Modern Workplace - Senior Consultant in Manchester

Your Role

The Business Change Consultant plays a key role in supporting and delivering people‑centric change across workplace transformation programmes. Working closely with Experience Managers, client stakeholders, and delivery teams, this individual will lead the design and execution of change interventions that enable user adoption and ensure the successful realisation of business value. This role requires a balance of strategic thinking and hands‑on delivery, with strong experience in change planning, impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, and user readiness. The Consultant/ Senior Consultant will act as a trusted advisor to clients navigating large‑scale digital change.

Key Responsibilities

• Change Delivery & Advisory: Lead or support the development of end‑to‑end business change strategies aligned to programme objectives and timelines. Conduct change impact assessments and readiness activities, identifying key personas, pain points, and areas requiring support. Develop and maintain stakeholder maps, engagement plans, and communications matrices.
• User Adoption & Engagement: Design and deliver tailored engagement interventions to drive awareness, desire, and capability for change. Define and track success metrics for adoption, using feedback and behavioural insights to iterate approaches. Collaborate with training and comms leads to ensure a unified and timely user experience.
• Client Collaboration: Build strong relationships with client stakeholders at multiple levels, acting as the voice of the user throughout the programme. Facilitate workshops, drop‑ins, and feedback sessions to test assumptions, gain buy‑in and co‑create solutions. Provide coaching to business leads, champions, and change agents to build internal capability.
• Practice & Capability Development: Contribute to the growth of Capgemini’s Modern Workplace change offering through knowledge sharing, asset development, and mentoring junior team members. Stay informed on emerging tools and trends in employee experience, workplace culture, and digital adoption.

Your Profile

Essential Experience: Proven track record delivering business change initiatives as part of digital or workplace transformation programmes. Skilled in stakeholder management, change impact analysis, and adoption strategy development. Comfortable operating in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments and balancing multiple priorities. Experience in Agile, SAFe or other iterative delivery environments.

Desirable Skills: Familiarity with workplace technologies (e.g., Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Copilot) and their impact on people and processes. Understanding of behavioural science or human‑centred design principles. Knowledge of change measurement tools and KPIs.

Qualifications: Degree in Business, Organisational Psychology, or a related field – optional. Previous consulting or advisory experience strongly preferred.

What You’ll Love About Working Here

• Glassdoor Recognition: We are delighted to be in the top 10 for the ‘Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK 2025’. Received this accolade for 5 consecutive years.
• Flexibility to Work Your Way: You will have the freedom to structure your day in the way it works best for you. We prioritise our output more than the number of hours we work. Hence, one of our key values is ‘Freedom’. You will be encouraged to have a positive work‑life balance.
• Your Wellbeing: You’d be joining an organisation which puts your wellbeing at the top of its priority with various health & well‑being communities and monthly surveys. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.
• Regular Promotion Cycles: We truly believe in the importance of recognising people for their great work, which is why we have regular promotion cycles to compensate people.
• Diversity & Inclusion: At Capgemini we don’t just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to make it a working reality.
• CSR: We’re focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. We were named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year.

About Capgemini: Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations 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 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries.