Senior Manager- Asset Management and Operations

About the role

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, Baringa combines global insight with local understanding. The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence - all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation. Clients value Baringa's collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly, working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors. Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World's Best Management Consulting Firms. The firm's Transition, Assets and Infrastructure practice is currently looking for an experienced Manager or Senior Manager to join the team.

What you'll do

You will lead the design and delivery of asset management and operational transformation and improvement programs for asset-intensive clients across energy, utilities and major infrastructure companies - including current-state assessment and target operating model design through to implementation and adoption. You will help clients shift to risk/condition based and predictive maintenance strategies driving improvements in asset performance across the whole asset lifecycle. You will lead providing advisory services related to and optimisation of EAM / CMMS platforms such as IBM Maximo - shaping user requirements, configuration, data migration and integrations with ERP, SCADA, condition monitoring platforms. You will bring IT and OT together - defining how asset systems, data and cyber-security governance operate end-to-end, and establishing change control, data ownership (RACI) and support models that keep critical systems reliable and secure. You will help clients plan and shape the overall digital, technology, AI landscape for asset optimisation. You will manage day-to-day client relationships and, at Manager / Senior Manager level, hold commercial and delivery accountability for engagements - owning scope, risk, quality and margin. You will build and coach high-performing teams, developing junior colleagues and creating an inclusive, People First environment. You will help grow our rapidly expanding asset management and operations practice - shaping propositions, contributing to proposals and building trusted, lasting client relationships.

Requirements

You must possess and demonstrate the following skills and experience to be considered for this role. You must have a deep background in asset management and operational excellence within asset-intensive industries. You must have hands-on experience with enterprise asset management technology, including configuration and data migration for platforms such as IBM Maximo. You must have a strong understanding of IT and OT integration, cyber-security governance, and change control within critical operational environments. You must have proven experience in shaping user requirements, system configuration, and integration strategies for EAM and CMMS platforms. You must have a track record of managing commercial aspects of client engagements, including scope, risk, quality, and margin at a Senior Manager level. You must have the ability to build and coach high-performing teams, developing junior colleagues and fostering an inclusive, collaborative working environment. You must have experience helping clients plan and define digital, technology, and AI strategies for asset optimization. You must be able to demonstrate a history of trusted advisory and client relationship management within complex, multi-stakeholder environments.