Senior Consultant – Organisational Agility & Business Transformation (Financial Services)
Central London | Hybrid working
We are partnering with a leading management consultancy and recognised leader in organisational transformation and agility to appoint an Agile and Transformation Consultant to join their growing Financial Services practice.
This is a senior, client-facing role suited to experienced transformation professionals who lead in developing complex agile environments, and thrive in shaping and delivering corporate enterprise-scale change.
The Opportunity
The successful candidate will work with senior client stakeholders within respected global financial services brands across Banking, Insurance, Wealth & Asset Management, Pensions and Payments, leading large-scale transformation programmes that accelerate value delivery and embed sustainable ways of agile working practices.
You will play a key role in helping organisations connect strategy to execution, redesign operating models, and adopt agile, product-centric approaches at scale.
Key Responsibilities
* Shaping and leading enterprise-wide agile and business transformations
* Partner with executive and C-suite stakeholders to embrace and adopt agile ways of working
* Design and embed agile operating models, portfolio structures, and governance
* Enable leadership teams to adopt new skills, behaviours, and ways of working
* Connect organisational strategy to portfolios, products, and delivery teams
* Work in blended client/consulting teams, focusing on outcomes rather than theory
* Contribute to thought leadership and internal capability development
Required Experience
Candidates will typically demonstrate experience gained through management consulting and/or senior industry roles, including:
* Financial Services sector expertise (banking, insurance, asset/wealth management, payments)
* Agile transformation at scale, including benefits tracking and executive enablement
* Business design and operating model transformation
* Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) and transition from projects to products, OKR frameworks and implementing portfolio Kanbans
* Product management and product lifecycle management through each product lifecycle stage
* Strong stakeholder management across critical enabling functions (HR, Finance, Risk, Operations) to help develop organisational agility and sustainable adoption
* Analytical thinking, client centric collaboration, communication and stakeholder management
Desirable Experience
* Training certifications - SAFe, (SPCT accreditation), LeSS or Scrum@Scale, Kanban Mgmt professional
* Experience leading and running consulting assignments or delivery teams
* Regulatory or consumer-focused change within Financial Services
* Change framework design and evolution as the client moves more fully to agile ways of working
Location & Working Model
* Hybrid working (minimum 2 days per week in office or on client site)
* London base
* Travel to client sites in the UK and internationally as required, including Australia, US and Nordics
This position will suit candidates who come from a leading consulting or FS background who want to take their career to the next level of opportunity and development with a respected consulting leader in their field.