Defence and Infrastructure Director
Defence and Infrastructure Director
The details
Who we are
Newton is a high growth and successful management consultancy, employing the brightest and most curious minds in the industry. We are unique in that our fees are guaranteed against delivered and measurable results. We are unique in that our fees are guaranteed against delivered and measurable results. This means you will be involved in real, long lasting sustainable change to our national clients. We’ve delivered over 1,350 projects, helped more than 350 clients see financial and operational improvements, and generating more than £1 billion of cashable benefits.
We boast an impressive client base of household names and bluechips, delivering impressive tangible benefits in areas including process optimisation and cost reduction. We are small enough that every individual can make a huge impact, both internally and externally.
The opportunity – our Defence & Infrastructure cluster
You’ll be joining and leading our Defence & Infrastructure cluster, which has a healthy new business pipeline. It is an exciting time to join the team as the success of one of our main accounts has opened the opportunity to develop a much broader portfolio of propositions enabling us to have greater impact than ever. The senior team has continued to grow and diversify an exciting mix of home-grown talent and the addition of some fantastic experienced hires that will help drive our ambitions further.
As part of this journey, we are looking to invest further into our senior leadership team by hiring for a number of Directors. You’ll join our Leadership Advisory Board, which comprises of some of the most influential and heavyweight figures in the sector. You’ll be a key player in leading and driving our growth agenda.
Your role
You’ll be responsible for growing and fostering relationships to grow this sector, drive strategic direction, become a trusted advisor and an inspirational leader.
You’ll manage and augment one or more client accounts, engaging at CXO level; becoming a trusted advisor. In these complex and multifaceted transformational programmes, you’ll lead teams of consultants to ensure that delivery expectations are met.
You’ll become a recognised profile and an authority in the external market; have the opportunity to speak at requisite events, leveraging senior advisor relationships.
What we’re looking for
You will be an experienced, customer-centric leader who has a real passion for solving the toughest issues for clients, helping them in making substantial and real changes in the way they operate and supporting them through this journey.
As a Director, you will possess proven track record of operating as an effective leader in a consulting firm and be able to demonstrate broad capability experience across business development, delivery and line management. Significant experience of leading large-scale programmes of change is essential, with a passion and enthusiasm for driving change and delivering results.
We are looking for Directors with a track record and appetite of account management; experience of senior stakeholder engagement, having built and sustained key relationships. You will have strong experience of owning and managing client accounts and consulting teams of between 20 to 60 consultants. You will also have domain experience in an area of the private sector and be recognised as a significant authority in your area of expertise.
What we offer you
At Newton, we take rewards seriously and have taken care to put together a comprehensive and appealing set of benefits for you as a Director. Due to the nature of our business, and your influence on our growth trajectory, we will reward you with both a Director Bonus scheme and offer our compelling Director share options. These share options include salary sacrifice, ex-gratia and a growth share scheme. You will also be eligible to select from a plethora of company car options and allowances.
We recognise that everyone’s working circumstances are different. With that in mind, we have several policies designed to help our people work flexibly and fit the demands of their role around other commitments they may have outside of work. These include flexible working arrangements and extra support for working families.
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