Associate Client Director - Maritime

At Frazer-Nash, we help our clients solve complex challenges to create a more sustainable, secure and resilient world. We are looking for an Associate Client Director to support our strategic relationship with BAE Systems, overseeing our Maritime sub-portfolio.

Working alongside the BAE Systems Client Director, you will help shape, secure and deliver complex consultancy engagements while reinforcing our position as a trusted partner. This is a senior client-facing role that combines business development, portfolio leadership and delivery excellence, with a clear focus on growing our management consultancy presence and expanding our footprint within a key account.

Requirements

About you

• Extensive experience in consultancy, business development or programme leadership within defence, engineering, technology or other highly regulated industries.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain long-term trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Significant experience leading complex bids, proposals and business growth campaigns.
• Demonstrable track record of delivering large-scale transformation programmes, capability development initiatives or multidisciplinary engineering and technology projects.
• Ideally educated to Master's level (Level 7) or equivalent professional experience.
• Eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
• Must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting and be eligible for UK SC clearance.

We'd particularly like to hear from candidates with experience of:

• Directing the design and implementation of complex business change or transformation programmes.
• Delivering large multidisciplinary engineering or technology capability programmes.
• Management consultancy within the defence sector.
• Supporting Defence Primes in the development and delivery of major programmes.
• Understanding of complex engineering programmes, including design, integration, certification and in-service support.

Desirable experience

• Established relationships and networks within BAE Systems.
• Experience working successfully within consortiums or joint ventures.
• Understanding of Systems Engineering principles.
• Experience with business capability design and implementation.
• Experience with business process design and implementation.

Benefits

We provide our people with an excellent benefit and offering package that comprises:

• Competitive salary of £80,000 to £100,000 per annum with yearly reviews
• 25 days holiday plus the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture
• Flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked to company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support in attaining professional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season rail ticket loan
• Further optional benefits that can be tailored to your personal requirements