Manager, Data and AI Practice

Metis Strategy; Walnut Creek (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Parental leave and family benefits

Retirement contributions

Learning stipend

Paid time off

Job summary

Metis Strategy is seeking a Manager to lead teams through client engagements that develop data-driven and AI-enabled strategies for large enterprises. You will collaborate with clients and colleagues to unlock growth, improve efficiency, and achieve measurable impact through advanced analytics, data governance, and technology transformation.

You will prototype AI solutions, define success criteria, and deliver high-quality strategy documents, roadmaps, and executive presentations.

Qualifications

• Experience: 7 to 10+ years in professional services, business strategy or management consulting.
• Education: Bachelor's or Master's in quantitative/technical/business field.
• People Management: track record leading small teams and complex workstreams.
• Location: Pacific time zone; mostly remote with occasional travel to client offices.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects delivering data-driven and AI-enabled strategies for large enterprises.
• Collaborate with clients and teams to identify AI use cases and build business cases.
• Develop AI operating models, governance, and change management plans.
• Prepare deliverables: strategy documents, roadmaps, and executive presentations.
• Contribute to market research, benchmarking, and capability-building initiatives.

Job description

Metis Strategy, a management and strategy consulting firm, focused on the intersection of business and technology, continues to grow and is looking for highly motivated individuals to join our team. We are trusted advisors to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, helping them meet their most critical business objectives through tailored engagements and deep professional relationships. We work across industries on topics related to business & digital strategy and navigating organizational change.

We are an entrepreneurial, fast-growing firm headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Dallas, Texas. The firm’s presence from coast to coast allows us to serve clients throughout the United States and internationally. In our 20+ year history, we have established a track record of making lasting impacts on organizational performance and helping executives improve business outcomes. In a career with Metis Strategy you will experience high growth as you encounter new challenges with each client engagement; have a high degree of autonomy to craft the direction of your work; and become empowered to work directly with thought-leaders, C-level clients, and other decision-makers.

About this Position

As senior members of our team, Managers are project leaders, thought leaders, people leaders, and key contributors to the growth and development of the firm.

As a Manager, you will lead teams through client engagements focused on developing and delivering data-driven and AI-enabled strategies for large enterprises. You will collaborate with teammates and client stakeholders to unlock growth, operational efficiency, and measurable impact through advanced analytics, responsible AI, data governance, and technology transformation initiatives.

In this role, you will collaborate with teams to assess client data and AI maturity, leveraging Metis Strategy’s diagnostic frameworks across people, process, technology, data, and culture. You will support the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of AI and analytics use cases by utilizing standardized business case templates to analyze their impact, feasibility, and return on investment. You will gather and synthesize stakeholder perspectives through interviews, workshops, and surveys, translating these insights into actionable recommendations and strategic opportunity maps for clients. You will contribute to the development of AI operating models, governance structures, and change management plans that enable the responsible and scalable adoption of AI across business functions.

Working closely with clients, you will assist in prototyping and piloting AI and machine learning solutions, establishing success criteria, measuring business outcomes, and refining solutions based on feedback. You will prepare high-quality deliverables, including strategy documents, roadmaps, business cases, and executive presentations, tailored for senior digital and technology leaders. Additionally, you will conduct market research, maturity benchmarking, and competitive analysis to inform your recommendations and accelerate client adoption of best practices. You will help build internal and client capabilities by supporting role-based fluency programs, repeatable processes, and reusable playbooks that drive sustainable impact. You will support the design, assessment, and implementation of enterprise data platforms and modern data architectures, such as data lakes, warehouses, and cloud-native solutions.

Finally, you will partner with technology teams and client stakeholders to evaluate data platform technologies, architecture patterns, and platform scalability, enabling trusted, value-driven, and compliant data and AI solutions.

In addition to core consulting responsibilities, Metis Strategy offers a unique opportunity for Managers to help grow the intellectual, functional, economic, and geographic footprint of a thriving technology and business advisory firm. For example, Managers might:

• Provide entrepreneurial and innovative thoughts about how to solidify, grow, and scale a relationship-driven professional services business
• Help develop new methodologies, frameworks, and other intellectual property
• Contribute to intellectual capital development by turning research and project-based intellectual property into white papers, articles, and other publishable materials
• Become involved in or assume leadership for internal tools and capability development

Basic Qualifications

• Experience : 7 to 10+ years of relevant work experience and demonstrated success working collaboratively in a professional services role, ideally in a business strategy and/or management consulting environment
• Education : Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative, technical, or business field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business, Information Systems).
• People Management : A proven track record of working effectively to successfully manage small teams as well as complex workstreams in fast-paced environments with aggressive timelines
• Location: Located within the Pacific time zone. Day-to-day, we work fully remotely but some clients require us to travel to their offices. We also value time when we can get together as a team and host quarterly in-person offsites to maintain our collaborative culture

What We Look For

• Leadership : A healthy balance of intellectual curiosity, confidence, humility, creativity, and empathy, with the ability to coach junior team members and senior clients
• Relevant Experience: Technology and business acumen with concrete examples of having helped companies solve complex business problems using a combination of people, process, and technology solutions
• Problem Solving : Innovative problem-solving skills and entrepreneurial spirit, with the ability to turn ideas into action in pursuit of personal, team, and firm growth targets
• Communication Skills : Ability to communicate complex ideas concisely, tailored appropriately for different audiences (executive to operational) and media (presentations, white papers, emails, etc.)
• C-Level Interactions : Ability to produce polished and compelling analyses and recommendations for C-level initiatives
• Relationship Orientation : Willingness to learn from, and collaborate with, others to build strong relationships with clients and team members
• Motivation : Entrepreneurial grit with an outcome-oriented approach to business and an energetic roll up your sleeves mentality
• Curiosity : High intellectual curiosity and intrinsic interest in, and knowledge of, emerging technologies and their applications in business contexts
• Technology:
• Advanced proficiency with data platforms (cloud and on-premise), data architecture principles, and modern data engineering stacks.
• Ability to support risk discovery and gap analysis for data security and compliance, contributing to the creation of recommendations and remediation plans.
• Awareness of data governance best practices, data management principles, and frameworks for data quality, lineage, and master data management.
• Understanding of security, privacy, and compliance requirements associated with enterprise data and AI systems, including relevant laws and regulatory frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; comfort with quantitative analysis, business case development, and data/AI concepts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to distill complex topics into clear recommendations for senior audiences.
• Collaborative, adaptable mindset with an ability to thrive in fast-paced consulting projects and cross-functional teams.
• Experience supporting client engagements via research, stakeholder interviews, and deliverable development is a plus.
• Work Status : Eligibility to work in the U.S. without sponsorship is preferred

What Metis Strategy Has to Offer

Successful candidates will be motivated by the desire to make a difference by helping our clients achieve and maintain strategic and operational excellence while continuously improving their own skill set and embracing emerging intellectual challenges.

This position is also eligible for bonus compensation. Additional benefits include but are not limited to:

• comprehensive medical insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance;
• parental leave, and family benefits;
• retirement contributions;
• stipend for continued learning;
• paid time off, and more.

Compensation and benefits are competitive and will be commensurate with each candidate’s qualifications and relevant work experience.

If you are driven by the desire to help some of the world’s most renowned companies solve complex business problems and excited by the intersection of business strategy and technological innovation, you will enjoy being a part of our team.

The pay range for this role is:

140,000 - 220,000 USD per year (West Coast Office)