At Capgemini Invent, we help our clients to embrace innovation and transformation to get the future they want.

By combining strategy, technology, data science, and creative design expertise with an inventive mindset, we partner with our clients to innovate and transform their business, helping them navigate today, while plotting a course for the future.

About Capgemini Invent

As the digital innovation, design and transformation brand of the Capgemini Group, Capgemini Invent enables CxOs to envision and shape the future of their businesses. Located in more than 36 offices and 37 creative studios around the world, it comprises a 10,000+ strong team of strategists, data scientists, product and experience designers, brand experts and technologists who develop new digital services, products, experiences and business models for sustainable growth.

Capgemini Invent is an integral part of Capgemini, a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fuelled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

Our brand promise “Get The Future You Want” reflects our passion for people and technology and highlights the company’s commitment to inclusion and sustainability.

An important aspect of ‘Get the Future You Want’ is to balance hybrid ways of working between your Capgemini office, home, and client location (where applicable). We recognise that it is an imperative to create flexibility so you can enjoy an optimal work-life balance and feel empowered to achieve success. When you come onboard, or before, please discuss this with your manager so you can agree the best ways of working for your role, team, and client.

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An overview of the role:

Our Cloud Transformation Advisory Services enables our clients to transform their business and unlock the value of cloud. We provide value-centric cloud advisory services with sector-specific expertise. Our deep skills in cloud strategy, orchestration, operating models, and cloud economics complimented by global resources help guide clients in their cloud journey and deliver business results. Our cloud advisory capability is part of the wider Enterprise Transformation capability and works closely with other Invent capabilities.

Cloud operating models and DevOps transformation is one of the key capability areas within our cloud advisory unit. We help organisations transform their ways of working to adopt cloud native and hybrid/multi-cloud operating models that truly enable them to unlock the value of cloud computing. We are leading the charge in helping organisations adopt Gen AI enabled developer experience as the core principle of software engineering.

In this high impact role in you will be responsible to leading and growing the cloud operating model & DevOps advisory capability to be the best in class.

The work:

No matter the project or customer, your work will have a meaningful impact on society, businesses and lives. It’s really rewarding. And it’s also really varied. You’ll potentially work on a huge variety of projects (some larger than others), so you could gain lots of experience in a short amount of time.

Why this role?

As a Director for Cloud Operating Models & DevOps Transformation, you’ll help set the direction, driving forward the business, model our values and behaviours, and coach and develop junior members of the team. Key expectations from this role include:

• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing team with expertise in cloud operating models and DevOps.
• Lead and deliver client engagements on cloud advisory services.
• Lead the development and delivery of strategic business proposals and pitches that articulate the value proposition of the future operating models for cloud & infrastructure.
• Position yourself and the organisation as thought leaders in the cloud operating models and DevOps space by sharing knowledge through white papers, case studies, webinars, and industry events.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, technical, and product teams, to ensure a cohesive approach to client engagement and business development.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities by understanding market trends, client needs, and competitive landscape. Leverage insights to expand the client base and drive revenue growth.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders at existing and potential client organisations. Act as a trusted advisor, understanding their business challenges and goals.
• Contribute to the growth and success of a top-tier consulting practice including our market offers, knowledge and the overall strategic goals of the practice.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

We’d love to meet someone with:

• Experience of designing IT and cloud operating models
• Experience in managing operating model transformations.
• Demonstrated experience of designing & establishing cloud CoEs, cloud operations and DevOps practices
• Experience in implementing platform based operating models & designing organisation structures.
• Expertise in ITIL 4, Product/Platform centric operating model & DevOps is essential.
• Experience in IT process design & Lean is desirable.
• The ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders

• Experience in developing and implementing tailored client engagement strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Currently working in a major consulting firm, and/or in industry but having a consulting background is desirable.

• Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Experience of proposition building and delivery.
• Evidence of practice development, team building and developing more junior colleagues
• Experience of leading successful large-scale, complex transformation delivery engagements

• Ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers

• Being comfortable in a client-facing role, with previously consulting or advisory experience.

Why Capgemini is unique

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion 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. Through our New Normal campaign, we are looking to 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.

Collaboration and Innovation:

We really believe in creating a partnership with our customers. Using our Accelerated Solutions Environment (ASE), you’ll get to know the customer’s needs and challenges, demo innovative solutions and quickly solve problems. It’ll help you discover unexpected answers together.

Learning and development:

There’s an endless amount to learn at Capgemini, and an endless number of ways to do so. So, you’ll also have unique training opportunities to take advantage of. Some of our consultants even have the chance to go to Les Fontaine (near Paris, France), where we host a conference. Outside of dedicated training, everyone makes time to help and support one another - collaboration is encouraged across all our teams.

CSR:

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, we were even 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.

More information is at available at: https://www.capgemini.com/gb-en/about-us/who-we-are/our-brands/capgemini-invent/

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.