Industrial Data & AI Strategy - Managing Consultant/Senior Manager

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Your Role

You will be joining our growing Industrial Data & AI squad of the Digital Engineering team within Invent, where we are at the forefront of designing and building winning strategies and operating models to transform the way in which organisations across all industries and sectors leverage data & AI. Using state-of-the-art data analysis tools driven by AI, we improve our clients' operations and help them deliver sustained profitability, efficiency, quality and behavioural change improvements. This is achieved through collaborating with colleagues from other parts of Capgemini such as Engineering, Frog, and Cambridge Consultants to develop comprehensive propositions for improving our client's business.

Our Senior Managers marry best-in-class delivery with thought leadership to become trusted advisors with clients' executives. You will be leading a range of teams of Industrial Data & AI consultants, strategy consultants and technical specialists from across Capgemini on the design and implementation of varied and complex data & AI strategy work to transform clients' data & AI capabilities. As an Industrial Data & AI Senior Manager, you will play a leadership role in setting organisations up for the fourth industrial revolution, helping them to effectively leverage data and AI to drive business outcomes:

• Lead Industrial AI & data transformation: Drive end-to-end data and AI transformations across digital engineering functions, from strategy to implementation. Deliver scalable, high-impact solutions to optimise operational efficiency for clients at various stages of maturity.
• Assess & optimise data maturity in engineering contexts: Evaluate clients' industrial data and AI maturity, identifying strengths, gaps, and reuse opportunities. Design tailored data strategies aligned with business goals, Industry 4.0, and innovation priorities.
• Enable trusted AI & digital engineering leadership: Advise senior leaders on data-driven decision-making and foster a strong data culture. Combine technical and business change expertise to coach executives and embed AI capabilities across organisations.
• Drive market growth & innovation in industrial AI: Identify growth opportunities and shape commercial strategies to meet evolving client needs. Lead the development of offerings, teams, and thought leadership to accelerate AI adoption in industrial ecosystems.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development: Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal Contribution: Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & Development: Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

Your Profile

We are looking for the following skills and qualities:

• AI and Data product Strategy development and implementation: Lead AI/ML, Agentic AI and cloud strategy design, organisation design, change management, program setup, tool chain strategy and design to ensure alignment with business goals and successful value delivery. Run PoCs to validate value, while embedding best practices across security, AI, and big data.
• Data value chain and tools: Lead across the full data lifecycle from acquisition to archival, identifying transformation and enrichment needs. Have a knowledge of tool across the value chain e.g. Python, SQL, and ML/AI frameworks.
• Scale data & analytics delivery models: Tailor delivery methodologies like Data Product Dev, AI/ML Ops, and Analytics Ops to client needs. Ensure scalable cloud-based solutions using AWS, Azure, and platforms like Palantir, Cognite, Hexagon or C3 AI.
• Experience to scale data capabilities: Guide clients on scaling AI and data platforms through cloud and automation. Deliver long-term value by anticipating bottlenecks and implementing scalable, efficient data operations.
• Industry Engagement & Impact: Align data strategies with enterprise architecture and sector needs across industries like Automotive, FMCG, and Life Sciences. Lead AI-driven transformations while linking technical solutions to business KPIs.
• Communication and stakeholder management: Effectively engage C-suite and technical teams, translating complex AI concepts into clear business value. Lead RFP responses, strategic discussions, and align data solutions with client goals.
• Commercial Mindset: Contribute to business development by shaping scalable service models and supporting deal closure. Communicate ROI and value cases to support strategic growth and drive commercial outcomes.
• Organisational design experience: Advise on designing high-performing data teams, embedding effective structures, governance, and delivery models. Leverage expertise in AI/ML, LLMs, and scalable cloud architectures to align teams with modern practices.

What You'll Love About Working Here

No matter the project or customer, your work will have a meaningful impact on society, businesses and lives. It's really rewarding. And it's also really varied. You'll potentially work on a huge variety of projects (some larger than others), so you could gain lots of experience in a short amount of time. You'll work on a huge variety of projects (some larger than others) and have the opportunity to gain experience across different capabilities and sectors, helping you to diversify your skillset. You'll additionally have the opportunity to take on leadership roles within our practice, enabling you to gain experience and hone your skills before taking them onto clients.

We are delighted to have received the "Glassdoor Best Places to work UK" accolade for 4 consecutive years. To see what it's like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page.

Need To Know

At Capgemini we don't just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring your whole self to work. We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We're also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we're working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone's access to a digital world. It's something we're really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world's most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice. We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.