The Consulting Managing Partner leads NCL’s client-facing consulting business. The role holder is responsible to the company board for meeting business objectives around revenue, growth and client concentration. As a senior leader within NCL the Consulting MP will lead, develop and maintain the team of consulting partners, consultants and associates as well as taking part in fee earning client work.
Core responsibilities
- Chair the Consulting Board and keep the commercial operating rhythm active.
- Own consulting revenue, pipeline quality, bid conversion, pricing discipline and portfolio balance.
- Allocate client and project ownership and hold Consulting Partners to clear commercial expectations.
- Lead major bids, commercial reviews and senior client conversations where partner-level sponsorship is needed.
- Manage the split between house-owned revenue and partner-allocated revenue.
- Track client concentration, partner concentration, repeat revenue and margin exceptions.
- Represent NCL externally in market development, thought leadership and strategic relationship building.
Person specification
- Senior nuclear, infrastructure, energy or professional-services credibility with a strong client network.
- Proven ability to originate, shape and win consulting work without relying only on personal delivery.
- Strong commercial judgement on pricing, margin, procurement, contracting and bid/no-bid decisions.
- Credibility with senior client stakeholders, regulators, legal/commercial teams and technical leaders.
- Comfortable coaching partners, challenging weak pipeline and reallocating ownership where needed.
- Disciplined, collaborative and able to build an institution rather than a personal book of work.
Contract and Remuneration
The Service Delivery Managing Partner will be contracted to NCL on a 12-month rolling contract. The role holder will remunerated on an incentivised revenue share basis along with fee earning consulting time. We are open to engaging an existing PSC consultant with an established consulting portfolio or to a permanent staff contract for a senior leader.
This role is fractional and non-exclusive. Indicative commitment is c.80 days per year in Year 1, rising to c.110 days per year by Year 5. This includes c.30 to c.60 days of non-billable capability management, service-line development, bid support and governance plus an illustrative 50 days of separately contracted consulting assignments.