Capgemini Invent
Aerospace and Defence Consulting Director
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Capgemini Invent: Why Join us?
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 Cap Gemini 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.
Responsibilities
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 Cap Gemini to bring together a unique combination of tech enabled, people centred and output centric solutions. Building a unique outcome based commercial approach that enables Cap Gemini to deliver major programmes linked to the business outcomes achieved. Working with colleagues across Cap Gemini 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 Cap Gemini, we see this as a fantastic foundation for self-learning and development.
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YOUR PROFILE
We are seeking consultants with the following experiences:
Proven background in a management consulting environment where you have delivered complex transformation programmes for clients. 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. Passion for solving your clients most pressing challenges, achieving tangible outcomes through a mix of technical expertise and strong people skills. Knowledge of constructing innovation commercial models where incentives align 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.
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:
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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, Cap Gemini were 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.
In order to commence a role with Capgemini UK plc you will be required to provide documentary proof prior to joining the Company that you are entitled to live and work in the UK.
More information is at available at: https://www.capgemini.com/gb-en/service/invent/
About Capgemini
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.
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