Lead Business Strategy Consultant

Position Description:

At CGI, we help some of the world's largest organisations solve their most complex business challenges through technology-enabled transformation. As a Business Strategy Consultant, you'll work alongside senior leaders to shape strategic direction, influence major investment decisions, and deliver meaningful business outcomes at enterprise scale. You'll join a collaborative consulting team where your expertise, ideas, and leadership will help clients embrace change with confidence while contributing to the continued growth of our consulting practice. With opportunities to lead high-profile engagements, develop innovative solutions, and make a lasting impact, you'll build a rewarding career where your contribution truly matters. CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go. Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

In this role, you will lead strategic, technology-enabled transformation programmes that help clients modernise their organisations, improve business performance, and realise measurable value. Working closely with executive stakeholders, you will shape transformation strategies, develop investment roadmaps, and provide trusted advice that enables confident decision-making across complex business environments. You'll take ownership of successful delivery while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to achieve outstanding outcomes for clients. You'll also play a pivotal role in growing CGI's Business Consulting capability by strengthening client relationships, identifying new opportunities, contributing to thought leadership, and mentoring colleagues. You'll be encouraged to bring fresh thinking, champion innovation, and help shape the future of our consulting practice within a supportive, collaborative environment. Key responsibilities:

• Lead & Deliver large-scale technology-enabled transformation programmes from strategy through implementation.

• Advise & Influence C-suite executives on business strategy, operating models, digital transformation and organisational change.

• Shape & Develop enterprise business cases, investment strategies, transformation roadmaps and value realisation frameworks.

• Drive & Grow client relationships by identifying opportunities, leading sales pursuits and developing compelling proposals.

• Lead & Inspire multidisciplinary consulting teams, providing coaching, mentoring and professional development.

• Establish & Maintain high delivery standards, governance and consulting best practices across engagements.

• Innovate & Improve consulting methodologies, embrace emerging technologies and contribute to intellectual property development.

• Collaborate & Contribute to practice growth through thought leadership, capability development and knowledge sharing.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

To succeed in this role, you'll bring extensive consulting experience delivering complex technology-enabled transformation alongside the credibility to advise senior executives on strategic business change. You'll combine commercial awareness with exceptional stakeholder management, leadership capability and a passion for helping clients achieve lasting business value. Essential qualifications and experience:

• Extensive experience leading complex technology-enabled transformation programmes and enterprise-wide change initiatives.

• Strong consulting background within a recognised consulting organisation.

• Proven experience developing business strategies, investment cases, transformation roadmaps and value realisation frameworks.

• Demonstrated ability to influence C-suite executives and senior stakeholders across complex organisations.

• Strong understanding of digital transformation, enterprise architecture, organisational design, business process optimisation and change management.

• Experience leading, developing and mentoring multidisciplinary consulting teams.

• Proven success supporting business development, account growth and strategic sales pursuits.

• Relevant professional certifications in business strategy, programme delivery, business architecture, change management or technology disciplines.

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, Management or a related discipline.

• Excellent communication, facilitation and executive presentation skills. #LI-LW1

Skills:

• Communication

• Consulting process

• Leadership

• Stakeholder management

• Strategy Consulting

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.