Senior Consultant - Data & AI Consulting

The Senior Consultant - Data & AI Consulting works with clients and account managers to win and deliver Data & AI consulting work, whilst contributing to the growth of FDM's Data & Analytics practice. The role requires an adaptable, commercially minded consulting professional with broad Data & AI expertise to own sales support, solution design, delivery assurance and consultant development. The successful candidate will identify opportunities, solve business challenges, build trusted client relationships and help shape the future of the practice.

Core Responsibilities

Practice & Capability Growth

• Support the growth and evolution of FDM's Data & Analytics capability and act as a role model and ambassador for the practice.
• Work with internal stakeholders to shape Data, Analytics and AI training, capability frameworks, skills matrices and workforce plans.
• Monitor emerging Data and AI trends and market demand to inform capability priorities and practice development.
• Sales Support, Pre-Sales & Solution Design
• Support pre-sales activity, discovery workshops and client engagements, identifying Data, AI and outcome-based consulting opportunities.
• Provide SME input to proposals, Statements of Work (SoWs), RFPs, bid responses and sales cycles.
• Shape practical solutions aligned to business outcomes, including delivery approaches, team structures, scope, dependencies and success measures.
• Contribute to account growth and wider practice expansion.

Delivery Support & Assurance

• Provide guidance and assurance across client engagements from mobilisation through delivery.
• Support governance, stakeholder management, risk management and successful delivery of measurable business outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement and translate lessons from delivery into reusable practice capability.

Consultant Development & Talent Leadership

• Interview, assess and shortlist Data, Analytics and AI candidates.
• Mentor consultants and future leaders, supporting capability assessments and development plans.
• Promote continuous learning, knowledge sharing and progression across the practice.