AI Strategy & Transformation Leader

NCS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS is seeking an analytical and forward-thinking (Senior) AI Management Consultant to help clients identify where AI can create meaningful business value and translate those opportunities into tangible outcomes. You will work closely with senior client leaders and multidisciplinary teams to move from business problem → AI opportunity → solution → measurable impact.

This role combines problem solving with a builder mindset, using AI as a force multiplier across research, analysis, solution

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• 4-8 years of relevant experience in management/strategy consulting, AI consulting, forward deployed engineering, digital transformation, or related fields.
• Experience in AI strategy, process transformation, operational excellence, or digital transformation.
• Strong analytical, strategic, commercial, and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders across all levels, and independently lead engagements.
• Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and client-facing skills.
• Strong interest in AI with demonstrated ability to use AI tools effectively in your work.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, take proactive ownership, and deliver outcomes at pace.

Responsibilities

• Assess client AI readiness, data maturity, business processes, and operational challenges.
• Identify and prioritise AI, automation, and transformation opportunities based on business value and feasibility.
• Develop AI strategies, business cases, transformation roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Redesign processes and operating models to embed AI effectively into business operations.
• Define KPIs and success measures to track business impact and adoption.
• Translate ambiguous business challenges into clear solution hypotheses and actionable plans.
• Work with engineering, data science, and product teams to turn AI opportunities into prototypes, MVPs, and deployable solutions.
• Use AI tools actively across research, analysis, prototyping, and delivery.
• Drive rapid experiments to validate desirability, feasibility, and business value.
• Balance speed and experimentation with enterprise requirements around security, reliability, and governance.
• Lead client engagements and manage delivery with a high degree of independence.
• Facilitate workshops and engage stakeholders across all levels, including C-suite executives.
• Translate effectively between clients, business requirements and AI-native build teams.
• Advise clients on AI investment priorities, solution approaches, and build-versus-buy-versus-partner decisions.
• Build trusted client relationships through structured thinking, sound judgement, impartial advisory and practical problem solving.
• Contribute reusable frameworks, methodologies, and solution patterns that help scale NCS's AI capabilities.

Skills

Analytical

Strategic thinking

Commercial acumen

Structured problem-solving

Communication

Presentation

Facilitation

Client-facing

Interest in AI

Ambiguity navigation

Education

Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline

Tools

Python

Analytics tools

Automation

AI development

Low-code/no-code tools

Job description

NCS is seeking an analytical and forward-thinking (Senior) AI Management Consultant to help clients identify where AI can create meaningful business value and translate those opportunities into tangible outcomes. You will work closely with senior client leaders and multidisciplinary teams to move from business problem → AI opportunity → solution → measurable impact.

This role combines problem solving with a builder mindset, using AI as a force multiplier across research, analysis, solution