Head of Consulting

As Head of Consulting for UK, you will provide strategic leadership across our consulting capabilities and be responsible for growing the consulting business across the UK region.

This is a pivotal role that bridges innovation, operational excellence, client impact and organizational growth. You will lead the vision, direction, and execution of our consulting practices—ensuring high-quality delivery, consulting commercial growth, and lasting client value.

You will be working closely our global consulting centres to bring onsite, offshore and near-shore advisory capabilities for our UK clients.

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Set and evolve the long-term vision for Consulting in line with market trends and client needs.
• Shape and execute the unified Consulting practices across the UK region
• Act as a thought leader and brand ambassador for NTT DATA's consulting excellence
• Be a part of our Global Consulting leadership team bringing together advisory capabilities from across the globe

Consulting Growth & Commercial Performance

• Drive profitable growth across the Consulting business, ensuring revenue, utilisation, and margin targets are achieved.
• Build high-impact relationships with C-level clients, supporting sales and presales efforts with compelling propositions.
• Support strategic bids, shaping value-led solutions and messaging aligned to client priorities.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure consistent, high-quality delivery across engagements through frameworks, best practices, and governance.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for delivery challenges, enabling resolution and client satisfaction.
• Lead on key internal initiatives that improve operational maturity, ways of working, and tooling.

Build Consulting Capability & Talent Development

• Lead and inspire a high-performing team of consultants across domains.
• Identify and close skill gaps to meet emerging market demands.
• Champion a diverse, inclusive, and supportive team culture.

• Proven experience leading large consulting practices (technology and/or business) in a matrixed, client-facing environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and a track record of driving revenue growth, improving margin, and building strategic client relationships.
• Depth in digital transformation, operating model change, and technology-enabled business consulting.
• Gravitas and communication skills to influence senior stakeholders internally and externally.
• A coaching leadership style and passion for developing diverse, high-performing teams.

We're a business with a global reach that empowers local teams, and we undertake hugely exciting work that is genuinely changing the world. Our advanced portfolio of consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services will allow you to achieve great things by working with brilliant colleagues, and clients, on exciting projects.

Our inclusive work environment prioritises mutual respect, accountability, and continuous learning for all our people. This approach fosters collaboration, well-being, growth, and agility, leading to a more diverse, innovative, and competitive organisation. We are also proud to share that we have a range of Inclusion Networks such as: the Women's Business Network, Cultural and Ethnicity Network, LGBTQ+ & Allies Network, Neurodiversity Network and the Parent Network.

For more information on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion please click here: Creating Inclusion Together at NTT DATA UK | NTT DATA

We offer a range of tailored benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Our Learning and Development team ensure that there are continuous growth and development opportunities for our people. We also offer the opportunity to have flexible work options.

You can find more information about NTT DATA UK & Ireland here: 

We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe in the fair treatment of all our employees and commit to promoting equity and diversity in our employment practices. We are also a proud Disability Confident Committed Employer - we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us, during the application process, that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.

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