Strategy Consultant (Data Focused)

AtkinsRéalis; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Training & development

Flexible holidays

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Strategy Consultant to lead Digital, Data and AI advisory projects, guiding data strategy, governance and stakeholder alignment. You will shape roadmaps, develop business cases and drive practical delivery that balances ambition with feasibility.

You will work across advisory, markets and technical teams to turn insights into action, ensure responsible use of data, and grow capabilities in a multidisciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in data strategy, governance, stewardship and approaches for improving organisational data capability.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder engagement skills across diverse groups.
• Ability to translate client needs into clear data strategies, roadmaps and practical requirements.
• Experience applying ethical and responsible considerations to data and digital recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Leading projects and workstreams to deliver high-quality outputs and reflect values.
• Understand how data is created, governed and used across the organisation and identify opportunities to support strategic decisions with data.
• Develop data-focused strategies, visions and roadmaps to improve data quality and governance.
• Develop structured business cases and provide recommendations to prioritise data initiatives.
• Apply systems thinking to link digital and data implications to practical delivery.
• Assess operating models and support improvements in data ownership and governance.
• Collaborate across advisory, markets and technical disciplines to connect data strategy to client context.
• Contribute to thought leadership and capability development in Digital, Data and AI Advisory.

Skills

Data strategy

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Systems thinking

Analytical thinking

Data ethics

Job description

Job Description

Overview

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AtkinsRéalis’ Digital, Data and AI Advisory team is growing, and we are looking for experienced, enthusiastic people who can help clients make well-informed choices about their technology and data landscape. Our work brings together strategy, systems thinking and practical technology insight to help organisations understand their digital maturity,identifyopportunities and risks, and make decisions that stand up to scrutiny.

Across our key markets, clients are dealing with an explosion of information and are struggling to harness their data to meet theirobjectives, whetherthat’simproving service performance, modernising critical assets, meeting regulatory or security expectations, or planning major investment programmes. Many of these issues begin as operational, organisational or assurance challenges, but success depends on how well data is governed, managed,sharedand applied. To strengthen our capability in this area, we are particularly interested in people with strong data management experience who can help clients build the foundations needed for better assurance, analytics, improveddecision-makingand responsible adoption of AI.

We aregrowing ourmultidisciplinary team drawn from consulting,technologyand data-focused backgrounds.You may be a data strategist, information architect, digitalconsultantor someone with broader experience looking to bring a stronger data lens to strategic work.Curiosity,systemsthinking and the ability to connect digital, dataandorganisational context are all important, along with the ability to nurture trusted relationships with colleagues and clients.

As aSenior Strategy Consultant, youwilldeliver Digital, Data and AI advisory services that turn insight intopracticalaction. Youwillleadprojects andworkstreams that shape strategic priorities, guiding clients through decisions that balance ambition with feasibility. Your focuswill beonaligning stakeholders around a shared vision and creating clear, actionable plans that deliver measurable impact. By combining analyticalrigour,strategicthinkingand an understanding ofclients’operating environments, youwillhelp clients prioritise investments and achieve outcomes that matter most to their business.

Your role

• Leadingprojectsandworkstreamsto deliver high-quality outputs, and ensuring recommendations reflect our values around inclusion,sustainabilityand social value.
• Working with clients to understand how data is created,governedand used across their organisation, andidentifyingopportunities to improve howstrategicdecisions are supported by data.
• Developing data-focused strategies, visions and roadmaps that improve data quality, strengthen governance and support future analytics and AI initiatives.
• Developing structured business cases and providing recommendationsthat help clients prioritiseinvestmentindata-related initiatives.
• Applying systems thinking to uncover the digital and data implications of challenges that may initially appear operational, technical or process‑led.
• Assessing organisational operating models and supporting clients in improving data ownership,stewardshipand governance arrangements.
• Working with colleagues across advisory, markets and technical disciplines to create approaches that link digital and data strategy toclientcontext and practicaldelivery.
• Contributing to thought leadership, knowledge sharing and capability development activities that strengthen the Digital, Data and AI Advisory practice.
• Identifyingopportunities to provideadditionalvalue to clients and supporting business development,proposalsand bid activities whereappropriate.

About you

• A naturally curious,collaborativeand practical consulting style, with the ability to understand client operating contexts and make sense of complex challenges.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder engagement skills:able to build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholder groups, influence decision-making, communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and turn analysis into clear recommendations.
• An ability to act as a bridge between business, operational and technical teams, translating client needs into clear data strategies,roadmapsand practical requirements.
• Experience indata management, including data strategy, governance,stewardshipand approaches for improving organisational data capability.
• An ability to adapt and apply knowledge and experience across different industry sectors and client maturity levels.
• An ability to explainhow emerging technologies and modern digital approaches depend on trusted, well-managed data, and to apply this understanding when shaping data strategies,roadmapsand recommendations.
• An ability to apply ethical and responsible considerations when shaping data and digital recommendations, including how data is governed,usedand communicated.
• Anability to applybusiness architecture,data architecture,operatingmodeland organisational design conceptsto shape practicaldata and digital transformationrecommendations.
• Experience in one or more of our key markets—Defence, Aerospace, Security, Energy, Utilities, Highways,Railor the Public Sector is an advantage.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

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