Data & AI Lead – Healthcare

Overview

As a Principal Healthcare Data Consultant for Pre-Sales, you shape data and AI opportunities within Kainos Healthcare, guiding senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams. You combine pre-sales leadership with delivery expertise as Lead Data Architect to design scalable data solutions that improve healthcare outcomes. The role blends strategic consulting with hands-on architecture and takes on senior stakeholder engagement with national and regional healthcare bodies. You’ll craft go-to-market offerings, accelerate reusable assets, and drive data-driven transformation in UK healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Lead early-stage client opportunities through discovery sessions and workshops with senior stakeholders
• Qualify opportunities and develop initial proposals and positioning materials
• Collaborate with account teams to create compelling bid responses and presentations
• Create reusable Healthcare accelerators and offerings leveraging Data & AI
• Act as trusted advisor to national, regional, and research-based healthcare organizations

Key requirements

• Experience as a Data or AI consultant in a client-facing role with pre-sales ownership
• Strong technical design in data architecture disciplines (data modelling, metadata management, data transformation, governance)
• Proven delivery or assurance of large-scale Data/AI programmes in public sector or healthcare
• Ability to lead technical delivery programmes, including mentoring and architecture assurance
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with C-level and Director stakeholders
• Broad understanding of modern data platforms, data integration, analytics, AI/ML, governance, and cloud technologies
• Proficiency in at least three mainstream data technologies
• Experience across full sales lifecycle from shaping to close

• communication
• influence
• leadership
• data modelling
• metadata management
• data transformation

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