incorporated into future opportunities

Process Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Input to development of processes and procedures that are pragmatic, proportionate,
scalable and widely applicable
2. Ensuring that processes and procedures are correctly applied to technical activities
Leadership Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Leading Self: Is a role model, demonstrating Cavendish principles, promoting health,
safety and wellbeing, respect and inclusion
2. Leading Others: Owns the performance and development of their team members,
including effective and ongoing communication and feedback
3. Leading Resources: Responsible for effective planning and organisation of resources to deliver on customer promises

Experience/Qualifications/Skills
Essential:
*Bachelor Honours Degree (or equivalent) in Science or Engineering related discipline
* Chartered Status or working towards
* Trustworthy and demonstrates maturity and discretion
* Good business and strategy development knowledge and experience
* Experience in the civil nuclear industry
* Market knowledge including international and/or other Energy sectors
* Ability to work collaboratively with key internal and external leaders, partners, suppliers and customers
Desirable:
* Experience with tendering opportunities and knowledge of relevant procurement
regulations used by the Client
Minimum level of Qualifications to be verified
(*N.B. only qualifications essential to the requirements of the role need to be checked)
Bachelor Honours Degree (or equivalent) in Science or Engineering related discipline

Position: Lead Consultant (Bristol/Reading)

Purpose:
Lead, develop, and manage strategy development and implementation in line with Client’s Consultancy Growth Plans. Take ownership of Consultancy growth campaigns, frameworks, tender opportunities, and operational excellence across the Consultancy stream.

Key Responsibilities:
The Business provides industry-leading support and solutions to a wide range of customers, serving as a platform for future strategic growth. In line with the overarching Cavendish Nuclear Strategic Plan and NDA, Clean Energy, and Defence Business Units, the Consultancy Business must develop an executable and measurable strategic business plan.
The Lead Consultant plays a crucial role in enabling the business’s growth aspirations through delivering technically excellent solutions. As such, the key responsibilities include:

General Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Identify core market areas, capability and technology requirements, and strategic partnerships/suppliers.
- Support the development of the Specialist Services 5-year business plan.
- Collaborate with business units to execute the strategy and ensure clear communication of Client’s Nuclear Strategy.
- Identify and communicate new business opportunities in current and future markets to support the Specialist Services Strategic Plan.
- Support strategic growth campaigns and bids, including developing value propositions and marketing materials aligned with Client’s Nuclear Strategy.
- Establish and maintain key customer relationships.
- Continuously improve service delivery through industry best practises.
- Ensure that deployed personnel are suitably qualified and experienced.
- Supervise technical specialists within the same discipline.

Project Delivery Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Provide leadership and key input to design projects, ensuring the incorporation of nuclear safety requirements.
- Manage delivery of tasks within agreed Delegation of Authority (DOA), meeting cost and timeline targets to the satisfaction of key stakeholders.
- Oversee technical submissions through the review and approval process.
- Review and approve design changes, concessions, and technical queries.
- Manage project risks by closing out safety items on the Technical Issues and Risk Register Database.
- Create quality plans for work packages.
- Develop, verify, and approve technical Scopes of Work, assess tender returns, and verify/approve outputs to meet design sub-contract requirements.
- Provide feedback on lessons learned for future stages of the current and future projects.

Essential:
- Bachelor Honours Degree (or equivalent) in Science or Engineering related discipline.
- Chartered Status or working towards it.
- Trustworthy, mature, and discreet.
- Strong business and strategy development knowledge and experience.
- Experience in the civil nuclear industry.
- Market knowledge, including international and/or other energy sectors.
- Ability to collaborate with internal and external leaders, partners, suppliers, and customers.

Lead Consultant

Location: Warrington

Inside IR35

Reports to: This role typically reports to the Head a Consultancy

Job Purpose
To lead, develop and manage strategy development and implementation, in line with the
Consultancy Growth Plans. To take ownership for Consultancy growth campaigns, frameworks, tender opportunities and operational excellence across the Consultancy stream.

Key Responsibilities
Consultancy Business provides industry leading support and solutions to a wide range of customers and provides a platform to support the future strategy and growth of the business.
It is imperative that the Consultancy Business develops an executable and measurable strategic business Plan that aligns with the overarching consultancy Strategic Plan and aligns the NDA, Clean Energy and Defence Business Units.
Delivery of technically excellent solutions is a key enabler to the growth aspirations of the business. As such the key responsibilities for the Lead Consultant are listed below:
General Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Support the identification of core market areas, capability requirements, technology requirements, strategic partnerships / suppliers
2. Support the development of the Specialist Services 5 year business plan
3. Supports the execution of the strategy by working collaboratively with the business units and ensuring that the Cavendish Nuclear strategy is communicated and easily understood
4. Support the assessment, development and communication of new business opportunities in current and future markets to support the Specialist Services Strategic Plan
5. Provides support to strategic growth campaigns and bids including supporting value
propositions, marketing content and presentation materials to support the Cavendish
Nuclear Strategy
6. Develop and maintain key customer relationships
7. Continually improve delivery through review of industry best practice
8. Ensuring that deployed resources are suitably qualified and experienced personnel
9. Directing and supervising the work of technical specialists within the same discipline

Project Delivery Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Providing leadership and key input to design projects, ensuring that nuclear safety
requirements are incorporated
2. Managing delivery of tasks undertaken within their agreed Delegation of Authority (DOA)
against cost and programme to the satisfaction of the Key Stakeholders
3. Provide oversite of technical submissions through the review and approval process
4. Review and approval of design changes, concessions and technical queries
5. Managing project risks by closing out safety items on the Technical Issues and Risk Register Database
6. Raising quality plans for work packages
7. Producing, verifying, and approving technical Scopes of Work, assessing tender returns, then verifying/assessing and/or approving the outputs to ensure that the requirements of the design sub-contract are met
8. Feeding back lessons learnt for use on future stages of the current project and other
Projects
Bid Support Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Provide oversite for all bids and offers in the stream within Delegations of Authority
2. Ensure robust governance processes are adhered to
3. Provide Independent assessment of the technical basis of claims and disputes where
appropriate
4. Lead/conduct LFE reviews on successful and failed bids to ensure, it is incorporated into future opportunities

Process Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Input to development of processes and procedures that are pragmatic, proportionate,
scalable and widely applicable
2. Ensuring that processes and procedures are correctly applied to technical activities
Leadership Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Leading Self: Is a role model, demonstrating Cavendish principles, promoting health,
safety and wellbeing, respect and inclusion
2. Leading Others: Owns the performance and development of their team members,
including effective and ongoing communication and feedback
3. Leading Resources: Responsible for effective planning and organisation of resources to deliver on customer promises

Experience/Qualifications/Skills
Essential:
*Bachelor Honours Degree (or equivalent) in Science or Engineering related discipline
* Chartered Status or working towards
* Trustworthy and demonstrates maturity and discretion
* Good business and strategy development knowledge and experience
* Experience in the civil nuclear industry
* Market knowledge including international and/or other Energy sectors
* Ability to work collaboratively with key internal and external leaders, partners, suppliers and customers
Desirable:
* Experience with tendering opportunities and knowledge of relevant procurement
regulations used by the Client
Minimum level of Qualifications to be verified
(*N.B. only qualifications essential to the requirements of the role need to be checked)
Bachelor Honours Degree (or equivalent) in Science or Engineering related discipline

Position: Lead Consultant (Bristol/Reading)

Purpose:
Lead, develop, and manage strategy development and implementation in line with Client’s Consultancy Growth Plans. Take ownership of Consultancy growth campaigns, frameworks, tender opportunities, and operational excellence across the Consultancy stream.

Key Responsibilities:
The Business provides industry-leading support and solutions to a wide range of customers, serving as a platform for future strategic growth. In line with the overarching Cavendish Nuclear Strategic Plan and NDA, Clean Energy, and Defence Business Units, the Consultancy Business must develop an executable and measurable strategic business plan.
The Lead Consultant plays a crucial role in enabling the business’s growth aspirations through delivering technically excellent solutions. As such, the key responsibilities include:

General Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Identify core market areas, capability and technology requirements, and strategic partnerships/suppliers.
- Support the development of the Specialist Services 5-year business plan.
- Collaborate with business units to execute the strategy and ensure clear communication of Client’s Nuclear Strategy.
- Identify and communicate new business opportunities in current and future markets to support the Specialist Services Strategic Plan.
- Support strategic growth campaigns and bids, including developing value propositions and marketing materials aligned with Client’s Nuclear Strategy.
- Establish and maintain key customer relationships.
- Continuously improve service delivery through industry best practises.
- Ensure that deployed personnel are suitably qualified and experienced.
- Supervise technical specialists within the same discipline.

Project Delivery Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Provide leadership and key input to design projects, ensuring the incorporation of nuclear safety requirements.
- Manage delivery of tasks within agreed Delegation of Authority (DOA), meeting cost and timeline targets to the satisfaction of key stakeholders.
- Oversee technical submissions through the review and approval process.
- Review and approve design changes, concessions, and technical queries.
- Manage project risks by closing out safety items on the Technical Issues and Risk Register Database.
- Create quality plans for work packages.
- Develop, verify, and approve technical Scopes of Work, assess tender returns, and verify/approve outputs to meet design sub-contract requirements.
- Provide feedback on lessons learned for future stages of the current and future projects.

Essential:
- Bachelor Honours Degree (or equivalent) in Science or Engineering related discipline.
- Chartered Status or working towards it.
- Trustworthy, mature, and discreet.
- Strong business and strategy development knowledge and experience.
- Experience in the civil nuclear industry.
- Market knowledge, including international and/or other energy sectors.
- Ability to collaborate with internal and external leaders, partners, suppliers, and customers.

Job Title: Lead Consultant – Nuclear Strategy & Delivery

Location: Warrington, Bristol, or Newbury (Hybrid – 2–3 days per week on-site/client site)

Contract Type: 6-Month Contract (with potential extension)

Start Date: ASAP (Subject to Clearance)

Security Clearance Required: BPSS at minimum (SC required – can be progressed during contract)

Travel: Regular travel to client sites expected (ideally weekly)

Role Overview:

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Consultant with a background in the nuclear industry to support the growth, strategy, and delivery of consultancy projects. This role involves working across multiple frameworks and programmes, taking ownership of circa 20 concurrent small-scale projects/tasks. You will drive the strategic execution, support tendering and bid processes, and oversee operational excellence in a regulated consultancy environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy & Growth:

• Support the development of a 5-year business plan aligned with wider strategic goals.
• Identify core market areas, technology needs, and key strategic partnerships.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to deliver business unit alignment.
• Develop marketing content and value propositions to support bids and campaigns.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with new and existing customers.

Project Delivery:

• Provide leadership and input on design projects, ensuring integration of nuclear safety principles.
• Manage task delivery within agreed authority limits, ensuring quality, cost, and time objectives.
• Review and approve technical deliverables, including design changes, concessions, and queries.
• Manage technical risks and feed lessons learned into future work.

Bid & Tender Support:

• Oversee bids and offers in line with internal delegation policies.
• Support governance processes, ensuring all technical inputs are robust and compliant.
• Conduct bid reviews (win/loss) and ensure learning is captured for continuous improvement.

Process & Governance:

• Contribute to the development of proportionate, scalable procedures and standards.
• Ensure technical teams apply processes correctly and effectively.

Leadership:

• Act as a role model, upholding professional standards and promoting inclusion and wellbeing.
• Lead, develop, and support team members through coaching, communication, and performance management.
• Organise resources to ensure customer expectations are met efficiently.

Required Experience & Skills:

Essential:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering or Science-related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status (or working towards).
• Strong experience in the civil nuclear industry , ideally in nuclear safety roles.
• Demonstrable success in strategic planning and consultancy growth.
• Established network in the nuclear sector.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.

Desirable:

• Experience supporting tendering and bid submissions.
• Familiarity with public-sector procurement regulations and frameworks.
• Market knowledge beyond civil nuclear, including clean energy or defence.

Additional Information:

• Clearance: Candidates must be eligible for SC clearance.
• Flexibility: Hybrid working is supported, with 2–3 days per week expected on-site or at client locations.
• Duration: Initial 6-month term, with strong likelihood of extension to 9+ months based on project pipeline and performance.

• Lead and manage client engagements from proposal development through to project completion, ensuring delivery of high-quality strategic recommendations.
• Conduct in-depth market research, competitive analysis, and financial modeling to inform strategic decision-making.
• Develop comprehensive business strategies, including corporate strategy, growth strategies, market entry strategies, and digital transformation roadmaps.
• Collaborate closely with clients' senior leadership teams to understand their objectives and challenges, and to foster buy-in for proposed solutions.
• Mentor and develop junior consultants, providing guidance and feedback to support their professional growth.
• Identify and pursue new business development opportunities, contributing to the firm's growth and client relationship management.
• Present findings and recommendations clearly and persuasively to client executives and stakeholders.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in strategic management.
• Ensure project profitability and client satisfaction.
• Contribute to the firm's knowledge management and thought leadership development.

• MBA or Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, or a related field from a top-tier institution.
• A minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in management consulting, with a strong focus on corporate strategy development.
• Proven track record of successfully leading complex strategy projects and delivering tangible business impact for clients.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative skills.
• Strong leadership, team management, and client relationship management capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with superior presentation abilities.
• Experience across multiple industries is a plus.
• Proficiency in financial analysis, market research methodologies, and strategy frameworks.