Managing Consultant - FS - Data Science and AI

PA Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and lifestyle perks

25 days annual leave

Company pension scheme

Community and charity initiatives

Annual performance-based bonus

Tax-efficient benefits

Job summary

PA Consulting is seeking an experienced professional in Greater London to join their management team. The role involves shaping new data science propositions, leading business development initiatives, and helping clients navigate the evolving data analytics landscape. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in data, analytics, and AI consulting, along with strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills. The position offers health perks, annual leave, a generous pension scheme, and performance-based bonuses.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data, analytics and AI consulting, strategy and/or transformation.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams and delivering complex, high‑value programmes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Be part of our management team, helping shape and launch new data science propositions.
• Lead business development initiatives and build trusted client relationships.
• Help clients identify key requirements and challenges in data analytics.

Skills

Data analytics

AI consulting

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial acumen

Job description

Responsibilities

• Be part of our management team, helping 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 your team’s growth through coaching, knowledge‑sharing, and creating opportunities for them to thrive.
• Contribute to thought leadership and market offerings that position PA at the forefront of digital and data innovation in financial services.

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.

Benefits

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity‑based initiatives.
• Annual performance‑based bonus.
• Tax‑efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).

Equal Opportunities

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from under‑represented groups.

Hybrid Working

Our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on client site.

Adjustments or accommodations

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.