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Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding. The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation. Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors. Certified as a
Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms. Our Organisational, Effectiveness & Agility practice are looking for an experienced Senior Manager or Director to join the team.
We are experts who put people first to transform organisations through future-ready operating models, agile ways of
working, and enterprise transformation. We help our clients build more adaptive, effective, and sustainable organisations by shaping how people, processes, and emerging technologies come together. This
expertise
spans
multiple industries, reflecting our current cross-industry approach. However, we are now prioritising deep industry specialisation , particularly
in
Financial Services and
Consumer Products
&
Retail .
Our experts
partner closely with our industry-focused colleagues and go to market together.
Our roles are about helping clients redesign and deliver the organisations of the future
by shaping operating models that enable agility,
human-centred
design
and efficiency .
As a Senior Manager, you will play a leading role in setting direction, shap ing client
engagements
and driving enterprise-wide transformation,
translating strategic priorities into practical structures, processes, and governance frameworks that drive sustainable impact.
Enterprise - w ide Operating Model Design and Implementation :
Leading the definition
and
implementation of
target operating models, organisational structures and governance frameworks
that align to strategic priorities and enable agility
across complex organisations.
Cost
&
P roductivity
O ptimisation :
Shaping and leading large-scale redesign of
operating models to
improve efficiency, redu c e costs and unlock long-term value through streamlines processes and resource allocation .
Integration & Capability Build:
Leading
complex organisational transitions, such as mergers,
acquisitions
or new business units, by designing and embedding capabilities that
enable smooth integration and operational
effectiveness .
Ways of Working & Agility:
Setting direction for how organisations evolve
processes, decision-making, and funding models to foster collaboration,
innovation
and responsiveness at scale.
AI-Enabled Operating Model Transformation : Designing future-fit organisations that can embed and scale AI - with the right structures, accountabilities, and cultural foundations
Dat a -Driven Insights:
Overseeing the application of analytics and diagnostic
tools (e.g.
OrgVue ) to assess spans , layers, costs, and workforce performance, translating insights into
strategic recommendations and executive decisions.
Client Leadership & Business Development:
Building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, shaping and selling transformation programmes, and contributing to the growth of our operating model and transformation offering.
Team Leadership & Capability Development:
Leading and developing high-performing teams, coaching others to build capability and contributing to the growth of our practice.
Some examples of the work
you’ll
do:
Leading the design of
future-ready operating models that align with strategic priorities, balancing efficiency, agility, and innovation
Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on
structural choices, clarifying trade-offs between centralisation, decentralisation, and hybrid models to enable effective decision-making.
Leading end-to-end operating model transformations, including governance design
and implementation at scale.
Overseeing
organisational transitions, ensuring structures and
ways of working
enable continuity,
growth
and long-term success
Leading
cost and productivity optimisation programmes through
redesign of processes, spans and layers and resource allocation without compromising agility
Advising clients on how to sustainably reduce cost or headcount while unlocking creativity and strategic focus
Embedding lasting capability by designing change approaches that stick, with a focus on leadership alignment, behavioural change, and prac
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