Data Science and AI Consultant

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ABOUT DALBERG

We help solve the most pressing challenges of our time through systemic change. We are entrepreneurs and innovators designers and creative problem solvers thinkers and doers. We are from everywhere at home anywhere an African and American company as much as an Asian Middle Eastern and European one. We partner with and serve communities governments and companies throughout the world providing an innovative mix of services. Todays complex global problems require new solutions so we approach problems differently and work closely with our partners to create impact at scale. Dalberg is a place where a diverse mix of talented individuals are able to bring their whole selves to work whether its how you identify where you come from the languages you speak the person you love the way you worship. Dalberg is a home where people feel safe understood nurtured and encouraged to grow.

As a team of 600 people from 50 countries speaking over 90 languages collectively with 49% female leadership team Dalberg places diversity equity and inclusion principles at the heart of our organization and the work we do alongside our clients partners and communities.

Established in 2001 by experienced private sector consultants Dalberg operates from 25 worldwide locations. For more information please visitDalberg.

ABOUT DALBERG ADVISORS

Dalberg Advisors is a strategic advisory firm combining the best of private sector strategy skills and rigorous analytical capabilities with deep knowledge and networks across emerging and frontier markets. We work collaboratively across the public private and philanthropic sectors to fuel inclusive growth and help clients achieve their goals.

ABOUT OUR CLIENTS

Our clients come to us with some of the most difficult global problems seeking solutions where the obvious ones have failed. We are entrepreneurs and innovators designers and creative problem solvers thinkers and doers who supply new ideas drawing from a deep base of knowledge that cuts across sectors and geographies and is growing every day. We partner with and serve communities governments and companies throughout the world. Some of our recent clients include foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation corporations such as Pepsi and Vodafone multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank UN agencies such as UNICEF and the UNEP and government agencies such as the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation and Technology USAID and Indias NITI Aayog.

ABOUT YOU

Dalberg Advisors is looking to hire a Data Science and AI Consultant based out of its offices in India. The Data Science & AI Consultant is responsible for designing building and delivering AI/ML and generative AI prototypes/products that enable Dalberg Advisor teams and clients to solve complex high-impact problems across its practice areas. The role translates ambiguous problem statements into deployable decision-support products by leading end-to-end delivery from data preparation and model development to evaluation visualization and creating demo-ready prototypes/products while ensuring usability transparency of assumptions and ensuring a measurable impact of the deployed prototypes/products.

WHAT YOU WILL DO AND HOW YOU WILL GROW

Principal accountabilities

Deploying machine learning and advanced analytics

• Apply supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods (regression classification clustering dimensionality reduction prediction) aligned to the problem context.
• Lead data preparation feature engineering and machine learning model training.
• Define evaluation strategies and metrics (e.g. cross-validation error analysis bias checks where relevant).
• Build reusable components (data pipelines model utilities evaluation scripts) to accelerate activities for other projects.

AI prototyping

• Design and build AI workflows (prompting retrieval tool use/function calling orchestration) and package them into client-facing deliverables (apps notebooks lightweight APIs or workflows).
• Implement appropriate quality checks and testing privacy/security considerations and documentation of limitations.

Data analyses

• Use advanced Excel and SQL for data preparation analysis modeling and quality assurance of outputs.
• Translate complex analysis into clear analytical steps which are reproducible and reusable for wider adoption.

Stakeholder management and communication

• Engage with Project Directors and Project Managers and clients to clarify requirements align on scope
• Provide regular updates to client service teams and ensure delivery milestones are met.
• Contribute to internal capability building through conducting knowledge sharing sessions building reusable assets and documentation and providing data and AI related coaching to junior consulting staff beyond technical skills wherever applicable.

Work Experience and Education Requirements

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Data Science Statistics Mathematics Engineering Economics or any related quantitative discipline.
• Preferred certifications (optional not mandatory): relevant cloud/data science/BI certifications (e.g. Azure/AWS/GCP fundamentals) Tableau/Power BI certification or applied ML/AI certifications.

Work Experience

• 58 years experience delivering end-to-end data science and AI projects including data analyses and preparation executing statistics and machine learning workflows and build AI prototypes.
• Prior experience in management consulting product engineering and accounting/Big 4 firms is preferred.
• Proven ability to translate business problems into deployable models and decision tools with clear assumptions and measurable impact.
• Hands-on track record building Python-based analytics products (pipelines notebooks lightweight apps/APIs) and dashboards in Tableau/Power BI and strong Excel-based modeling experience is a must.
• Very strong verbal and written communication to enable explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and produce crisp client-ready outputs
• Self-starter with high ownership and entrepreneurial mindset. The candidate should be comfortable operating in ambiguity proactively shaping scope and driving delivery with minimal supervision.

Key Skills
Must have:

• Strong python programming experience for data preparation modeling and basic API development.
• Strong conceptual knowledge of statistics and machine learning including supervised/unsupervised methods feature engineering evaluation error analysis and model interpretation.
• Prior experience in GenAI/LLM prototyping: system prompt design workflow orchestration tool use/function calling and quality/robustness practices.
• Proven ability to explain and translate data and AI models to clients and consulting staff in plain English language

Nice to have:

• Experience in building data dashboards and visual storytelling in PowerBI/Tableau
• Experience in mapping software like ArcGIS/QGIS for geospatial analytics.
• Experience in executing data quality management practices

Dalberg is a platform for change. Our staff is empowered to start new programs institute best practices and develop traditions that will define the Dalberg experience for years to come. Innovation and entrepreneurship are not only valued at Dalberg; they are essential to our firms addition to providing training management-level advising and mentoring we empower consultants to learn by doing engaging them as core members of project teams from day one.

JOIN OUR TEAM

Our current opportunities are in Mumbai and New Delhi (India).

Please submit your application at our Career Centreby 11:59PM IST on 6th Feb 2026.

Your application should include a resume cover letter and a short essay.

During the same recruitment period please only apply to one position at Dalberg. This position should be the role best suited to your current professional experience and to your first preference location. You will have the opportunity to rank your next 2 location preferences within your application in case there are openings in other offices.

Candidate applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Candidates selected for interviews will be invited for a number of interviews to test analytical and conceptual thinking skills through consulting case questions and to discuss interests and experience. A candidates specific title and level of entry will be assessed during the interview process.

Dalberg values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. Qualified and interested candidates irrespective of age gender race religion background or ethnic affiliation are encouraged to apply for the vacancy.

We have also pledged to three commitments for Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) across the firm:

1. COMMITMENT 1: We commit to publishing internal Dalberg DEI reports annually to hold ourselves accountable report on progress and share lessons from our regional DEI plans.
2. COMMITMENT 2: We commit to delivering regular training for all staff (including leadership) on how to engender inclusive workplaces and mitigate unconscious bias.
3. COMMITMENT 3: We commit to addressing imbalances in how power and privilege are formally distributed and informally exercised across the firm.

Owing to the large number of applications we receive; unfortunately only successful candidates will be contacted.