AI Strategy Consultant (Discovery)

Fruition Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Fruition Group in London is seeking an AI Strategy Consultant (Discovery) to join a brand-new London office. You will own key client engagements from initial discovery to working prototypes, blending agile delivery with hands-on AI exploration.

You will lead delivery end-to-end across a diverse client portfolio, judge when AI is the right answer, quantify value, and manage stakeholder relationships at pace in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong background as Delivery Lead, Delivery Manager or Senior Project Manager, ideally within agile teams.
• Experience of discovery, product thinking or client workshops.
• Genuine day-to-day use of AI tools, and confidence demonstrating a working prototype to a client.
• Enough technical depth to ask engineers the right questions and get involved in prototyping.
• Sharp commercial instinct and the ability to quantify value.
• A resilient, high-agency mindset that thrives on ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery end to end across a varied client portfolio, spanning conventional agile projects and newer AI-driven work.
• Start by understanding the problem and speak to everyone, from junior colleagues to C-level.
• Judge when AI is the right answer, and when automation or another solution fits better.
• Identify and prioritise opportunities by value, effort and risk.
• Build the commercial case in numbers (time saved, errors cut, costs reduced, revenue gained) before work gets the green light.
• Run quick prototypes and pilots, then decide to keep, change or stop.
• Test that the AI is good enough, set quality thresholds and keep a human in the loop.
• Fit solutions into real workflows so they get used, and plan the route beyond proof of concept.
• Run stakeholder governance and senior client relationships at pace.

Job description

Job Title: AI Strategy Consultant (Discovery)
Location: London/Hybrid
Salary: £90,000 - £115,000

Why Apply?

This is a rare chance to shape how a fast-growing tech consultancy delivers AI-powered transformation for its clients. As one of the founding hires in a brand-new London office, you'll lead client-embedded engagements from the first conversation to a working prototype and beyond, blending established agile delivery with hands-on AI discovery.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery end to end across a varied client portfolio, spanning conventional agile projects and newer AI-driven work
• Start by understanding the problem: watch how people really work and speak to everyone, from junior colleagues to C-level
• Judge when AI is the right answer, and when automation or another solution fits better
• Identify and prioritise opportunities by value, effort and risk
• Build the commercial case in numbers (time saved, errors cut, costs reduced, revenue gained) before work gets the green light
• Run quick prototypes and pilots, then make the call to keep, change or stop
• Test that the AI is good enough, set quality thresholds and keep a human in the loop=
• Fit solutions into real workflows so they get used, and plan the route beyond proof of concept
• Run stakeholder governance and senior client relationships at pace

Requirements

• Strong background as a Delivery Lead, Delivery Manager or Senior Project Manager, ideally within agile teams
• Experience of discovery, product thinking or client workshops, or real enthusiasm to build this side of the role
• Genuine day-to-day use of AI tools, and confidence demonstrating a working prototype to a client
• Enough technical depth to ask engineers the right questions and get involved in prototyping, without needing to build everything yourself
• Sharp commercial instinct and the ability to quantify value
• A resilient, high-agency mindset that thrives on ambiguity and challenges assumptions early
• Technology consultancy or professional services background preferred

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.