Senior AI & Data Strategy Consultant (Zurich/Lausanne)

Artefact; Zürich; On-site; CHF 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Artefact invites a Senior Consultant to join our Zurich/Lausanne team, bridging strategy consulting with hands-on data and AI delivery. You will shape strategic programmes, combine rigorous problem-solving with practical AI-enabled solutions, and engage with C-level clients to drive impact.

You bring 3–5 years in consulting or technical roles, with strong business acumen, AI fluency, and fluent German/French and English. Work eligibility in Switzerland is required.

Qualifications

• Education: A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Business, Economics or a related field.
• Work Experience: Around three to five years in consulting, or in a technical/date-focussed role with client-facing responsibility.
• Business Acumen & AI Fluency: Dual affinity for business and technology. You are comfortable with modern data and AI concepts - generative AI and LLMs, retrieval, predictive machine learning, cloud platforms.
• Technical Depth: You have built AI or data products, not only advised on them. You can explain why you chose which model and what impact it had on output quality and cost.
• Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Strong quantitative and analytical skills with defensible estimates.
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication; teamwork with clients.
• Languages: Fluency in German/French and English.
• Work Eligibility: Eligible to work in Switzerland.

Responsibilities

• Strategy Development: Work with client leadership to address high-stakes questions and define strategic programmes.
• Structured Problem-Solving: Break complex challenges into actionable decisions.
• Solution Design: Define data requirements, platform or product placement, and success metrics.
• Project Delivery: Support engagements end-to-end from framing to roadmaps.
• Client Engagement: Build trust with C-level and business-unit leaders.
• Knowledge & Practice Building: Contribute to Zurich office growth with new offerings and intellectual capital.

Skills

Strategy development

Problem solving

AI & data delivery

Client engagement

Communication

German language

French language

English language

Technical depth

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Business, Economics or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms

LLMs & AI tooling

Python

SQL

Job description

Artefact invites a Senior Consultant to join our Zurich/Lausanne team, bridging strategy consulting with hands-on data and AI delivery. You will shape strategic programmes, combine rigorous problem-solving with practical AI-enabled solutions, and engage with C-level clients to drive impact.

You bring 3–5 years in consulting or technical roles, with strong business acumen, AI fluency, and fluent German/French and English. Work eligibility in Switzerland is required.