Command Centre Lead - Manchester

Company: Capgemini

Location: Manchester

Posted: May 1st, 2026

Command Centre Lead - Manchester

Reference Code: 441237-en_GBContract Type: PermanentProfessional Communities: Cloud Infrastructure Management

About the job you’re considering

Here we have a great opportunity to join our team as a Technical Command Centre Lead! As a Technical Command Centre Lead, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership, operational command and control, and cross tower coordination within the Command Centre. The role ensures service stability, rapid incident resolution, effective escalation management, and proactive operational insight, acting as the single technical authority during Major Incidents and critical business events. 

 

The role works across Service Providers, internal delivery teams, security operations, and business stakeholders to ensure end to end service performance and resilience.

 

This role requires you to be based on site in Preston 5 days per week.

Your role

 


 

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a  Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

 


Please opt in during the application process.

Your security clearance and pre-employment checks

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.

 

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

 

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality. Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

 

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including:  identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.  We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.  
To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy. 
You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.
You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.
Capgemini. Make it real.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.
Make it real | www.capgemini.com

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