Head of Technical Consulting

Idox Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading geospatial consulting firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Head of Technical Consulting to lead their practice. This role involves driving pre-sales consultancy, developing innovative solutions, and managing a talented team. The ideal candidate will bring over 10 years of geospatial consulting experience, strong leadership skills, and the ability to engage with top-tier clients. This full-time position offers flexible working solutions and is crucial for achieving growth objectives in 2026 and beyond.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Health and wellbeing support

Share scheme

Pension scheme with NI relief

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience in geospatial consulting or related field.
• Proven track record of leading technical teams (3+ years management experience).
• Deep expertise in enterprise GIS platforms.
• Strong understanding of geospatial data standards and APIs.
• Experience with cloud platforms and modern data architectures.
• Excellent client-facing skills with ability to engage at C-level.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technical consulting strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of technical consultants.
• Oversee the delivery of paid consultancy projects, ensuring quality and timeline adherence.
• Drive innovation through development of prototypes and proof-of-concepts.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key clients.

Skills

Project management

Geospatial consulting

Client relationship management

Technical leadership

Commercial acumen

Problem-solving

Education

Professional certifications (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile)

Tools

ArcGIS

QGIS

AWS

Azure

Job description

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Head of Technical Consulting to lead our technical consulting practice. This key role will drive the delivery of pre‑sales consultancy, develop innovative prototypes, and oversee paid geospatial consultancy engagements. You will lead a talented team of consultants and technical specialists, ensuring we deliver exceptional value to our clients while supporting our key commercial objectives.

Idox Geospatial has ambitious targets and this role will play an important part in unlocking new customer value to support continued revenue and margin growth in 2026 and beyond.

Part of Idox plc, Idox Geospatial is a UK leader in location insight. From data to consultancy, or through our enterprise‑class software platforms, we help deliver a clear understanding of the risks and opportunities that organisations face every day. By bringing together a range of specialist geospatial companies and brands, we offer the most comprehensive location data services available – providing insight at scale and in detail.

We serve both government and private sector clients, delivering process‑driven software for planning & building control, environmental health, licensing procedures, and complex capital projects. Our commitment to environmental performance and building diverse, inclusive teams drives our mission to enable organisations to achieve more through location insight.

Key responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute the technical consulting strategy aligned with Idox Geospatial's business objectives
• Develop commercial propositions that leverage our comprehensive portfolio of data, software, and technical expertise to deliver new customer value
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key clients across government and private sectors
• Collaborate with product teams to influence roadmap based on client needs and market opportunities
• Regularly report on progress, blockers and new opportunities as part of the Geospatial leadership team.

Team Management & Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of technical consultants and geospatial specialists
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence
• Set OKR‑style objectives that ensure team performance
• Conduct regular 121 and performance reviews to ensure consistent delivery
• Ensure knowledge sharing and best practices across the team
• Lead complex pre‑sales engagements, translating client requirements into compelling solutions
• Collaborate with sales teams to qualify opportunities and develop winning proposals
• Develop and deliver technical demonstrations, proof‑of‑concepts, and prototypes (including the development of detailed technical designs, wireframes and specifications)
• Serve as a trusted advisor to prospective clients on geospatial strategy and implementation
• Support RFP/tender responses with technical expertise and solution architecture

Consultancy Delivery

• Oversee the delivery of paid consultancy projects, ensuring quality, timeline, and budget adherence
• Ensure that customer requirements are clearly captured and that the expected benefits are successfully delivered.
• Act as technical escalation point for complex client challenges
• Define methodologies and frameworks for consistent, high‑quality delivery
• Ensure projects leverage Idox Geospatial's full portfolio of software and data services
• Work closely with the Project Management team to document and report resource allocation and manage capacity planning across concurrent engagements

Technical Innovation

• Drive innovation through the development of prototypes and proof‑of‑concepts
• Stay current with industry trends in geospatial tools and platforms and track and test emerging technologies that may impact or benefit our business
• Identify opportunities for new service offerings based on emerging market needs
• Contribute to thought leadership through white papers, presentations, and industry events
• Champion the use of emerging technologies (where appropriate) and ensure adoption of latest best practice in software engineering and data management
• Collaborate with the development, data, research and AI teams to test and validate new ways to accelerate our technical delivery.

To be successful, you should bring:

• Minimum 10 years experience in geospatial consulting or related field
• Proven track record of leading technical teams (3+ years management experience)
• Deep expertise in enterprise GIS platforms (ArcGIS, QGIS, or similar)
• Strong understanding of geospatial data standards, OGC services (WMS, WFS, WMTS), and APIs
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and modern data architectures
• Experience with pre‑sales activities including solution design, demonstrations, and proposal development
• Excellent client‑facing skills with ability to engage at C‑level
• Strong project management capabilities with experience in agile and waterfall methodologies
• Demonstrable experience in the UK public sector, utilities, finance and property markets
• Knowledge of Ordnance Survey products and National Geographic Database (NGD)
• Understanding of planning applications, addressing systems (UPRN/USRN), or environmental data
• Familiarity with open‑source geospatial technologies
• Professional certifications (PRINCE2, Agile, GIS certifications)
• Understanding of addressing standards and gazetteer management
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop long‑term consulting strategies that align with business goals
• Leadership: Inspiring leader who can build high‑performing teams and foster collaboration
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Commercial Acumen: Understanding of consulting economics, pricing strategies, and value proposition development
• Problem‑Solving: Creative approach to solving complex geospatial challenges
• Relationship Building: Natural networker who builds lasting relationships with clients and partners
• Innovation: Passion for emerging technologies and their application to real‑world problems
• Adaptability: Thrives in a fast‑paced environment with changing priorities

About Idox

Our specialist software solutions power the performance of government and industry, driving productivity and a better experience for everyone. Built around the user and designed in collaboration with experts who have worked through every detail of every process from end‑to‑end, our hard‑working process engines deliver exceptional functionality and embed workflows that drive efficiency and best practice with a long‑term focus for regulated environments.

Through the automation of tasks, the simplification of complex operations, finding scalability as operations evolve, and more effective management of information, we help our customers harness the power of Digital, so they can do more.

Flex to Fit

We recognise that for individuals, the opportunity to work flexibly can enable them to achieve a better work‑life balance along with a greater sense of responsibility, ownership and control of their working life. During the pandemic, all our employees successfully transitioned to remote working, and we are open to conversations on work patterns to suit our employees needs such as change to working times; part time working; term time working; 9‑day fortnight. We are proud to be a flexible employer enabling effective hybrid working for our employees.

Family Friendly

We understand how important family is to our employees and provide support through difficult times such as bereavement as well as offering excellent pay and leave benefits for parents and carers welcoming a child.

Health and Wellbeing

Our Workplace Wellbeing team provide support and resources on mental health and lifestyle. We also provide 24/7 confidential help via our employee assistance programme.

Be Heard

You will have the chance to impact change within Idox by having your voice heard via our CEO live broadcasts; making suggestions to Idox Voice forum or sharing your ideas in our company newsletter, Inside Idox.

Community

You will have the opportunity to participate in community and social activities, as well as group wide fundraising ventures. We prioritise sustainability and ethical impact on our communities, and we pledge to allow our employees to carry out volunteer work.

Your Development

Our mentor scheme will help you to achieve personal and professional growth through learning from experienced colleagues and you will also have access to online and face to face learning modules including our Leadership Development Programme.

We offer full company sick pay plus income protection for long term illness and our life assurance cover is provided up to four times annual salary. Our Pension Scheme operates on a salary Exchange Contribution Basis so you will receive relief from NI contributions.

You are also invited to join our Idox Xtra Share Scheme where every share bought will receive an extra one free from the company.

How to apply

Please submit a CV, and a short cover letter (maximum 500 words - including salary expectation, and current remuneration) explaining why you feel you would be suited to this role to [e-mail]

Please note successful applicants will need to satisfy the BPSS guidelines (Baseline Personnel Security Standards) which consist of the receipt of satisfactory references covering the last 3 years of employment; an identity check; verification of eligibility to work in the UK; and a Basic Disclosure Check. This is in order to help us make safer recruitment decisions.

Privacy Notice

As part of the recruitment process, we will collect data about you in a variety of ways including the information you would normally include in a CV or a job application cover letter, or notes made by our recruiting officers during a recruitment interview.

Please read our Recruitment Data Privacy Policy here: https://www.idoxgroup.com/policies

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Consulting