Director of Technology Consulting job at Bristol, City of Bristol, United Kingdom Full Time

Director of Technology Consulting (Defence sector)

Due to continued rapid growth, a industry leading technology consultancy are seeking a Director of Technology Consulting to play a key role in the next phase of their consulting practice expansion.

Reporting to the CTO leading the team, this is a senior leadership position combining strategic oversight with hands-on delivery. You will act as the quality gate across the practice, ensuring consistently high standards across all client engagements and serving as the final sign-off point for key deliverables, including board reports, technical assessments and IT due diligence outputs. You will also provide structured oversight across engagements, monitoring timelines, budgets, risks and delivery against agreed outcomes.

About the Role

Alongside practice leadership, you will lead and deliver complex consulting assignments end-to-end, working directly with senior stakeholders to shape technology strategy and drive digital transformation. Their core service lines include software development, systems specification and selection, IT Due Diligence (ITDD), and project and programme leadership.

While not a pure sales role, you will play an important part in strengthening client relationships, identifying follow-on opportunities and supporting the CTO in securing new work through credibility, insight and outstanding delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the quality assurance lead and final sign-off for major client deliverables
• Maintaining delivery standards, governance and best practice across the consulting team
• Overseeing engagement performance, including budgets, timelines and risk management
• Leading and delivering client engagements across digital and technology transformation
• Coaching and developing consultants within the team
• Growing existing client relationships and shaping follow-on engagements
• Supporting proposal development and contributing to winning new work

About You

• Significant experience in a technology consulting leadership is a real bonus
• Very strong and recent hands on experience in software development, dev ops or data engineering.
• Strong real-world experience delivering complex projects and programmes, with clear governance and stakeholder management
• A track record of producing high-quality executive reports and presenting to senior stakeholders
• Experience leading teams and acting as a quality assurance or sign-off point for deliverables
• Exceptional written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, evidence-based recommendations
• Outstanding verbal communication skills, able to challenge constructively, facilitate workshops and influence at all levels
• Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to scope engagements effectively, manage expectations and deliver measurable value

You will need a very strong academic background with a minimum 2:1 from a top tier University and ideally a Masters or similar.

Great training and career development opportunities exist for the right candidate.

Based Bristol / Remote

Basic salary £(phone number removed) + bonus + benefits