Early Careers Consultant | Data & AI

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future digitally enabled state both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods fusing strategy consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next our 20000 people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology data sciences consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Are youan earlycareer professional with up to one year of experience ready to build the future with Data and AI

Across our two year Early Careers program youll work alongside experienced consultants in multidisciplinary teams to solve complex business technology and customer problems. The program is designed to develop foundational consulting capabilities including problem structuring research analysis structured communication and stakeholder engagement.

AtPublicis Sapientwerehelping some of the worlds leading organisations transform their businesses through data-driven decision making intelligent automation and AI-powered innovation. As an Associate Data&AIyoulljoin atalentedteam of strategists data engineers data scientists and AI specialists working together to solve complex business challenges and create meaningful impact. This role aligns with PublicisSapientsfocus on helping clients unlock value through Data Engineering Data Science & AI and Data Analytics capabilities.

This is more than just aconsultingroleitsan opportunity to accelerate your development through hands-on project experience structured learning mentoring and exposure tocutting-edgetechnologies shaping the future of business.

Your Impact:

As part of our Data & AI team you will:

• Support the delivery of Data & AI solutions for clients across industries including Financial Services Retail Government Consumer Products and others.
• Work alongside experienced consultants data engineers data scientists solution architects and AI specialists to solve real-world business problems.
• Assist in analysing data identifying trends and generating actionable insights that drive business outcomes.
• Contribute to AI machine learning analytics and data integration and modernisation initiatives.
• Participate in workshops research activities and client engagements to understand business challenges and to design and develop innovative solutions.
• Learn how to translate technical concepts into business value and communicate recommendations effectively to stakeholders.
• Develop consulting technical and professional skills through formal training certifications and on-the-job coaching.
• Get an opportunity to work across the end-to-end data and AI lifecycle from business problem framing and strategy through to solution design engineering analytics AI implementation and value realisation.
• Explore and apply AI tools and accelerators to improve how we deliver work for clients and teams.
• Contribute to projects spanning data strategy governance analytics data engineering machine learning and generative AI.

What Youll Learn

• How to turn business challenges into data and AI opportunities.
• Data strategy governance and operating models.
• Modern data engineering solutions and cloud platforms.
• Techniques in advanced analytics machine learning and Generative AI
• Product thinking and value realisation
• Publicis Sapients AI accelerators tools and innovation frameworks
• Consulting stakeholder management and client engagement.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors or Masters degree completed within the last 18 - 24 months in Computer Science Data Science Information Technology Engineering Mathematics Statistics Business Information Systems or a similar related discipline
• Up to one year of professional experience (including internships placements or graduate employment).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python R Java or SQL.
• Demonstrated curiosity and practical use of AI tools in everyday work study or personal projects for creative and technical outcomes.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies Data AI and digital transformation.
• Ability to articulate real examples of how AI has helped you work smarter solve problems or create value.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure AWS or Google Cloud).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A growth mindset with a passion for learning and continuous development.

Nice to Have

• Experience working with data analytics reporting visualisation or AI-assisted tools.
• Participation in technology projects hackathons university research AI competitions or internships.
• Experience using GenAI tools to support coding analysis research documentation or workflow automation.
• Experience using Excel and PowerPoint to present insights and recommendations.

Applications close on 16 October 2026. Weanticipatea high levelof interest and while we may not be able to contact every applicant individually our Talent Acquisition team willendeavourto provide updates as soon as possible.

• An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race color national origin ethnicity gender protected veteran status disability sexual orientation gender identity or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at