Manager/Senior Manager – Nuclear

Manager/Senior Manager – Nuclear Overview

This role sits within Capgemini Invent’s Energy Transition & Utilities practice and is aimed at an experienced senior leader who can help expand the firm’s nuclear offering. The team works with clients across energy networks, energy retail, energy central markets, water, and nuclear, and this position is intended to strengthen the company’s position in the nuclear market through a combination of sector knowledge, consulting expertise, and business growth capability.

Capgemini Invent describes its approach as bringing together strategic, creative, and scientific thinking, supported by technology, data, and design. The wider mission of the practice is to help clients tackle current and future challenges through transformation work that is informed by evidence and delivered collaboratively.

What you will do

• Lead significant nuclear energy engagements that support clients and the UK’s transition to a cleaner, more secure, and more sustainable energy future.
• Work across the full civil nuclear lifecycle, contributing to client work from strategy through delivery and operational improvement.
• Partner with a broad, multidisciplinary group that includes civil engineering specialists, digital and data experts, business operations professionals, nuclear industry practitioners, and people working with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.
• Engage with clients at all levels of their organisations and guide experienced delivery teams toward better project execution and stronger operational outcomes.
• Help define the strategic direction of the nuclear business and play an active role in growing the practice.
• Develop and own senior client relationships, positioning yourself as a trusted advisor.
• Coach and develop more junior colleagues while demonstrating the organisation’s values and expected behaviours in day-to-day work.
• Support business development activity and contribute to thought leadership that raises the profile of the practice.
• Identify new opportunities proactively and help turn them into business for the firm.
• Contribute to internal initiatives such as campaign development, think-tanks, white papers, practice development, recruitment, team activities, and the creation of new offerings.
• Continue building your own capability through learning and development activities that support long-term career growth.
• Use a mix of existing organisational relationships, wider company connections, and your own network to help generate additional revenue.

What the company is looking for

• Deep experience in the civil nuclear sector, potentially gained through work in engineering, construction, operations, commissioning, or decommissioning related to nuclear assets, facilities, or programmes.
• Strong consulting experience, either from a major consulting firm or from an industry role that has required a consulting-style approach.
• Commercial judgement and the ability to understand how to grow business through relationships and market opportunities.
• The ability to improve client outcomes by drawing on knowledge from the full civil nuclear lifecycle and other relevant sectors.
• A track record of succeeding in a matrixed organisation and of gaining commitment from colleagues when selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build networks and work effectively both as a leader and as a colleague.
• Confidence working in fast-paced, high-performing environments while maintaining excellent standards and setting an example for others.
• A proactive, growth-focused mindset and a willingness to work with leadership on both new and existing opportunities.
• Capability as both a business leader and a people leader.
• Experience level aligned to an experienced professional, with the role offered on a permanent basis.

Working style and location

The role is based from one of Capgemini’s offices in London, Manchester, or Glasgow. However, the successful candidate must be fully flexible about where assignments take place, as the work may require periods away from home at short notice.

Capgemini says hybrid working is embedded across the organisation and that flexible working arrangements are part of everyday working life. UK employees can request flexible working arrangements.

Benefits and culture

• A benefits package with options that can be adapted to suit individual circumstances.
• A variable pay component linked to grade, company performance, and personal performance.
• A strong commitment to inclusion, supported by the Inclusive Futures for All campaign.
• An environment designed to help people bring their whole selves to work.
• Support for work-life balance through hybrid and flexible working.
• Wellbeing support, including trained Mental Health Champions in each business area.
• Access to wellbeing tools and apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• Recognition as a Disability Confident Employer at Level 2.
• An inclusive recruitment process that offers an interview to candidates who declare a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria, provided they opt in during application.
• A company focus on social impact, including efforts to reduce its own carbon footprint and improve access to the digital world.
• Opportunity to join a business that has been recognised among the world’s most ethical companies.

About the wider organisation

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner that uses AI, technology, and people to create measurable business value. The group has a long history, operates in more than 50 countries, and brings together expertise across strategy, technology, design, engineering, and business operations.

The company positions the energy transition as a major challenge and opportunity, with a focus on helping energy and utilities organisations unlock economic and societal value while supporting the move to net zero.

Additional details

The role is a permanent position for an experienced professional. The reference code for the vacancy is 539573, and the posting date shown on the page is 19 August 2026.

Applicants can apply directly through the job page, and the listing also offers the option to start an application using LinkedIn.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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