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Head of Service Management
Capgemini
London, England, United Kingdom
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ABOUT THE JOB YOU’RE CONSIDERING
As Head of Service Management for the UK, you will lead and grow our service
management (Application Development and Management) practice and be responsible
for delivering high-quality run and operate services to our valued annuity
clients.
You will define and execute the UK strategy to expand our footprint, strengthen
client relationships, and evolve our capabilities. You will be accountable for
excellence across delivery, pre-sales, people, and operations, ensuring we
consistently deliver modern, efficient, and high-quality services at optimal
cost.
You will bring a contemporary perspective to service management, embedding
DevSecOps principles, product-centric operating models, and leveraging
automation and AI to drive productivity, speed to value, and improved client
outcomes.
Working closely with global service management and application development
teams, as well as UK Applications practice leaders and Sales teams, you will
ensure alignment, reuse of best practices, and the continued evolution of our
propositions.
Capgemini’s UK Applications business helps clients achieve business value
through digital transformation and modern application services. We operate a
cloud-first, Agile delivery model, leveraging global delivery capabilities and
deep technology expertise.
You will work closely with colleagues across Service Management, Customer
Experience, Cloud and Custom Apps development, Engagement and Domain expertise,
and other business lines, as well as global counterparts, to deliver integrated
and innovative solutions for our clients.
Hybrid working: The places that you work
day to day will vary according to your
role, your needs and that of the business; it will be a blend of Company
offices, client site and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at
home for 100% of the time.
If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of
pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual), or
immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years and unspent
criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).
YOUR ROLE
Key responsibilities:
• Define and lead the UK Service Management strategy, driving growth through
expansion of existing client relationships and development of new
opportunities
• Ensure leading AI, agents and automation are baked into our propositions and
delivery
• Own end-to-end delivery across the run/operate portfolio, ensuring
consistent, high-quality outcomes and strong client satisfaction
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation, embedding modern practices such
as DevSecOps, product-centric delivery, automation, and AI
• Partner with Sales to shape pipeline, support pre-sales activities, and
position differentiated, market-leading propositions
• Develop and retain a high-performing team (currently >400 consultants in the
UK with many thousands of delivery specialists in India), with a strong focus
on talent development, performance management, and developing exciting
careers
• Establish a culture of accountability, excellence, and continuous improvement
across the practice
• Manage the practice with operational discipline, ensuring financial
performance, utilisation, and targets are consistently achieved
• Ensure the right structure, skills, and capacity are in place to support both
delivery and growth ambitions
• Collaborate closely with global and regional stakeholders to leverage best
practice, optimise delivery models, and enhance client outcomes
• Strengthen partnerships across the ecosystem, including internal practices
and external partners, to deliver integrated solutions
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
You are:
• An experienced leader of Service Management / AMS / Run functions within a
consulting or technology services organisation
• Passionate about delivery excellence, with a strong track record of
delighting clients
• A champion of continuous improvement, always seeking ways to enhance
performance and outcomes
• Highly motivated by innovation, with hands-on experience applying automation,
AI, and modern technologies (including generative and agentic AI) to drive
productivity and speed to value
• Naturally focused on delivering greater value at lower cost through
industrialisation and optimisation
You have:
• A strong stewardship mindset, committed to developing people and raising the
overall talent bar
• A commercial outlook, comfortable engaging senior clients, shaping deals, and
building trusted relationships
• Proven operational discipline, with a focus on governance, process
excellence, and achieving performance targets
• Experience working in global delivery models, collaborating seamlessly across
geographies and with delivery centres
• The ability to leverage global best practices and enhance them to meet UK
client needs
WE ARE A DISABILITY CONFIDENT EMPLOYER
Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2)
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under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme.
As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview
to all candidates who:
• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum
essential criteria for the role
Please opt in during the
application process.
YOUR SECURITY CLEARANCE
To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain
Security Check (SC) clearance.
[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/united-kingdom-security-vetting-applicant#levels-of-national-security-clearance]
To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously
within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and
requirements.
Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your
security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence
and nationality.
MAKE IT REAL – WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU?
Your wellbeing
You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 20
24.
Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a
healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our
organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental
Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in
wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
Impactful Experiences
You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading
organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future.
You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business,
technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the
UK.
WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER CAPGEMINI
Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive
future is a tough ask. But when you join Capgemini, you join a thriving company
and become part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and
industry experts. A powerful source of energy that drives us all to find new
ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we
seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses. And
it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your
future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge and always
pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. And you’ll use
them to help our clients leverage technology to grow their business and give
innovation that human touch the world needs. So, it might not always be easy,
but making the world a better place rarely is.
ABOUT CAPGEMINI
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation
partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of
organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong
heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over
420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services
and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem,
leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and
business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.
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