Principal Consultant /Senior Consultant– Defence Salary: £60K to £90K according to your level of experience, plus bonus and excellent benefits Location: Winchester, Hampshire Our client is looking for a positive and enthusiastic customer facing Principal Consultant with a passion for digital enablement and for helping clients succeed. This is an excellent opportunity to join their team and become an integral part of a small, agile, and growing business. As part of the team, you will work with their consultants, analysts and clients at all levels on a number of projects. You will work across different industries, initially focusing within Defence in the UK. Job role for the Principal Consultant will include: * Working directly with clients as a lead business analyst * Leading technical architecture, solution design and implementation management * Contributing to the development and growth of their digital enablement and data analysis capabilities * Developing and managing client relationships * Building and managing relationships with digital suppliers and associates Experience working with Dstl, Defence Digital, DE&S, Frontline Commands or UK Defence industry. Initial clients will be based around key UK Defence establishments in the south of England. Skills/Qualifications & Experience required for role of Principal Consultant: We believe skills and experience of the following will enable you to excel in this role: * A delivery mindset with a passion for delivering high quality, high impact projects. * Leading client interactions and building trusted-advisor relationships, with new and existing clients, on both short term and long-term engagements. * Experience eliciting requirements and defining business processes in complex environments. * Advanced data analysis in Excel, including VBA * Decision making techniques and processes * Operating models and organisational design * Experience of Microsoft365, SharePoint, PowerBI, Dataverse and PowerApps solutions. * Understanding of data science, data analysis and visualisation tools and best practice. * Knowledge of current software development using Python * Effectively managing delivery teams to deliver high quality results. * Interest and knowledge of technology and analysis approaches and best practice. * Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. * A positive and flexible approach to your work. * The ability to engage and enthuse personnel, and provide effective support and challenge, across all areas and at all levels within client organisations. * A preference for building and working within teams. * Qualifications: Degree, MBA or equivalent experience, Project Management qualification e.g. APMP would be useful Current or recent UK Defence Security Clearance (SC) would be beneficial Keywords: Management Consultant, Management Consultancy, Digital Transformation, Change Management, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, PowerBI, PowerApps, Data Analysis, Business Analyst, Defence, MOD, Digital Transformation, Advanced Excel, VBA, Principal Consultant Principal Consultant /Senior Consultant – Defence