Project Lead - AI Transformation

Symphony; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A innovative consulting firm in London is seeking a Digital Project Lead. The role focuses on bridging business priorities with technical feasibility while ensuring successful client engagement and delivery. Candidates should have a background in engineering and consulting, along with strong leadership and consulting skills. This position offers significant visibility with senior leadership and the opportunity for real impact on the firm's growth.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years combined engineering and consulting experience.
• Track record of AI-enabled transformation projects.
• Hands-on builder mindset thriving in ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact consulting engagements from scoping through execution.
• Translate business objectives into actionable delivery roadmaps.
• Collaborate with product managers to define product strategy.

Skills

AI practitioner mindset

Strong consulting skills

Architectural Awareness

Integration Strategy

Data Strategy

AI/ML Fluency

Job description

Role Purpose

Symphony is pivoting into AI-first digital consulting. The Digital Project Lead is a client-facing, delivery-focused role responsible for bridging business priorities with technical feasibility. The role requires both consulting craft and technical fluency, ensuring Symphony delivers outcomes, not just outputs.

Responsibilities

• Engagement Leadership
  • Lead high-impact consulting engagements from scoping through execution.
  • Own client interactions and stakeholder alignment, ensuring confidence at every stage.
  • Facilitate executive-level sessions, workshops, and governance forums.
  • Set the tone for communications and drive structured, outcome-oriented delivery.
• Delivery & Strategy Oversight
  • Translate business objectives into actionable delivery roadmaps.
  • Partner with senior stakeholders to shape strategy and product direction.
  • Identify risks early and proactively course correct.
  • Guide deliverables to reflect client priorities, market context, and business outcomes.
• Product & Business Framing
  • Collaborate with product managers and business leads to define product strategy and positioning.
  • Ensure delivery outcomes align with broader business goals and customer needs.
  • Support clients in evaluating trade-offs across product, market, and technology.
  • Frame recommendations that combine consulting insights with practical product execution.
• Team & Stakeholder Management
  • Shape team structures and delivery models for business impact.
  • Partner with technical and functional leads to balance scope and delivery.
  • Mentor and support consultants and junior delivery leads.
  • Establish ways of working that build client trust and ensure repeatable success.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years combined engineering and consulting experience (e.g. started in software/data/platform engineering before moving into consulting/delivery).
• Strong technical depth demonstrated through:
  • Architectural Awareness - understanding enterprise and cloud-native architectures, and how systems scale and interact.
  • Integration Strategy - experience defining API/integration approaches across SaaS, data, and legacy environments.
  • Data Strategy - ability to shape data models, pipelines, and analytics strategies aligned to business outcomes.
  • AI/ML Fluency - awareness of practical AI/ML applications in enterprise (segmentation, forecasting, automation, generative AI pilots).
• Track record of AI-enabled transformation projects.
• Hands-on builder mindset thrives in ambiguity, credible with both execs and engineers.
• Strong consulting skills: client-facing presence, structured delivery, stakeholder management.
• AI practitioner mindset: curious, experimenting with tools, applying AI in practice.

Why Join Us Now?

• Symphony is scaling rapidly; this is a chance to join at a pivotal growth stage.
• The roles we are hiring for have direct impact on our client delivery and future success.
• You'll have visibility with senior leadership and real ownership in your role.
• It's not just a job; it's a chance to help shape how Symphony grows and how we serve our clients.
• Candidates join Symphony for the chance to make a difference. They stay because of the culture, the people, and the opportunity to do meaningful work that shapes industries and careers. We combine the agility of a startup with the credibility of a global consultancy.
• If you're looking for real responsibility, international exposure, and the chance to be part of something transformative, Symphony is the right next step.

Click APPLY now to join our innovative team at Symphony.