Data & AI Strategy Lead

💻 Data & AI Strategy Lead

💰 Up to £150k

🌍 Remote (Must be UK-based as travel is required)

🔎 Must have extensive consulting experience

The Role

This role acts as a critical connector between where our clients are today and where they aspire to be. You’ll play a key role in delivering value—not just through execution, but by evolving our delivery model, embedding innovation, and scaling a consulting capability built for a data- and AI-driven future.

You’ll guide clients in applying Data & AI effectively and responsibly, translating potential into measurable improvements in operations and growth.

Key Responsibilities:

Client & Delivery Leadership

• Lead strategic, high-impact engagements focused on business outcomes and long-term value.
• Drive account growth through delivery excellence, cross-sell opportunities, and trusted client partnerships.
• Serve as an executive sponsor and thought partner, shaping clients’ data and AI agendas.
• Ensure consistent delivery methodologies and scalable, high-quality outcomes.
• Help clients move beyond AI hype to practical, high-impact execution.

Strategic Growth & Positioning

• Shape the delivery strategy to support growth, differentiation, and scale.
• Partner with business development and marketing to co-create propositions that drive business impact through AI.
• Champion delivery-led growth within priority accounts.
• Identify strategic opportunities to expand client relationships and increase revenue across sectors.

Innovation, Productisation & Future Readiness

• Build a future-focused delivery roadmap aligned to AI, automation, and real-time decisioning.
• Promote a product mindset within the team, developing reusable assets and accelerators that combine data, technology, and human insight.
• Ensure the responsible and effective use of AI in all aspects of delivery.
• Support experimentation with generative AI, automation tools, and intelligent decision platforms.

Team & Capability Development

• Develop a high-performing consulting team with commercial acumen and strategic delivery skills.
• Mentor and grow the next generation of delivery leaders.
• Foster curiosity and AI fluency across the consulting organisation.

Executive Leadership

• Contribute to the leadership team’s strategic direction and operational cadence.
• Align cross-functional teams to shared goals and execution discipline.
• Help shape the firm's identity, culture, and scalability for long-term success.

Success Metrics

Strategic Impact

• A clear, aligned delivery strategy that supports company vision and market relevance.
• Tangible contribution to growth through delivery-led client expansion.
• Strong executive confidence in delivery leadership.

Client Outcomes

• Visible client success, retention, and strategic alignment.
• High client advocacy based on outcome-focused delivery.
• Deep executive relationships and co-created solutions.

Team & Capability

• Improved consulting maturity and delivery capability across teams.
• Embedded capability frameworks guiding development.
• Strong internal talent pipeline and future leadership bench.

Innovation & Product Thinking

• Reusable delivery IP and accelerators adopted at scale.
• Shift from bespoke to repeatable, scalable delivery models.
• Ongoing innovation aligned to market trends and AI evolution.

You’ll Thrive in This Role If You…

• Bring 10+ years of experience in data, analytics, or AI consulting with a strong track record of leading delivery.
• Balance big-picture thinking with detailed execution.
• See delivery as a differentiator, not just fulfilment.
• Have built or deployed reusable consulting frameworks and solutions.
• Know how to turn AI and data into real-world business value.
• Are energized by the intersection of strategy, people, process, and product.
• Enjoy building high-performing teams and developing talent.
• Are motivated by building something transformative—not just optimising what's already there.