Manager Management Consulting

Artefact is a new generation of data and AI consultancy, and one of the fastest growing. We've grown to 2000 people, now serving over 3,000 clients across 36 offices in 26 countries. Founded in 2014 and backed by Cinven, we're Europe's largest pureplay consultancy in data and AI.

We don't just offer strategies. We frame problems, design solutions, build the technology, and operate what we deliver. We're technology-agnostic but technology-deep, with premium partnerships across Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, Databricks, and AWS.

Our UK office is at an inflection point. We've built the foundations of a category-defining consultancy, and now we're scaling fast. We work across Retail Banking, Insurance, Private Equity, Energy & Utilities, Retail & E-commerce, CPG & FMCG, and Automotive.

Our engagements run end to end, from strategy and governance through to delivery of high value data & AI solutions, on problems organisations are genuinely wrestling with right now: Data Platform Strategy and Build, Generative AI Strategy, Agentic AI Strategy & Deployment, AI Governance and Assurance, Digital Transformation, and AI Adoption and Change.

As a Consulting Manager at Artefact UK, you will take ownership of client engagements end-to-end, leading project teams and acting as the principal point of accountability for delivery quality, client relationships, and team performance.

• Project ownership and delivery governance: You will lead the full project lifecycle across one or more concurrent engagements while managing timelines, budgets, and quality to a high standard.
• Client relationship management: You will own relationships with senior client stakeholders at Director level or above, acting as a trusted adviser.
• Team leadership and people development: You will manage a team consisting of Consultants & Technical Profiles, taking genuine responsibility for their development.
• Commercial contribution and account growth: You will maintain a sharp commercial awareness across your accounts, identifying opportunities to deepen or extend engagements.
• Quality, knowledge, and practice contribution: You will hold a high bar for everything that leaves your project team, reviewing deliverables and ensuring quality.

The Consulting Manager role sits at a genuine inflection point: from doing excellent work yourself to being accountable for the work of a team.

What we’re looking for:

• Around 4-6 years of experience in consulting, analytics, or a client-facing data role, including at least 1-2 years where you have led teams or managed client relationships.
• Minimum academic requirement: Bachelor's degree.
• A track record of project delivery you can speak to with specificity.
• Comfortable managing up and across; you know how to hold a relationship with a Director-level client.
• Commercially curious: you pay attention to how your work connects to the business you are helping.
• Drawn to delivery, not just strategy: you are energised by seeing something get built and work.
• Self-aware about what you don't know: you ask for input when you need it.

We do not require a specific academic background, big-four pedigree, or a particular set of certifications. We hire for judgement, curiosity, and evidence that you have made things better for the clients or teams you have worked with.

Why you should join Artefact:

• Genuinely diverse work and people.
• Real ownership, early: You lead client relationships from your first engagement.
• A genuine culture of learning.
• Transparent progression: A clear skill framework from Junior Consultant to Director.
• A culture that makes the day-to-day good.
• Global without the travel grind: Multi-market projects and a 2,500-person global network.