AI-Driven Strategy & Operations Leader

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a highly analytical professional in Greater London to own ambiguous problems, structure hypotheses, and deliver data-driven actions. You will dive into data, quantify impact, and work with Finance, Product and Engineering to implement improvements.

The role emphasizes AI tool use (Claude) and building scalable AI-powered workflows, with direct interaction with founders and senior executives in a fast-growing fintech/SaaS environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in an analytical environment.
• Experience in top-tier consulting (McKinsey, BCG, Bain) or high-growth tech.
• Strong quantitative and financial analysis skills.
• Excellent Excel/Google Sheets skills.
• Ability to work with messy or incomplete data.
• Experience with AI tools like Claude.
• Ability to build AI-powered workflows and automations.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of ambiguous business problems and structure them into clear hypotheses, analyses and actions.
• Dive into data and underlying processes to identify root causes.
• Quantify financial and operational impact and assess potential solutions.
• Run deep dives across vendor spend, payments, banking, market data, subscriptions, financial processes and internal operations.
• Build practical models, analyses and decision-support tools from imperfect or incomplete data.
• Work directly with Finance, Product, Engineering and other teams to understand processes and implement improvements.
• Develop recommendations and make clear decisions on trade-offs.
• Drive initiatives through implementation and measure whether expected impact was delivered.
• Use Claude and other AI tools to accelerate research, analysis and execution.
• Build AI-powered workflows and automations that eliminate recurring manual work and make solutions scalable.
• Present findings and recommendations clearly to senior leadership.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Structured problem solving

Advanced Excel/Sheets

Claude AI / AI tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent work

Data analysis

Automation tooling

Vendor management

Tools

Claude AI

Automation platforms

APIs

Spreadsheets

Scripts

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a highly analytical professional in Greater London to own ambiguous problems, structure hypotheses, and deliver data-driven actions. You will dive into data, quantify impact, and work with Finance, Product and Engineering to implement improvements.

The role emphasizes AI tool use (Claude) and building scalable AI-powered workflows, with direct interaction with founders and senior executives in a fast-growing fintech/SaaS environment.