Managing Consultant - FS - Data Science & AI

PA Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

25 days annual leave

Company pension

Share ownership

Job summary

PA Consulting is seeking a mid-senior consultant for our Financial Services data, analytics and AI practice. You will shape and launch data science propositions, drive growth across data strategy, governance, analytics and AI, and lead client-facing engagements.

You will develop trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, guide cross-functional teams, and contribute to market offerings. The role offers hybrid working with two days on client sites or in the office.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data, analytics, and AI consulting, strategy, and/or transformation.
• An established network of senior stakeholders in the Financial Services industry, with a proven ability to build and grow long-term client partnerships.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams and delivering complex, high-value programmes.
• Commercial acumen with a track record of developing and selling consulting propositions.
• Deep understanding of Financial Services technology landscapes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Shape and launch new data science propositions while driving strategic business growth across data strategy, governance, engineering, analytics, and AI.
• Lead business development initiatives, building trusted client relationships, owning outcomes, and delivering innovative, high-impact solutions.
• Help clients structure their thinking to identify key requirements, challenges, and opportunities in a rapidly evolving data and analytics landscape.
• Support team growth through coaching, knowledge-sharing, and creating opportunities for team members to thrive.
• Contribute to thought leadership and market offerings that position us at the forefront of digital and data innovation in financial services.
• Participate as part of our management team and collaborate within our supportive, expert community.

Skills

Data analytics

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Business development

Financial services domain

Strategic thinking

Tools

AI

Security

Network

Support

Job description

Salary: £52,000 - 92,000 per year

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in data, analytics, and AI consulting, strategy, and/or transformation.
• An established network of senior stakeholders in the Financial Services industry, with a proven ability to build and grow long-term client partnerships.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams and delivering complex, high-value programmes.
• Commercial acumen with a track record of developing and selling consulting propositions.
• Deep understanding of Financial Services technology landscapes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Shape and launch new data science propositions while driving strategic business growth across data strategy, governance, engineering, analytics, and AI.
• Lead business development initiatives, building trusted client relationships, owning outcomes, and delivering innovative, high-impact solutions.
• Help clients structure their thinking to identify key requirements, challenges, and opportunities in a rapidly evolving data and analytics landscape.
• Support team growth through coaching, knowledge-sharing, and creating opportunities for team members to thrive.
• Contribute to thought leadership and market offerings that position us at the forefront of digital and data innovation in financial services.
• Participate as part of our management team and collaborate within our supportive, expert community.

Technologies

• AI
• Support
• Network
• Security

More

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists, with deep expertise across consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. This is a full-time, mid-senior consulting role in our Financial Services community with hybrid working, typically in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week, and access to extensive benefits including private healthcare, 25 days annual leave, a company pension scheme, community and charity initiatives, annual performance-based bonus, PA share ownership, and tax-efficient benefits.