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Principal Technical Consultant

United Kingdom, London 105600.00 - 118800.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted December 12, 2025
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Job Description

Principal Technical Consultants are experienced consultants with equal parts deep technical knowledge, and practical experience deploying that to deliver value in a business and industry context. They are responsible for devising novel and practical solutions to our clients' trickiest problems and then getting them implemented to deliver business outcomes.

Job Responsibility

  • Devising novel and practical solutions to clients' trickiest problems and getting them implemented to deliver business outcomes
  • Building relationships with senior stakeholders
  • Having peer-level conversations with C-suite executives about business strategy
  • Contributing to Softwire's future growth
  • Supporting go-to-market teams with pre-sales
  • Building Softwire's reputation and brand
  • Developing professional network
  • Mentoring and supporting junior colleagues
  • Using knowledge, skills and experience to devise solutions to hard problems and deliver real world solutions for clients
  • Building strong relationships with clients to generate client loyalty and growth
  • Taking part in pre-sales: leading early-stage meetings, impactful contributions to bids and pitches
  • Mentoring and coaching junior colleagues in both technical and consultancy skills
  • Taking overall responsibility for the quality of delivered solutions
  • Actively contributing to Softwire community of practices and helping produce relevant thought leadership content
  • Taking part in networking and representing Softwire at events
  • Working alongside Delivery Directors to ensure clients receive a great service and experience

Requirements

  • 8+ years experience in technical roles
  • At least 4 years in an agency/consultancy context
  • Deep knowledge and proven experience in at least one of the following areas: Data engineering, Cloud platform architecture/migration (AWS and/or Azure), Digital platform architecture and enterprise modernisation, AI engineering
  • Track record delivering high-value client outcomes through expert design and delivery of technical solutions
  • Comfortable working in ambiguous contexts, making decisions with incomplete information and working with multiple stakeholder agendas
  • Interest in the business and industry side with relevant knowledge and context in one or more sectors
  • Excellent consulting and advisory skills
  • Track record of forming strong relationships and leveraging these for on-sell and cross-sell of services
  • Collaborative and team-oriented approach
  • Can-do approach and comfortable taking ownership
  • Pre-sales experience in an agency/consultancy context
  • Leadership skills

Nice to have

  • Built a reputation in a particular industry
  • Contributed to a standards body
  • Written in a trade publication
  • Taken part in a sector-specific working group or forum

What we offer

  • Profit share (average between £19,000 and £36,000)
  • Pension: Additional 5% of salary
  • 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy and sell)
  • Time off for company-wide morale events
  • Time off for charitable activities
  • Free annual eye test
  • Income protection
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Electric vehicle lease schemes
  • Payroll charity donations
  • Flexibility for life stuff
  • Good work/life balance
  • Support for people with additional needs or caring responsibilities
  • Reasonable adjustments to help succeed in the role
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