Senior Consultant, AI & Data, Data Strategist, TC UKI

Senior Consultant, AI & Data, Data Strategist, TC UKI

Location: Manchester

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Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Consultant AI and Data Strategy to help shape and deliver enterprise-wide AI transformation initiatives for clients across multiple industry sectors. This role requires a strategic business technologist who can translate AI, data and automation capabilities into tangible business value while designing the organisational frameworks needed to become an AI first enterprise.

• Define comprehensive AI, data and automation strategies tailored to client organisations across consumer products, retail, health, energy, and life sciences sectors
• Conduct in depth analysis of industry specific value chain and identify a portfolio of high impact AI, data and automation use cases, to drive revenue growth, operational efficiency, and competitive differentiation
• Assess organisational AI and data landscape maturity and create tailored roadmaps for transformation including operating models, organisational structure and capabilities required to deliver the strategy
• Contribute to the development of high level business and technology architectures and operating models that enable scalable AI deployment (encompassing both data and automation)
• Lead cross functional workshops and design sessions with senior stakeholders to align diverse stakeholder groups around a unified AI vision
• Present complex AI/agentic concepts and recommendations to senior leadership audiences
• Prioritise AI initiatives based on strategic value, feasibility, and organisational readiness
• Drive change management initiatives to embed AI driven and automation enabled culture across client organisations. Ensure strategies align with ethical AI principles, regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, AI Act), and risk mitigation frameworks.
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise level AI strategies for complex or multinational organisations
• Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies, including generative AI, predictive analytics, NLP, data and Intelligent Automation

Soft Skills

• Proven communication, storytelling and presentation skills
• Continuous learning mindset to stay ahead of rapidly evolving AI landscape

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