Overview

Education Domain Director role at Consultancy.uk (Capgemini Invent).

Role Overview

The Director of Education will be a strategic leadership role within Capgemini Invent’s Public Sector practice in the UK. This individual will be responsible for establishing, growing, and managing the Education sector across Public Sector, both from a technical and sales perspective. The role includes a mix of sales, programme management, and technical leadership, with a focus on driving delivery across clients and ensuring the success of education initiatives within the business.

Your Role

• Establish and scale Capgemini Invent’s Education practice in the UK, building the operational foundation required for success.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive Education strategy, including defining the portfolio of services, operationalising solutions, and building out the team.
• Mentor and lead cross-functional teams, ensuring technical excellence, alignment with client needs, and the continuous development of education-related skills across the organisation.
• Ensure the Education capability remains cutting-edge and competitive through ongoing research and by cultivating relationships with DfE, HE, Award Bodies, and their affiliated ecosystem of partners.
• Lead and oversee the successful delivery of large, complex Education programmes from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with client objectives, on-time delivery, and within budget.
• Identify market trends and client needs, aligning Capgemini Invent’s Education offerings with those insights to drive sales growth.

Responsibilities & Growth Opportunities

• Business Development – Leading or contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitches, and events.
• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development – Training to support career development, skills demand, and certifications.

Your Profile

• Proven experience in leading the development of an Education practice or similar capabilities within a consulting or technology firm.
• Significant experience in programme management, including overseeing large-scale Education implementations.
• Expertise in selling and delivering solutions across multiple Education programmes, with a strong track record of securing large and complex contracts.
• Experience in client-facing roles, ideally with C-level executives to advise on and drive Education transformation programmes.
• Deep understanding of DfE, HE, and Award Bodies required solutions, with the ability to lead and guide teams in technical implementation.
• Experience in a major consulting firm or industry with a consulting background; ability to succeed in a matrixed organisation and mobilise peer support for selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Experience of proposition building and delivery.
• Business development – generating approximately £2m of consulting revenues (Director role).

What You’ll Love About Working Here

Inclusion and flexible hybrid working arrangements; commitment to wellbeing; carbon footprint reduction; recognition as an ethical company; locations include London, Manchester, or Glasgow with flexibility for assignments away from home.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global technology and transformation partner, with 340,000 team members in 50+ countries, delivering end-to-end services from strategy and design to engineering, AI, cloud and data. 2023 global revenues were €22.5 billion.