Lead Delivery Consultant in Bristol

Role Summary

Lead end-to-end consulting delivery while driving new business growth. This role blends delivery leadership, team management, and relationship-led business development to deliver high-quality outcomes and convert credibility into new opportunities.

About PACT Solutions

PACT Solutions is a specialist management and digital transformation consultancy working exclusively with higher education institutions across the UK.

We help universities solve complex challenges across strategy, student records, data, change and delivery. As we grow, we want to strengthen the way we run the business internally while protecting the quality, culture and partner focus that have made us successful.

The Role

Own delivery outcomes and revenue growth by leading engagements, building high-performing teams, and developing trusted partner relationships that generate new work.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead consulting engagements end-to-end (planning, governance, delivery, outcomes)
• Manage delivery quality, commercials, and RAID disciplines
• Build and lead blended teams (internal + subcontractors)
• Develop senior stakeholder relationships across partner organisations
• Originate, shape, and win new work (£25k-£250k opportunities)
• Lead bids, proposals, and solution development
• Contribute to thought leadership, marketing, and sector presence

Our Values

• Partnership: We work with you, not for you.
• Integrity: We do the right thing, even when it requires difficult conversations.
• Inquisitive: We dig deeper to uncover what will truly deliver value.
• Transformative: We focus on outcomes that create lasting, measurable improvement.

Why join PACT?

Play a key role in shaping a growing consultancy while delivering impactful transformation across UK higher education. This role offers real ownership across delivery, growth, and team leadership in a flexible, high-growth environment.

This role sits at the Lead level within PACT’s consulting career pathway (Analyst – Consultant – Senior Consultant – Lead – Principal), with responsibility for leading complex engagements, developing people and shaping capability.

Requirements

• Strong consulting delivery leadership and governance experience
• Proven ability to build and manage high-performing teams
• Commercial awareness and experience winning or shaping work
• Confident stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills
• Experience in business development and bid leadership
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Willingness to travel and engage in sector events

Desirable

• Higher education sector experience
• Experience in digital transformation, data, or change delivery
• Familiarity with public sector procurement