Manager/Senior Manager – Data Management

Overview

In this senior role, you will lead enterprise Data & AI programmes across Financial Services clients, from strategy to production. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and shape AI roadmaps, investment cases, and measurable business outcomes. You’ll guide cross-functional teams of consultants, engineers, and architects, ensuring secure, governed, production-ready AI solutions. This is a chance to shape enterprise AI transformation within a leading consultancy and grow the Data & AI practice.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• competitive salary
• bonus
• benefits
• London/Manchester/Glasgow locations

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-workstream Data & AI programmes from strategy through production
• Act as trusted advisor to senior/C-suite stakeholders
• Shape AI strategies, roadmaps, and measurable business outcomes
• Lead and develop teams of consultants, engineers, and architects
• Provide technical direction across data platforms, AI, GenAI, and semantic architectures
• Ensure AI solutions are secure, governed, and production-ready
• Navigate regulatory and risk requirements in Financial Services
• Lead proposals, bids, client pitches, and proposition development
• Contribute to thought leadership and practice growth

Key requirements

• Proven experience leading complex, multi-workstream Data or AI programmes
• Experience taking AI or advanced analytics solutions into production
• Strong Financial Services experience across banking, insurance or capital markets
• Technical credibility across data engineering, data platforms, ML or Generative AI
• Experience leading and developing high-performing technical/consulting teams
• Strong consulting and commercial experience, including business development and selling work
• Experience engaging senior stakeholders and presenting at governance/board level

• stakeholder management
• leadership
• communication
• data engineering
• data platforms
• ML

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