Functional Consultant - Genesys

Computacenter Holding GmbH; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology service provider in Hatfield is seeking a Functional Consultant to deliver cloud-based contact center solutions. The role involves acting as a trusted customer advisor, ensuring service alignment with customer needs, and leading project delivery in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of business processes and system functionality, excellent communication skills, and a background in project management. This position offers opportunities for growth and specialization in a collaborative and innovative setting.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of business processes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of system functionality.
• Ability to document requirements clearly.
• Understanding of infrastructure supporting applications.
• Good understanding of software development principles.
• Analytical approach to problem-solving.
• Fluent communication skills.
• Effective teamwork abilities.
• Project management expertise.
• Business process experience.
• Knowledge of risk analysis methods.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary consultant for Genesys Cloud engagements.
• Capture and validate requirements with stakeholders.
• Produce functional and technical specifications.
• Guide the configuration and delivery of solutions.
• Provide governance during delivery activities.
• Manage testing activities and outcomes.
• Build relationships with customer stakeholders.
• Drive best practices in solution delivery.
• Ensure smooth delivery of changes.
• Identify opportunities for optimisation.
• Collaborate on new platform capabilities.
• Share knowledge across the consulting community.
• Maintain documentation aligned to standards.

Skills

Business process understanding

System functionality knowledge

Documentation skills

Infrastructure understanding

Problem solving

Effective communication

Teamwork

Project management skills

Business process background

Risk analysis

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Tools

ITIL

SAFe

DevSecOps

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Functional Consultant - Genesys

Location: UK - Hatfield | Job-ID: 216483 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Information Technology

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Functional Consultant – Genesys

Location: Hatfield

Join a dynamic and customer-focused team at the forefront of delivering exceptional cloud-based contact center solutions. As a Functional Consultant for Genesys Cloud, you’ll play a pivotal role in guiding customers through the design of their services, ensuring solutions align with best practices and strategic objectives. Acting as the trusted advisor, you’ll lead conversations that shape the customer experience before handing over to our build teams for implementation.

Our environment is fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative. You’ll work closely with customers and internal teams to bring ideas to life, leveraging agile methodologies and Kanban practices to drive efficiency and continuous improvement. We empower our consultants to stay ahead of the curve with ongoing certifications, training, and opportunities to progress into senior roles or specialize in innovation.

If you thrive on solving complex challenges, influencing design decisions, and making a tangible impact on customer success, this is your chance to join a team that values expertise, creativity, and growth.

What you’ll do

• Act as the primary functional consultant and customer liaison for Genesys Cloud engagements, ensuring business needs are clearly understood and effectively translated into solution designs.
• Lead the capture and validation of functional and non-functional requirements, working closely with customer stakeholders to align outcomes with business objectives.
• Produce and own functional and technical specifications, ensuring clarity, quality, and alignment across Genesys Cloud and integrated systems.
• Guide and oversee the configuration and delivery of Genesys Cloud solutions, working with technical and delivery teams to ensure solutions are implemented in line with design, scope, timelines, and quality expectations.
• Provide functional leadership and governance across delivery activities, acting as a point of escalation for complex issues and supporting team members where needed.
• Plan, support, and manage system and business testing activities, ensuring testing coverage is appropriate and outcomes are suitable for progression through delivery milestones.
• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with senior customer stakeholders, providing confidence in delivery progress, solution design, and decision‑making.
• Collaborate with internal teams to drive best practice, consistency, and continual improvement in Genesys Cloud solution delivery.
• Ensure changes are delivered smoothly by applying robust release, change, asset, and configuration management practices, minimising risk and service disruption.
• Proactively identify opportunities for optimisation, enhancement, and improved customer experience, contributing recommendations and improvement proposals.
• Work with Principal Consultants, Architects, and specialists to evaluate and introduce new platform capabilities and technologies within the contact centre landscape.
• Share knowledge, insights, and best practice across the consulting community to improve delivery effectiveness, quality, and customer outcomes.
• Maintain accurate, high‑quality documentation, ensuring deliverables and specifications remain current and aligned to agreed standards.

What you’ll need

• A good understanding of business processes within their specialist scope
• A comprehensive knowledge of the system functionality from both a user and a system configuration perspective.
• Able to document system design requirements and specifications in a clear, unambiguous manner.
• A good understanding of the infrastructure supporting the applications especially interfaces.
• Good understanding of software development principles and methodologies
• Takes a logical, analytical approach to problem solving and takes responsibility in resolving.
• Writes and speaks fluently on all aspects of work and communicates effectively
• Works effectively as part of a team
• Project Management Skills
• Business Process background
• Risk Analysis methods, techniques and tools
• Qualified in relevant professional qualification
• Frameworks and processes, etc., e.g. ITIL, SAFe, DevSecOps, etc.

About us

We are a leading independent technology and services provider, trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We help our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their business.

Our business may be about technology, but first of all it’s about people

With over 20,000 people across 22 countries, we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and truly belong.

As an equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring fair and equal access to opportunities for all. Your application will be considered on its merits, regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, or any other characteristics protected by law. What matters most to us is that you share our vision and values, and bring the experience and skills we’re looking for.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats. We also guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, forward-thinking environment - we’d love to hear from you!