Director of AI & Data Science for Digital Communications

Andersch Ag; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

FTI Consulting in London seeks a Director of Data Science, Digital & Insights, to lead AI-powered analytics across strategic communications. You will steer data science initiatives, mentor teams, and partner with senior clients to shape data-driven strategies and outcomes.

You will harness Python, SQL, AWS and visualization tools to deliver impactful insights, while translating complex analyses into clear business language for non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven competency and focus on AI platforms and solutions across algorithmic and agentic categories (e.g., AI vendor APIs, open-source tooling).
• Ability to turn complex and manifold data into clear insights and compelling visualisations.
• Detail-oriented and accuracy-focused approach.
• Experience writing production-level Python code including automated testing and data manipulation in Python, SQL, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Use existing platforms and tools to collect and analyse data, deploying AI technology, strategy and practice.
• Apply qualitative, statistical and ML approaches to interpret data and deliver insights.
• Lead other data scientists to build and support custom solutions and processing pipelines.
• Drive projects in audience insights, media analysis, campaign performance, and stakeholder reporting.
• Interrogate multiple data sources to extract actionable insights and visualise results.
• Create visually compelling reporting and presentations; evangelise data-driven solutions within the firm.

Skills

AI platforms

Python

SQL

Excel

GitHub

Cloud platforms

Data visualization

Tableau

Brandwatch/Talkwalker/Meltwater

Education

Degree in Data Science/Statistics/Computer Science

Tools

GitHub

AWS

Graphext

Tableau

Job description

FTI Consulting in London seeks a Director of Data Science, Digital & Insights, to lead AI-powered analytics across strategic communications. You will steer data science initiatives, mentor teams, and partner with senior clients to shape data-driven strategies and outcomes.

You will harness Python, SQL, AWS and visualization tools to deliver impactful insights, while translating complex analyses into clear business language for non-technical stakeholders.