Cloud Transformation Modernisation Expert

About Methods: Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people‑centred, safe, and designed for the future. Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.

Domain Expert Role Overview: As a Cloud Transformation and Modernisation Expert, you will play a pivotal role at the intersection of client engagement, strategic delivery, and brand representation. You will shape how Methods communicates its value, supports business growth, and showcases its transformation expertise through pre‑sales activity, thought leadership, and high‑impact marketing content. You will collaborate closely with Delivery, Sales, and Marketing to translate our work into clear, compelling, and outcome‑focused narratives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Expertise: Provide expert consultancy, technical leadership, and delivery assurance across client assignments. Lead discovery activities, assessments, stakeholder interviews, and service maturity reviews. Develop strategies, operating models, transformation roadmaps, and business cases. Design and facilitate client workshops, including vision‑setting, prioritisation, and technical decision‑making.
• Pre‑Sales: Shape early client conversations, understand challenges, and define clear, compelling responses. Lead scoping activities and host client workshops to refine requirements and solution options. Develop high‑quality proposals, presentations, and capability statements for bids and frameworks.
• Service Offerings: Work with Competency Centre leadership to develop, refine, and evolve service propositions. Identify future customer or market challenges and ensure our offerings reflect best practice and emerging trends.
• Training & Community: Mentor and support Specialists, providing technical guidance and career development. Produce training materials and deliver capability‑building courses aligned to domain expertise.
• External Communication: Represent Methods through thought leadership, attending events, speaking engagements, and external forums. Produce high‑quality blogs, insight articles, whitepapers, or multimedia content to showcase expertise.

Key Experience: To be effective in this role, you must have relevant delivery experience sufficient to interact with senior clients, delivery teams, and respond to tenders. This will include the following areas for your domain: Cloud Optimisation Assessments, Cloud Readiness Assessment & Strategy, Migration Planning & Execution, Cloud Architecture Design, Security, Governance & Compliance Management.

Why you’ll love this role: You will love the role if you want to make a real impact while growing your career in a supportive, forward‑thinking organisation. Methods combines the agility of a consultancy with the purpose of public‑sector transformation, giving you the opportunity to shape meaningful outcomes for citizens, government and national services.

By joining us you can expect:

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
• A supportive and collaborative environment.

As well as this, we offer:

• Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training
• Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
• 25 days time off a year
• Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
• Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance
• Private Medical Insurance which is non‑contributory (spouse and dependants included)