Senior Management Consultant

Reading, United Kingdom Posted on 07/24/2026

Darter is a strategic consultancy dedicated to strengthening the UK's national security, resilience and prosperity in the digital age. We partner with senior leaders across defence, government and technology to cut through complexity, shape strategy and accelerate real-world progress.

Our people sit at the highest level of decision-making - providing the clarity and influence that ensures choices are informed, impactful and future-ready. We work shoulder to shoulder with delivery teams to keep strategy and implementation aligned, so ambitious ideas translate into genuine impact.

Guided by our values - Deliver Excellence, Empathy and Integrity, Force for Good - we're building a team of sharp, mission-driven people who want their work to matter. If you want to help make the UK more secure, prosperous and agile, we'd like to hear from you.

Job Description

Senior Management Consultant - help solve complexchallenges that matter.

We're looking for an experienced SeniorManagement Consultant to join our growing team. This is anopportunity to work directly with senior clients on some of the mostimportant and complex challenges facing the UK today, while helpingto shape the future of a rapidly growing consultancy. You will helpshape the future of UK Defence, national security, and public sector transformation.

About Darter

At Darter, we help organisations tacklecomplex challenges of national importance. Working across Defence,national security, government, and technology, we combine strategicthinking with practical delivery to create lasting impact.

We're driven by a simple belief: greatoutcomes come from combining excellence, empathy, and integrity. Webuild trusted relationships, challenge constructively, and focus onwork that strengthens the UK's security, resilience, and prosperity.

Our culture is collaborative, supportive,and ambitious, giving talented people the opportunity to grow,contribute, and make a meaningful difference.

What you'll do:

• Lead and support high-impactconsulting engagements across strategy, transformation, change,and delivery.
• Build trusted relationshipswith senior military, government, and industry stakeholders.
• Structure complex problems,develop practical recommendations, and help clients turnambition into action.
• Facilitate workshops, presentfindings, and influence decision-making at senior levels.
• Contribute to businessdevelopment, thought leadership, and the continued growth of Darter.

Why Darter?

You'll join a high-performing, values-ledteam, working on projects that matter, with rapid developmentopportunities, flexible working, competitive rewards, and the chanceto make a genuine impact.

Requirements

We are interested in people who can bring:

• Consulting experience withinDefence, Government, National Security, or similarly complex environments.
• Ability to hold, or obtain,UK Security Clearance.
• Strong problem-solving andanalytical capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholderengagement and communication skills.
• Strategic thinking and theability to see the bigger picture.

It would be great if you also have:

• Strong planning andorganisational skills.
• Experience leadingworkstreams or managing client relationships.
• An engaging and collaborativeapproach with colleagues and clients.

Youwill need to hold, or be able to obtain, UK SecurityClearance for this role.

Note -Darter is a remote first organisation with an office inReading and clients around England. Expect a hybridworking style with travel every week.

What you'll get

• Meaningful work that contributes to theUK's security and resilience.
• A supportive, values-led culture built onexcellence, empathy, and integrity.
• Competitive salary, performance andprofit-share bonus, and share options plus;
• Pension matched up to 10%. Private healthinsurance. Dedicated learning and development budget. Flexible,remote-first working. Unlimited holiday. Volunteering leave andmatched charitable donations.