Lead / Principal Consultant (AI & Data Science)
3 days ago
London
I'm hiring multiple senior hires to join a growing AI and Digital Transformation consulting practice within a premium consultancy. This team has recently secured significant investment and is scaling quickly, with multiple hires across Lead and Principal level. This is a role for people who want to own and deliver real AI transformation, not just advise on it. The company A high-end consultancy working across defence, consumer, and public sector clients, known for delivering complex, high-impact programmes. They've built a strong reputation on delivering measurable commercial outcomes, not just strategy - and are now investing heavily in expanding their AI capability to stay ahead of competitors. Where you fit You'll sit within the Digital / AI Consulting practice, working directly with clients to: • Identify opportunities for AI and advanced analytics, • Design and deliver solutions end-to-end, • Lead the design and delivery of AI and data science solutions (LLMs, NLP, ML, etc.), • Work directly with senior client stakeholders to shape and deliver solutions, • Build and deploy end-to-end AI products, not just prototypes, • Apply technologies such as LLMs, RAG systems, and agentic workflows to real business problems, • Translate technical outputs into clear commercial value and measurable impact, • Mentor and develop consultants, helping build capability across the team, • Help shape the consultancy's AI offering and go-to-market approachExample work, • Using LLMs to improve decision-making and workflow automation in complex environments, • Delivering predictive analytics in healthcare to improve outcomes and efficiency, • Building AI-driven optimisation tools in retail to improve pricing and margins, • Supporting large-scale programmes across defence and public infrastructureWhat you bringCore requirements, • Strong data science / machine learning background, • Experience delivering AI / GenAI solutions (LLMs, NLP, etc.), • Proven ability to take solutions from concept through to real-world deployment, • Experience leading projects, workstreams, or teams, • Strong stakeholder engagement skills - client-facing and commercially focused, • Evidence of measurable impact (revenue uplift, cost savings, efficiency gains, etc.)Nice to have, • Consulting experience (highly preferred), • Experience across regulated or complex sectors (defence, public sector, retail, etc.), • Familiarity with modern stacks (Python, cloud, Databricks, APIs, etc.), • Experience mentoring or leading junior team membersWhy this role, • Shape and scale a growing AI consulting capability, • Work on complex, high-impact projects across multiple industries, • Strong blend of technical delivery, commercial impact, and leadership, • High visibility internally and with clients, • Opportunity to progress to partner level over timeWorking style, • London base (or nearest office), • Hybrid working, with regular client travel, • 3 days total per week, • Flexible, project-led environmentInterview process, • Online assessment (incl. logical / aptitude test), • Informal first conversation (director-level, including short presentation), • Final stage onsite in London (presentation + discussion)