Manager - Technical Project Manager - Digital Acceleration

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

YOUR ROLE

Organisations face significant challenges to transform their business in adopting new technologies to remain ahead of their competition. Our clients are looking for expertise from Capgemini Invent to help shape their transformation journey and enable them to adapt, adjust and align with all the complex changes within their respective markets. We are looking for talented individuals to join the Digital Acceleration consulting team within Business Technology and help take our large-scale corporate clients through the transformative technology journey from strategy to implementation. We are looking for talented Technical Project Managers at the Senior Manager level.

Responsibilities

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

YOUR PROFILE

We seek candidates with core capabilities and specific expertise mentioned below:

Core Skills

• Project Leadership: Manage and lead project teams, working with third-party vendors to ensure the successful delivery in a manner aligned with client objectives.
• Stakeholder Communication: Skilled in presenting status updates and technical impacts effectively across different client levels, from junior team members to executive leadership and clients.
• Business Translation: Translate technical changes into business-friendly artefacts that allow stakeholders to evaluate operational impacts effectively.
• Budget and Timeline Management: Proven track record in delivering projects on time and within budget, with clear evidence of handling budgetary responsibilities in a consulting setting.

Senior Manager-Specific Expertise

• Evidence of taking the business vision/programme vision and articulating a delivery rollout plan for C-Suite stakeholders, and collaborating with key programme decision-makers to agree forward planning.
• Evidence of demonstrating delivery excellence, with examples of managing and implementing disruptive digital transformations/product migrations/Cloud transformation initiatives which have had material business impacts.
• Evidence of coordinating/managing teams of up to 50 FTEs across either large scale transformative or migration programmes (across Financial Services, Government, Utilities, Consumer Products, Retail, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Telecommunication or Media).
• Ability to manage and lead multiple workstreams and orchestrate delivery with internal and external vendors in uncertain/challenging environments to bridge the gap between IT and the business.
• Ability to architect an end-to-end delivery solution across classical (Waterfall) and new (SAFe/Scaled Agile) methodologies, from the planning and design phase through to implementation and BAU.
• Evidence of team building and increasing the capabilities of junior associate consultant/consultant resources.
• Evidence of career progression and expansion of roles/responsibilities as your career has advanced.
• Being responsible for developing our business, carrying a personal sales target of £1m.
• Developing our next generation of technical programme/project managers through formal line management and informal mentoring, coaching and learning development.

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE?

We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK’ accolade for 4 consecutive years. To see what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page. Capgemini Invent offers Consultants a culture of learning, ownership, and focus on value.

You’ll gain exposure to high-profile transformations and gain hands-on exposure to leading technologies. Our consultants are formally trained by industry experts in consulting and client delivery. Consultants have access to a vast array of different training and certifications in a variety of areas: cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP), programming (Java, Kotlin, NodeJS, Spring Boot), DevOps (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker), Cybersecurity (CISSP, CISM) and Agile delivery (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Scaled Agile Framework). Capgemini Invent offers you the flexibility to develop various areas of knowledge in technical domains aligned both to your interests and our client’s outcomes.

Les Fontaines: Capgemini Invent has a unique training environment just outside of Paris, where we can immerse ourselves in thought-leadership, share knowledge and build capabilities that will help us and our clients to succeed. We hold monthly showcases of our digital transformation initiatives, sharing knowledge and showing off how the power of technology is impacting our clients. There are monthly team drinks, and it’s a chance to connect face-to-face with the wider team over a few drinks in the city. The monthly team breakfasts give you a different, more relaxed setting to meet up in the office to hear from the leadership, meet colleagues and discuss the trends and insights within the market. Team away days are always a chance to connect with the team, have fun and learn something new.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring your whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce as a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent on grade and on company and personal performance.

In order to commence a role with Capgemini UK plc you will be required to provide documentary proof prior to joining the Company that you are entitled to live and work in the UK.

More information is available at: Capgemini Invent

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.