We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are 3,300 specialists in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Netherlands and Nordics.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Would you like to be part of an inspiring global team that leads the way in Agile consulting? At PA Consulting, we help the largest and most complex organisations on one end of the spectrum to start-ups wanting to scale at pace at the other. We are the leading consultancy and thought leaders in organisational agility with our clients spanning across the UK and internationally. As such, we have unrivalled experience, collateral and insight. We have accelerated drug development, helped transform the world to green energy, catapulted a fintech of 400 people into the S&P500 and reimagined visas and immigration. We have taken business agility to shipping companies and improved manufacturing quality whilst reducing time to market. That’s just a few of over 200 incredibly inspiring assignments that we have delivered!

At PA, you will collaborate with other like-minded colleagues in multi-functional teams, working on some of our most exciting projects. You will have the opportunity to:

• Develop your career as a consultant by working with exceptional consulting colleagues on a range of assignments  
• Develop your Agile knowledge and skillset through our extensive training offering which includes SAFe certifications and the opportunity to join our mentoring programme 
• Pursue your area of interest in one of our Agile Communities of Practice whereby you’ll also contribute to our internal Agile Capability 
• Be part of initiatives that you genuinely care about, for example Mental Health and Wellbeing, Women in Technology, LGBTQ+ and BAME
• Work across a range of clients across the public and private sector.

You should have:

• A “can-do” attitude! 
• A minimum of 2 years’ recent experience working in an Agile environment; this could include working as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach or working on a project delivered in an Agile way
• A desire to become an expert in organisational agility and enthusiasm to apply this to delivery and transformational projects
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with top-level stakeholders 
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills 
• Excellent written skills  
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills  
• Flexibility to travel both nationally and internationally to our clients 
• A desire to develop PA’s internal Agile Capability as well as working with our clients

You may also have:

• Consulting experience (but this is not essential)
• An understanding of different delivery models from waterfall, to iterative, to continuous delivery
• An awareness of scaling frameworks including SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale and its application to programmes and portfolios 
• Experience of driving teams' planning, estimation, coordination and executing a defined roadmap
• Experience of coordinating activities across multiple teams across the delivery lifecycle e.g. Project Management, Architecture, Operations etc.
• Experience of facilitating continuous improvement of agile ways of working through retros
• Experience at using risk, issue and dependency management practices
• An understanding of transformation backlog creation, refinement and prioritisation with well-defined acceptance criteria  
• Experience of collaborative team events such as Big Room Planning

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Travel allowance
• 25 days annual leave with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Company pension scheme
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Life and Income protection insurance
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)
• Additional optional benefits (Dental, critical illness, spouse/partner life assurance)
   

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that diversity makes us a stronger firm and look to employ people with different ideas, styles and skill sets. This diversity stimulates a rich, creative environment – one in which our people develop, and our clients enjoy enduring results. We’re committed to recruiting, promoting and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA’s goals, without regard to their sex, race, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected]