Senior Managing Consultant

Salary - up to £100,000 plus bonus & benefits

London

This role focuses on leading and developing a team within a corporate consulting environment, with responsibility for both people management and client delivery. It involves overseeing day-to-day team performance, ensuring high standards of client service, and supporting the ongoing development of consultants.

The position also holds responsibility for managing a portfolio of clients, maintaining strong relationships, and contributing to wider business growth through collaboration with internal teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of consultants, providing regular feedback, performance reviews, and ongoing support with career progression
• Oversee workload distribution and resource planning to ensure effective delivery across client portfolios
• Act as a senior point of contact for team queries and escalations, ensuring issues are resolved efficiently
• Maintain accountability for a portfolio of corporate clients, primarily across group risk and healthcare
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor on benefit strategy and wider people solutions
• Support business development activity by contributing to new client opportunities and growth initiatives
• Ensure consistency and quality of client delivery through oversight, guidance, and technical input
• Encourage a collaborative team culture, sharing best practice and driving continuous improvement
• Contribute to internal initiatives, including process improvements, proposition development, and knowledge sharing
• Support recruitment and onboarding of new team members

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience managing or mentoring consultants within a client-facing environment
• Strong leadership and coaching ability, with a focus on developing high-performing teams
• Experience managing workloads and prioritising effectively in a fast-paced setting
• Solid understanding of the UK employee benefits market, particularly group risk and healthcare
• Strong client relationship skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders
• Commercial awareness and ability to identify opportunities to add value to clients
• Confident communicator, able to adapt style depending on audience
• Analytical mindset, with the ability to interpret data and provide clear recommendations
• Well-organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint