Sopra Steria
Head of HR & Workforce Transformation Consulting
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Are you passionate about helping organisations transform the way they attract, develop and support their people?
Join Sopra Steria’s newly formed Transformative Business Services (TBS) Consulting practice as our Head of HR & Workforce Transformation and play a leading role in building a new consulting capability from the ground up.
This is a senior, market-facing leadership role where you will work with HR Directors, Chief People Officers and Transformation Leaders to shape workforce strategies, redesign HR operating models and deliver large-scale people-centred transformation programmes. Combining advisory expertise with AI, technology and operational delivery, you will help clients achieve sustainable change that delivers lasting impact.
Working across the Public Sector, Financial Services and Utilities sectors, you will be responsible for winning new business, leading major transformation programmes and building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders. You will also establish and grow the HR & Workforce Transformation practice, developing innovative propositions, thought leadership and a high-performing team.
If you're an entrepreneurial consulting leader who thrives on driving growth, leading complex transformation and shaping something new, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.
We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities.
This role is hybrid variable, with regular travel to our offices (London, Newport or Salford) and client sites.
What you'll be doing:
- Lead and grow the People & HR Transformation Consulting practice, defining the strategy, propositions and go-to-market approach
- Build trusted relationships with HR Directors, Chief People Officers, COOs and Transformation Leaders, driving new business and account growth.
- Lead major sales opportunities and bids, overseeing the full lifecycle from qualification and solution design through to commercial negotiations and contract award.
- Deliver large-scale workforce and HR transformation programmes, ensuring successful implementation, stakeholder engagement and measurable business outcomes.
- Develop innovative consulting offerings, methodologies and thought leadership that combine people, technology and operational transformation.
- Build and lead a high-performing consulting team, driving capability development, recruitment, performance, revenue growth and profitability.
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What you’ll bring:
- Proven experience leading large-scale Workforce, HR and organisational transformation programmes, delivering measurable business and people outcomes across complex organisations.
- Strong business development track record, with an established network of senior stakeholders and a demonstrable ability to win new business, lead bids and secure complex consulting engagements.
- Deep expertise across workforce strategy, HR operating models, talent and skills transformation, recruitment, HR administration, payroll and employee services.
- Experience designing and implementing target operating models, shared services and global business services (GBS), alongside process optimisation, change management and organisational redesign.
- Strong understanding of AI, automation, HR technology platforms (including SAP, Oracle and Workday) and the use of data and analytics to drive workforce and business performance.
- Proven ability to build and grow consulting capabilities, including developing propositions, creating methodologies, recruiting and coaching teams, and taking new offerings successfully to market.
If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!
Employment Type: Full-time/Permanent
Location: Candidates can be based anywhere, but must be able to travel on average 3 days per week, this will either be to our offices (London, Salford or Newport) or client site
Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC
Internal Recruiter: Amy
Salary: Up to £110k depending on experience
Benefits: 20% bonus, £6,600 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.
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Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.
Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?
We’re a leading provider in the UK of re-imagined Business Support Services powered by next generation technology. We combine the full power of Sopra Steria’s Insight, Technology and Transformation capabilities to deliver positive, meaningful and long-lasting outcomes for our clients. We’re the partner of choice for organisations who are looking to tackle the most complex problems with new solutions.
We empower our clients by providing innovative solutions and commercial models that help them meet their business needs, drive operational efficiencies, and deliver impactful value creation.
We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.
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