Vice President – Defence Growth Leader

About the job you are considering

Demand in the Aerospace & Defence (A&D) market is high and growing, driven by a strong recovery in commercial aviation and significant increases in global defence spending. This demand is leading to a major push for investment in infrastructure, particularly digital and advanced manufacturing capabilities. Capgemini is hiring in the UK MALS (Manufacturing, Automotive & Life Sciences) market unit for a Defence (A&D) leader. This role will be fundamental in driving forward the digital agenda for our clients and their customers and we are seeking to hire a proven leader to set a visionary direction, maximise the market opportunity, drive the development of the team and deliver for our clients.

Your role and responsibilities

• Help drive our strategy, shape our offers, develop our capability within the A&D segment of the MALS market unit, and lead sales and delivery work with new and existing clients.
• Business development – utilize the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships and your own network to drive our ambition to treble revenues in the sector over the next two years.
• Define the target strategy and composition of the team, recruit consultants, and mentor team members to ensure their effective development.
• Engage with existing and potential clients, developing relationships with senior members of the A&D sector.
• Drive consulting and technology offerings to new and existing clients, ensuring offerings are relevant and timely, bringing together Capgemini Invent, Applications, Cloud Infrastructure, Business Services, Digital and Engineering portfolios.
• Be an authority and thought leader.
• Ensure effective delivery and timely completion of projects in alignment with commercial goals.
• Externally, bring presence and gravitas to initiate, manage and maintain board/senior management relationships.
• Understand and scope out client challenges and potential solutions, and sell & deliver top-tier consulting and technology‑enabled business transformation work.

Your skills and experience

• Deep Aerospace & Defence sector expertise with experience across one or more parts of the pharma value chain.
• Strong personal skills and the ability to overcome internal barriers through drive, determination and influencing skills.
• A natural ability to work in mixed teams of colleagues and senior executives with outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience building and managing a team, providing direction and helping others to develop.
• Professionalism and flexibility – ability to adjust positively to changing tasks, location shifts, shifting priorities or ambiguity.
• Commitment to own and deliver outstanding work with gravitas to engage effectively with C‑level/CXOs on a peer‑to‑peer basis.
• Experience delivering end‑to‑end P&L – either for an account or for a sector within previous organisations.

Your security clearance

• Developed Vetting (DV)
• Requirement to obtain DV clearance; applicant must have resided continuously within the UK for the last 10 years along with other detailed criteria and requirements.
• During the recruitment process, candidates may be asked about security clearance eligibility including country of residence and nationality.
• Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; citizenship may be asked about in the application process.

Benefits

• Total Reward package that goes beyond compensation.
• Range of core and flexible benefits and a Peer Recognition portal called Applaud.
• Hybrid‑first working approach with flexible working arrangements for all UK employees.
• Commitment to work‑life balance and ethical business choices.

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