Data & AI Practice Leader (Go-To-Market)

Hitachi, Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness plan

Private healthcare

Discounted gym memberships

Pension scheme

Annual volunteering day

Social trips and events

Job summary

GlobalLogic is seeking a visionary Data & AI Practitioner to join our leadership team. This dual-hatted role owns the entire Data & AI value chain—from data creation to modern consumption—helping enterprise clients transform their businesses through data architecture, Enterprise AI, Generative AI, and Agentic workflows.

As a Center of Excellence–oriented leader, you will architect complex solutions, originate and close large-scale deals, and oversee marquee client engagements with technical

Qualifications

• Senior consulting leader to drive deal origination and C-suite client engagements.
• Lead multi-million-dollar pursuits from identification to closing with technical blueprints and RFPs.
• Architect end-to-end data and AI strategies across data engineering, governance and GenAI.
• Provide strategic program oversight on marquee client engagements.
• 8–10+ years in a premier tech or management consulting firm with growth in client accounts.
• Background in Data & AI CoE or Enterprise Architecture.
• Proficiency across Databricks, Snowflake, and major cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Deep mastery in data pipelines, data democratization, security guardrails, and production AI deployments.

Responsibilities

• Tie every technical decision to revenue growth, cost reduction, or risk mitigation for the client.
• Maintain bleeding-edge knowledge of evolving LLM architectures, vector databases, and agentic workflows.
• Collaborate with account teams, delivery units, and practice peers.

Skills

Deal origination

C-suite engagements

Solution architecture

P&L accountability

Data & AI strategy

Databricks

Snowflake

AWS

Azure

GCP

Data governance

End-to-end data pipelines

Agentic AI & GenAI

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a visionary and high-impact Data & AI Practitioner to join our leadership team. This is a unique, dual-hatted role requiring a rare blend of deep technical mastery and proven commercial acumen. You will own the entire Data & AI value chain - from data creation to modern consumption - helping enterprise clients transform their businesses through data architecture, Enterprise AI, Generative AI, and Agentic workflows.
As a leader originating from a Center of Excellence (CoE) background, you possess the technical gravitas to architect complex solutions and the consulting finesse to originate, shape, and close large-scale deals.

Requirements

• Senior consulting leader sought to drive deal origination, C-suite client engagements, and solution architecture for large-scale enterprise Data, GenAI, and Agentic AI transformations
• Lead multi-million-dollar pursuits from identification to closing by shaping technical blueprints, driving RFP responses, and managing commercial models with direct P&L accountability
• Architect end-to-end data and AI strategies spanning core data engineering, governance, modern data stack paradigms, enterprise GenAI, and autonomous multi-agent orchestration frameworks
• Provide strategic program oversight on marquee client engagements to ensure technical alignment, value realization, and adherence to Center of Excellence best practices
• Bring 8 to 10+ years of experience within a premier technology or management consulting firm with a proven track record of growing client accounts and closing large enterprise deals
• Leverage a background in technical leadership roles within a Data & AI Center of Excellence or Enterprise Architecture group
• Maintain advanced proficiency across Databricks, Snowflake, and at least one major cloud platform including AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Demonstrate deep technical mastery in data pipeline architecture, data democratization, security guardrails, and production-grade AI deployments

Job Responsibilities

Core Competencies

• Business Outcome Focused: Ability to tie every technical decision directly to revenue growth, cost reduction, or risk mitigation for the client.
• Constant Learner: A passion for staying at the absolute bleeding edge of technology (e.g., evolving LLM architectures, vector databases, agentic workflows).
• Collaborative Team Player: A low-ego, high-collaboration leader who can seamlessly partner with account teams, delivery units, and practice peers.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to shape the AI strategies of Fortune 500 enterprises.
• A highly competitive compensation package featuring strong performance-based incentives for deal closure.
• A culture of continuous learning, autonomy, and technical excellence.

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What we offer

Why work at GlobalLogic

Our goal is to build an inclusive positive culture where everyone can feel comfortable being themselves, empowering our people to create their own high standards and therefore more value. We work together to promote fairness while recognising, valuing and embracing differences – providing a transparent support structure and generous training budget to help our people develop skills to progress their career. Our region also supports a hybrid model which can flex across a wide spectrum of working options determined by our business, customer and individual needs.

You’ll benefit from a comprehensive health and wellness plan, private healthcare (clinical and mental wellbeing), and discounted gym memberships. We offer a fantastic benefits package including a competitive pension scheme and recognition schemes through bonus/reward initiatives. Colleagues are entitled to an annual volunteering day – so you can take time to support a cause close to your heart. We also love to stay social at our trips to the zoo, quiz nights, sports events, theatre trips and much more.

We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation.

About GlobalLogic

GlobalLogic is a full-lifecycle product development services leader that combines chip-to-cloud software engineering expertise and vertical industry experience to help our customers design, build, and deliver their next-generation products and digital experiences. We expertly integrate design, complex engineering, and agile delivery capabilities to deliver superior business outcomes for global brands in telecom, automotive, healthcare, technology, media and entertainment, manufacturing, and semiconductor industries.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic employs over 25,000 designers and engineers across the globe. Analysts like NASSCOM and Zinnov have recognized us for being a top company in our field, and we are consistently nominated as a preferred employer by both global HR consultative firms and local job boards. By creating a work environment that is exciting and flexible, and by fostering growth through ongoing learning and development programs, we empower our employees to achieve both their professional and personal goals.

At GlobalLogic, we make amazing products — and careers.