Managing Consultant - Software Engineering

Salary: £52,000 - 92,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for proven experience leading architecture and development teams, delivering end-to-end solutions for complex client challenges.
• We need a strong understanding of the defence sector, with experience across areas such as banking, insurance, payments, or wealth management.
• We are looking for the ability to shape and communicate architectural strategies across multiple domains, including application, business, and integration.
• We need someone skilled at building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and translating technical insight into business value.
• We are looking for a track record of contributing to business development, including pre-sales, proposal development, and client engagement.
• We want familiarity with architecture frameworks and modelling tools such as UML and ArchiMate, along with awareness of emerging trends and technologies.
• We need an established network of senior stakeholders within a specialist sector, with the ability to nurture and expand relationships that support business development and long-term client partnerships.

Responsibilities:

• We will trust you to shape your own path, manage your time, and influence real change for our clients and communities.
• We will have you help shape and launch new service propositions while driving strategic business growth.
• We will have you lead business development initiatives by building trusted client relationships, owning outcomes, and delivering innovative, high-impact solutions.
• We will have you collaborate with FTSE 100 clients as a respected advisor, guiding them through complex challenges with clarity and creativity.
• We will have you support your teams growth through coaching, knowledge-sharing, and creating opportunities for them to thrive.
• We will involve you in our supportive and collaborative community through knowledge-sharing and peer-level support, coaching, and mentoring.

Technologies:

• ArchiMate
• Support
• Network
• Security
• UML
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• DevOps
• IBM
• IoT
• Oracle
• Salesforce
• microservices

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We are PA Consulting, a global team of more than 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. We bring ingenuity to life by combining innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to help our clients adapt, transform, and achieve enduring results. We work across sectors including consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport, with offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. This is a full-time, mid-senior level consulting role in our management consulting function, with hybrid working that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the office or on client site, and in some cases up to 5 days per week on client site. We offer a trust-based, inclusive environment with opportunities for growth, meaningful work, and a strong focus on physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being, including private healthcare, 25 days annual leave, a company pension, annual performance bonus, PA share ownership, and tax-efficient benefits.

last updated 34 week of 2026