Data & AI Transformation Senior Manager / Director - Data & AI Consulting - Advisory

Purpose Led Work You'll Be Part Of

As a Senior Manager, you'll lead AI enabled, data driven engagements and help shape our market proposition. This is a role where strategy meets execution: you'll own solution direction from discovery and design through build, deployment and adoption; bridge business needs with technical implementation; and translate emerging AI capabilities into practical, governed and scalable outcomes.

Role & Responsibilities

• AI Solution Delivery Lead - Multi workstream AI engagements end to end from solution design through production deployment across use cases such as intelligent document extraction, automated variance analysis, compliance agents and generative AI workflows.
• Technical Architect & Assurance - Design and assure technical solutions across data platforms, integration patterns and deployment approaches, ensuring designs are secure, scalable, cost conscious and production grade.
• Advanced Analytics Application - Apply AI and advanced analytics to unstructured data challenges in remediation, compliance and large scale document review contexts where auditability, traceability and governance are non negotiable.
• Target State Definition - Define target state data and AI operating models - including governance, ownership, decision rights, Responsible AI controls, human in the loop design and data product management (lineage, quality, metadata, stewardship) - to ensure solutions remain trusted and usable beyond go live.
• Delivery Management - Engage with senior client leadership to define data strategy, assess control execution, identify reporting gaps and design future state data capabilities aligned to business strategy.
• Business Value Quantification - Translate complex technical capabilities into clear business outcomes, quantifying value in terms of hours saved, manual effort eliminated, improved controls, enriched data quality and strengthened auditability.
• Programme Governance - Own programme governance and delivery excellence including financial management, planning, RAID management, executive reporting, steering committee packs, quality assurance and benefits tracking.
• Practice & Commercial Growth - Expand existing client relationships by converting proven delivery into repeatable, scalable opportunities, building pipelines from active accounts and shaping long term commercial relationships grounded in tangible value.
• Thought Leadership & Offerings - Contribute to proposals, go to market and thought leadership by shaping points of view, accelerators, demos and case studies, translating delivery learnings into repeatable offerings.
• Reusable Delivery Assets - Codify reusable delivery assets, governance approaches and solution patterns drawn from live client work to accelerate future engagements and strengthen the practice.
• Team Leadership & Culture - Build team capability and culture through coaching, performance management, on the job training, and active contribution to hiring and onboarding.

Your Profile Required

• Proven end to end delivery of AI and data solutions into production (not just strategy or proof of concept), including applied experience in NLP/document extraction, generative AI workflows or agent based automation with working knowledge of MLOps/LLMOps practices.
• Strong proficiency in Python, SQL and modern analytics engineering (e.g. dbt or equivalent), including data modelling patterns and transformation pipeline orchestration for production grade data and AI applications.
• Strong leadership across teams - coach and develop technical consultants (onshore/nearshore/offshore) into high performing delivery teams.
• 8+ years' experience in solution design and technical delivery, with recent senior accountability for outcomes across multiple workstreams.
• 15+ years' experience at director level, with significant experience within the Irish market.

Preferred

• Experience delivering in regulated environments (financial services, insurance, public sector) where governance, auditability, risk management, Responsible AI, data privacy and security by design are non negotiable.
• Hands on proficiency with cloud data platforms - one or more of Snowflake, Azure Data Services, Databricks.
• Experience with modern deployment practices (CI/CD, testing, observability) and containerised services (Docker/Kubernetes) to support production grade solutions.
• Experience with low code AI and automation tools: particularly Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Copilot Studio and/or Salesforce Agentforce.
• Data strategy and governance expertise - operating model design, data ownership/stewardship, data quality management, lineage/metadata, access controls and audit evidence.
• Strong client leadership - able to shape problem statements, challenge constructively, and secure decisions with senior stakeholders in ambiguous environments.
• Commercial aptitude - shaping scope, estimating, writing proposals and managing engagement economics (margin, resourcing and risk).

Benefits & Culture

We reward your impact and support your wellbeing through a competitive compensation package, inclusive employee benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.