Aerospace & Defense - Managing Consultant / Senior Manager in Manchester

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:

Our clients in defence and aerospace are facing unprecedented change, facing into a world of uncertainty and increasing risk. Within Europe alone we are witnessing a significant rearmament phase, driven by geopolitical shifts and increasing investments across the defence landscape. We are seeking talented consulting professionals to join our growing defence and aerospace team within Capgemini Invent. As a key member of our team you will work with colleagues and partners to build and deliver solutions for our clients that enable them to increase their defence outputs, drive efficiency and utilise the latest enabling digital technologies.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to both client and personal growth by engaging in activities including:

• Developing new client solutions by working across Capgemini to bring together a unique combination of tech enabled, people centred and output centric solutions.
• Building a unique outcome based commercial approach that enables Capgemini to deliver major programmes linked to the business outcomes achieved.
• Working with colleagues across Capgemini to generate new business in a partner centric way. Including building consortiums and partnering with other complimentary organisations to bid for major global defence programmes.
• Operating as a delivery lead on major defence programmes, including building business cases, designing transformation programmes and rolling up your sleeves to see changes through to front-line implementation.
• Developing both yourself, your team and your clients to continually improve and push the boundaries of what is possible. Humility is a key value within Capgemini, we see this as a fantastic foundation for self-learning and development.

Your profile:

We are seeking consultants with the following experiences:

• Proven background in a management consulting environment where you have delivered major parts of complex transformation programmes for Aerospace and Defence major clients.
• Proven background in supporting the creation of new business from business relationships.
• AI curiosity and ideally experience in creation of AI augmented propositions.
• Experience managing client relationships, fostering trust and building credibility across your domain of expertise.
• Knowledge of defence programmes and experience solving complex problems across the enterprise, covering both the public and private sector players.
• Experience of forming industry and defence relationships at a variety levels.
• Passion for solving your clients most pressing challenges, achieving tangible outcomes through a mix of technical expertise and strong people skills.
• Knowledge of constructing commercial models where incentives align across clients and their advisors to jointly deliver meaningful defence outcomes.
• Importantly an ability to lead our people, demonstrating both the integrity and humility needed to engage a diverse group of talent, bringing out the best performance for our clients.

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’. Having received this accolade for four consecutive years, to see what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page.
• Flexibility to Work Your Way: You will have the freedom to structure your day in the way that works best for you. We prioritise our output more than the number of hours we work – which is why one of our key values is ‘Freedom’. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed flexible working in all that we do, and all UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.
• Your Wellbeing: You’d be joining an organisation that puts your wellbeing at the top of its priorities, with a range of health & wellbeing communities and regular listening surveys. We have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy. You will have the freedom to express your ideas to colleagues who are attentive to your viewpoints – which is what makes us an innovative workplace, and why another of our key values is ‘Boldness’.
• 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 reward and compensate our people.

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 you 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 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. Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who: Declare they have a disability, and Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please opt in during the application process.

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 grade and on company and personal performance.