Data Science & AI Manager: Tech Consulting Leader

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking an experienced Manager in Belfast (or Derry/Londonderry) to lead Data Science & AI engagements, guiding multidisciplinary teams from definition to production while ensuring value for clients. The role spans assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions with strong emphasis on responsible AI and governance.

You will manage client relationships, drive delivery, and shape the growth of EY's Data & AI capabilities within the Belfast office, contributing to thought

Qualifications

• A completed degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• Significant experience delivering data science, machine learning or AI solutions.
• Proven experience leading complex projects and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of the analytical lifecycle and practical proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience with cloud-based data and AI services and moving solutions into production.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
• Experience coaching and developing others, together with the energy to support the growth of the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI & Machine learning engagements from problem definition through development and implementation, ensuring that each solution addresses a clear business need.
• Work with senior client stakeholders to turn complex challenges into practical analytical use cases and explain the proposed approach in clear business language.
• Provide technical direction across machine learning and generative AI, helping teams build solutions that are scalable, robust and maintainable.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to move solutions from experimentation into production, with appropriate consideration of security and responsible AI.
• Manage delivery plans, budgets, resources and risks while maintaining strong client relationships and high-quality outcomes.
• Drawing on your knowledge and experience, you’ll create innovative insights which will add value to both our clients and to the broader society.
• Champion operational efficiency improvements on projects and internal initiatives and will consistently drive projects to completion, and ensure the work is of high quality.
• Understand all our consulting service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clientsand be able to build meaningful external relationships with our clients and internal relationships across service lines.

Skills

Data Science

ML/AI

Python

SQL

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

EY is seeking an experienced Manager in Belfast (or Derry/Londonderry) to lead Data Science & AI engagements, guiding multidisciplinary teams from definition to production while ensuring value for clients. The role spans assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions with strong emphasis on responsible AI and governance.

You will manage client relationships, drive delivery, and shape the growth of EY's Data & AI capabilities within the Belfast office, contributing to thought