Aerospace and Defence Management Consultant

Job Description

Role: Aerospace and Defence Management Consultant

Location: London or Manchester

Mobility: Up to 100%

Career Level: Consultant

Accenture is a global professional services company, providing a broad range of market‑leading services to our clients. We are looking for an ambitious Consultant to join our Aerospace & Defence (A&D) Consulting practice. In this role you will have an enviable opportunity to work with some leading A&D clients, on cutting‑edge and complex projects.

Our approach combines market‑leading thought‑leadership, deep industry knowledge and creativity blended with technology; you can be excited to join a team of experts driven by helping clients navigate both present and future A&D challenges.

Inclusion and diversity are woven into the fabric of our business, and our core values of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, Integrity and Respect for the Individual have enabled us to create One Global Network for clients all over the World.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture:
We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” –
Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

The Aerospace and Defence industry is being hit by disruption on multiple fronts. To compete and win in this environment, companies are beginning to strategically transform components of their business to successfully address disruptive forces and capture new growth. Government is also increasing defence spending, to rearm and modernise. This environment creates exciting opportunities for consultants who want to work at the intersection of technology, defence capability, and large‑scale transformation.

Accenture is at the forefront of this change, helping the world’s largest A&D companies achieve sustainable and profitable growth by transforming their businesses to become more agile, innovative, operationally efficient, data and AI enabled while being secure.

We help our clients deliver lasting impact by driving excellence from strategy development through to implementation.

At Accenture, our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity.

We are experiencing unprecedented growth, and we are looking for exceptional individuals to join our team of passionate A&D consulting practitioners. As well as working with world class industry clients you will learn, grow, and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking, and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

You will have the opportunity to make an impact on operations, programmes and strategies, the success of which are crucial to both UK security and its A&D industry.

• The most strategic challenges and opportunities that occupy the minds of industry leaders
• Cutting‑edge research and thought leadership that is defining the future of the A&D industry
• Industry A&D clients as well as government defence clients as part of our ‘One Defence’ model
• Structured problem‑solving techniques to enable our clients to transform their businesses
• A global A&D network of highly skilled, geographically and culturally diverse people
• A world‑class training curriculum that helps you continuously upskill yourself as the world changes
• A culture that encourages innovation, collaboration, enterprise, and a lot of fun!

• Work as part of focused project teams across a range of A&D clients & problems
• Lead an independent workstream as part of a broader project
• Gather, synthesise and analyse data from a variety of sources to draw insights and develop recommendations
• Structure and communicate outcomes to client management teams
• Work alongside client teams to help them implement the recommendations to deliver value
• Help develop and refine offerings and generate collateral to support sales and origination activities
• Facilitate client innovation and requirements workshops and use a human‑centred approach to solve problems, frame opportunities and achieve innovation through collaboration and co‑creation

• 3+ years…