Data & AI Transformation Manager - Financial Services (Hybrid)

Novatus; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Holiday Entitlement

Flexible Hours

Office Snacks & Drinks

Job summary

Novatus Consulting seeks a Manager to lead data and AI transformation across financial services, shaping strategy and delivering measurable outcomes. You will guide clients in prioritising use cases, building business cases, and establishing governance models to ensure compliant adoption of data and AI capabilities.

Working with cross-functional teams, you will translate business needs into technical solutions, contribute to proposals, and help grow the data and AI practice.

Qualifications

• Significant consulting or industry experience delivering Data & AI, digital or business transformation initiatives within financial services.
• Strong understanding of business strategy, operating models, and transformation delivery, including how change is embedded and adopted within client teams.
• Solid understanding of data strategy, data governance, analytics-driven change, or AI adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of data and AI transformation projects across financial services, from strategy through to implementation.
• Lead clients in identifying and prioritising Data & AI use cases, building business cases and defining measurable value outcomes.
• Design and implement target operating models, governance frameworks and responsible AI controls to support effective and compliant adoption.
• Assess data quality, architecture, and governance foundations to determine what clients need in place before data and AI initiatives can scale.
• Work with technical teams to translate business requirements into data and technology solutions.
• Collaborate with business development teams on proposals, presentations and client materials communicating insights and value propositions.
• Track emerging data and AI capabilities, including generative AI, and translate them into practical applications for financial services clients.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support delivery and continuous learning.
• Support change management and adoption planning so new data and AI capabilities become embedded in client ways of working.

Skills

Data & AI Transformation

Consulting Experience

Stakeholder Management

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Novatus Consulting seeks a Manager to lead data and AI transformation across financial services, shaping strategy and delivering measurable outcomes. You will guide clients in prioritising use cases, building business cases, and establishing governance models to ensure compliant adoption of data and AI capabilities.

Working with cross-functional teams, you will translate business needs into technical solutions, contribute to proposals, and help grow the data and AI practice.