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Vice President - Professional Services

ProximaCardiff🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 18 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This executive leadership role offers significant growth potential by shaping client strategy and developing firm capabilities, making it ideal for experienced professionals who excel in client delivery and business development. You'll drive high-profile workstreams and build strong client relationships, so seize this opportunity to make a substantial impact.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Leader
Work mode
On Site
Location
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Posted
2 months ago
Business Development

Job Description

The opportunity
As a Vice President at Proxima, you will provide executive leadership across clients, teams, and the firm. This role blends deep domain expertise, client delivery, business development, and thought leadership.

Within the Professional Services category, you will lead high-profile workstreams, shape long-term client strategy, develop Proxima’s capability through IP and people development, and play a key role in Proxima’s continued growth through being a visible subject matter expert.

What you’ll do:

Be a key Professional Services SME:

  • Lead complex, high-value workstreams for senior and C-Suite stakeholders whilst ensuring consistent delivery and client satisfaction

  • Shape and develop Proxima’s wider capability to deliver these workstreams at scale

  • Have a reputation externally as a Professional Services SME to drive potential client discussions

  • Genuine Professional Services category expertise across Audit, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Consulting, Insurance, and Legal services.

  • Experience within Financial Services categories, particularly Payments and Corporate Cards, would be highly advantageous.

Lead executive‑level client engagements

Drive growth and market impact

  • Build and manage senior client relationships and pipelines

  • Identify and convert new growth opportunities

  • Contribute to Proxima’s market positioning and thought leadership

Develop talent and culture

  • Mentor and develop senior consulting talent

  • Champion Proxima’s apprenticeship and feedback culture

  • Foster high‑performance, inclusive teams

Shape the future of Proxima

  • Lead domain expertise, IP creation, and capability development

  • Act as a Proxima ambassador internally and externally

  • Influence strategic direction and firm‑wide initiatives

Work in a global, flexible model

  • Operate in a hybrid environment, balancing client, home, and office-based work.

  • Travel as required to support client delivery and team collaboration.

What you bring

Executive experience

  • Extensive consulting and leadership experience with Professional services.

  • Proven ability to influence C‑suite and senior stakeholders

  • Strong commercial, financial, and strategic acumen

Leadership presence

  • Executive gravitas and credibility

  • Ability to inspire confidence, challenge constructively, and drive change

  • Strong emotional intelligence and people leadership

Growth mindset

  • Track record of growing teams, clients, and capabilities

  • Comfort balancing strategy and execution

  • Long‑term perspective on value creation

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