Managing Consultant – Professional Services Operations & Technology
Location: UK (Remote with occasional London travel)
About the Role
We are recruiting on behalf of a specialist consulting firm supporting professional services organisations and investors with growth, operational improvement and value creation. The firm is a senior, hands-on team known for high standards and deep expertise.
As a Managing Consultant, you will lead client engagements, shape technology-enabled solutions, contribute to business development, and help grow a developing tech enablement practice. This role suits someone who blends traditional consulting capability with real operational understanding of how a consultancy works day to day.
Within 12–18 months, you will be leading engagements independently, generating follow-on work, producing thought leadership and building a small pipeline of your own.
Key Responsibilities
Client Delivery & Advisory
* Lead client projects end-to-end, including planning, delivery management and executive communication.
* Advise on technology enablement for professional services firms (PSA, CRM, HRIS, finance systems and emerging AI).
* Analyse operational performance (KPIs, reporting, delivery processes, resourcing, revenue operations).
* Translate operational challenges into practical, technology-enabled solutions.
* Support clients with governance, project financials and management information.
* Manage scope, commercials, risk and resourcing.
Business Development
* Contribute to proposals, pricing and shaping new work.
* Build trusted client relationships to generate sell-on opportunities.
* Develop your own network and nurture early-stage pipeline.
Internal Development & Thought Leadership
* Help refine and improve delivery methodologies and frameworks.
* Play a key role in building the firm’s technology enablement offering.
* Explore how AI can be used in professional services and in internal delivery.
* Create thought leadership and market-facing insights.
Collaboration & Leadership
* Work closely with partners and senior stakeholders.
* Mentor junior team members as the firm grows.
Essential Experience & Skills
* Strong consulting background with experience in senior operational roles inside a consultancy.
* Proven ability to lead client engagements and deliver high-quality outputs.
* Deep understanding of consulting operations (delivery models, commercial processes, project financials).
* Business-level experience with PSA, CRM, HRIS or finance systems in a professional services context.
* Ability to design technology-enabled solutions without being a deep technologist.
* Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
* Highly organised, self-starting and detail-oriented.
* Interest in industry trends and the future of consulting.
Preferred Experience
* Value creation, operating model design, operations due diligence or delivery improvement.
* Experience in tech-enabled change in professional services.
* Exposure to AI-related initiatives.
* Experience helping shape or build internal propositions or methodologies.
Cultural Fit
* Professional, collaborative and grounded.
* Comfortable with ambiguity and shaping evolving work.
* Committed to high standards without unnecessary formality.
* Curious and willing to learn quickly — especially in emerging technology areas.
Practical Requirements
* UK-based with the right to work in the UK.
* Home-based role with London travel 2–3 times per month.
* Willingness to travel for client engagements when needed.
If you are keen to hear and discuss further, apply directly or email me directly at carolina@tarkatalent.co.uk!