Senior AI Insights & Growth Studio Lead

Verve Direct Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Verve Direct Limited is seeking a senior consultant/ research leader to drive AI-enabled insight delivery and client growth within the Build & Growth Studio. You’ll own complex delivery, shape briefs, and guide clients through AI-enabled approaches across high-value accounts.

You’ll sit at the intersection of client strategy, insight delivery and AI-enabled build, helping shape scalable solutions while growing capability across the team. UK-based with weekly hub presence in Manchester or London.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years’ experience in direct commercial insight or adjacent fields.
• Proven experience leading complex client delivery and growing client relationships.
• Strong commercial judgement across scoping, resourcing, margin and profitability.
• Confidence operating as a senior client advisor.
• Exposure to AI-powered build environments, automation or technical workflows.
• Evidence of learning fast in new technical or delivery domains.
• Leadership style that builds confidence, capability and momentum in others.
• Strong organisational skills managing multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholders.
• A clear, confident communicator able to explain complex ideas simply and align teams.
• Growth mindset in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where the model is still evolving.
• UK-based candidate; able to work from Manchester or London Hub at least once per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of AI-powered Build & Growth Studio work across multiple high-value client accounts.
• Act as a trusted senior advisor, shaping briefs, guiding clients through AI-enabled approaches, and challenging thinking where needed.
• Own scoping, resourcing, timelines and budgets, ensuring delivery is commercially sound and profitable.
• Translate client and business objectives into clear, executable build plans.
• Identify opportunities to grow client relationships and support new business through pitches and proposals.
• Familiarity and experience with AI concepts and techniques (LLMs, ML, RAG).
• Experience or desire to grow capability in using AI to support insight workflow optimisation or automation.
• Demonstrate curiosity and lateral thinking to solve problems; champion smarter, faster, scalable delivery.
• Partner with technical and delivery teams to test, refine and systemise workflows and tools.
• Drive automation and repeatable delivery approaches to improve efficiency and margin.
• Stay close to AI developments and apply pragmatically to Build Studio delivery.
• Be comfortable operating in ambiguity and building structure as you go.
• Lead, coach and develop Senior Consultants, Consultants and Associates, building confidence across client leadership.

Skills

Client leadership

Commercial judgment

Communication

AI interest

Leadership

Team coaching

Job description

Verve Direct Limited is seeking a senior consultant/ research leader to drive AI-enabled insight delivery and client growth within the Build & Growth Studio. You’ll own complex delivery, shape briefs, and guide clients through AI-enabled approaches across high-value accounts.

You’ll sit at the intersection of client strategy, insight delivery and AI-enabled build, helping shape scalable solutions while growing capability across the team. UK-based with weekly hub presence in Manchester or London.