Senior Manager- Asset Management and Operations

About Baringa

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.

The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation. Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Our Transition, Assets and Infrastructure practice are looking for an experienced Manager or Senior Manager to join the team.

Our Asset & Operations Excellence teams help energy, utilities and industrial clients get more from their physical assets – improving safety, reliability, availability and whole-life cost across the asset lifecycle. We combine deep asset management and engineering expertise with modern enterprise asset management technology and data to help clients move from reactive maintenance to intelligent, insight-led asset management.

What you will be doing

• You'll lead the design and delivery of asset management and operational transformations and improvement programs for asset-intensive clients across energy, utilities and major infrastructure companies – including current-state assessment and target operating model design through to implementation and adoption.
• You will help clients shift to risk/condition based and predictive maintenance strategies driving improvements in asset performance across the whole asset lifecycle.
• You'll lead providing advisory services related to and optimisation of EAM / CMMS platforms such as IBM Maximo – shaping user requirements, configuration, data migration and integrations with ERP, SCADA, condition monitoring platforms.
• You'll bring IT and OT together – defining how asset systems, data and cyber-security governance operate end-to-end, and establishing change control, data ownership (RACI) and support models that keep critical systems reliable and secure.
• You will help clients plan and shape the overall digital, technology, AI landscape for asset optimisation.
• You'll manage day-to-day client relationships and, at Manager / Senior Manager level, hold commercial and delivery accountability for engagements – owning scope, risk, quality and margin.
• You'll build and coach high-performing teams, developing junior colleagues and creating an inclusive, People First environment.
• You'll help grow our rapidly expanding asset management and operations practice – shaping propositions, contributing to proposals and building trusted, lasting client relationships.

Your Skills And Experience

• You've built your career in asset management or asset-intensive operations – in energy, utilities, oil and gas, manufacturing or a comparable sector – with a strong grounding in asset lifecycle management and maintenance and reliability principles.
• You've hands‑on experience of Enterprise Asset Management and CMMS platforms such as IBM Maximo, (which may include implementation, configuration or product ownership).
• You understand how asset management systems connect to the wider technology landscape – ERP, SCADA, condition-based monitoring, data historians and asset / master data – and you can bridge IT and OT to make that ecosystem work.
• You've a strong appreciation of OT/IT integration and change governance – management of change, change control boards, data governance and RACI, and tiered (L1–L3) support models for critical asset systems.
• You've delivered change in a consulting, transformation or major-programme environment, comfortable owning workstreams, managing senior stakeholders and turning analysis into practical outcomes that stick.
• You've excellent analytical, communication and facilitation skills, and you're confident leading workshops and engaging senior client stakeholders.
• You will have an understanding on how emergent technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evolving in the asset management and operations arena. It would be desirable but not essential if you have experience in helping companies define and adopt AI solutions.
• You will have, for a Manager / Senior Manager, a track record of leading workstreams or wider engagements end-to-end, potentially including commercials and growing client relationships and teams; recognised asset management credentials (for example IAM certification or familiarity with ISO 55000) are welcome.

Benefits

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace. You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all.

Using business as a force for good. We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.

Join us. All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed.