Head of Infrastructure Consulting - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Advanced

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Role Introduction:


As the Head of Infrastructure Consulting, you will be responsible for managing a team of specialist technical consultants with expertise covering datacentre infrastructure, networks, end user compute and Azure cloud infrastructure.

You will provide technical strategy and leadership, and you will oversee the quality of architecture, consulting and delivery work provided by the team.


What You Will Do:

  • Manage and lead a team of technical consultants, architects, and engineers with expertise in a range of infrastructure technologies.
  • Create an environment where people feel supported and can thrive and work at their best.
Build and maintain relationships with key customers.

  • Drive growth and profitability in professional services and support the growth of our outsourcing and managed services revenue.
  • Manage the capacity of the team; ensuring we can deliver against pipeline whilst maintaining margins.
  • Manage the development and promotion of technical strategy, best practice and standards.
  • Ensure the quality of the work delivered by the team, managing performance with individuals where necessary, and balance billable utilisation with individual development.
  • Work closely with our sales and presales teams to support in scoping, estimating, and winning new work.
  • Maintain a strong and close partnership with your operational counterparts; you will maintain a tight feedback loop between operations and architecture/delivery, promoting 'operabilitybydesign' principles and ensuring operational alignment with strategy and best practice.
  • Provide good and effective reporting, promoting transparency, and allowing meaningful discussion around progress, successes, blockers, and risks.

What You Will Have:

  • Strong people management skills.
  • Demonstrated capability leading technical teams and developing technical strategies.
  • A proven willingness to challenge the mediocre.
  • The ability to multitask and prioritise under pressure.
  • Selfmotivation, tenacity, discipline, integrity, enthusiasm, and resilience.
  • Excellent problemsolving skills and ability to devise and implement strategies beneficial to Advanced and our customers.
  • A customercentric mindset with a clear understanding of how technology and services translate into business value for Advanced's Customers.
  • Strong commercial acumen and a good understanding of Advanced's professional services and managed services / outsourcing business models
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Able to operate at all levels and articulate messages to a variety of different audiences.

What We Do For You:

Wellbeing focused - Our people are our greatest assets, and ensuring everyone feels their best self to come to work is integral
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Generous Annual Leave - 25 days of annual leave, plus public holidays and the ability to buy additional days
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Employee Assistance Programme
  • Free advice, support, and confidential counselling available 24/7 through Care First
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Endometriosis Friendly Employer
  • We are proud to confirm our commitment to developing an environment and culture that allows those with endometriosis to thrive in the workplace

Personal Growth:


  • Regardless of where you are at in your career, we're committed to enabling your growth personally and professionally
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Development Programmes
  • From Future Managers to Leadership Training, our development programmes help you get where you need to go
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Performance Bonus
  • Our Groupwide bonus scheme enables you to reap the rewards of your success

Financial wellbeing - We understand as well as your mental wellbeing, your financial wellbeing is really important
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Pension Scheme
  • Our plan with Scottish Widows offers 5% matched contribution by the company
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Income protection insurance
  • Providing you with support and assistance when you need it most

Recognition - Highlighting and rewarding the great work our people do
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Values Awards
  • Our quarterly employeedriven initiative to highlight and reward the people in the organisation who embody our values the most
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Clear Review
  • Our own technology platform that allows you to get realtime feedback, conversations and goals to help you become your best self

Making a Difference - we provide opportunities to help our people make a difference to the causes they care about
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MatchIt
  • Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and Advanced will match part of the funding
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Volunteering Time
  • Our volunteering leave scheme allows you to use your time to help those who need it
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Pennies from Heaven - donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger


Who We Are:


We are one the UK's largest tech companies, and our products sit at the heart of some of the country's best-known businesses.

We've grown phenomenally quickly with a £275m turnover and 2,800 employees supporting over 25,000 customers.
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