Senior Manager, Data & AI Delivery Lead (Financial Services)

About Baringa

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise and enabled by advanced technology the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2000 people across the UK Europe North America Asia and Australia the firm combines global insight with local understanding.

The firm works across energy and resources financial services government and public sector consumer products and retail pharmaceuticals and life sciences manufacturing and technology media and telecoms with capabilities spanning strategy transformation and operational excellence all powered by advanced technology data AI and digital innovation.

Clients value Baringas collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets modernise financial platforms expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics enable digital services in government and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Certified as aGreat Place to Work around the world Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the Worlds Best Management Consulting Firms.

Our Data AI Solutions & Engineering (DAISE) practice are looking for an experienced Data & AI Delivery Lead in Financial Services to act as the interlock between DAISE and the Financial Services industry sector at Baringa.

In DAISEwe focuson delivering value-adding sustainable dataand AIcapabilities aligned to seniorrole will sit within DAISE and work closely with Baringas Financial Services industry teams helping sectors translate market priorities into data analytics and AI opportunities build senior client relationships shape pipelines across key accounts and lead the successful delivery of DAISE engagements.

What you will be doing

• Youllownthe delivery of large-scale data and AI programmes withinFinancial Services bringing together multidisciplinary DAISE teams across data strategy analytics AI engineering architecturegovernanceand industry SMEs to deliverwork that creates meaningful lastingoutcomes for our clients

• Youllbe accountable for growing and delivering DAISEs Data and AI services within Financial Services working with sector GTM and account teams to build pipeline shape opportunities and deliver high-quality client engagements

• Youllprovide commercial leadership acrossFinancial Services owning proposals statements of work delivery commercials and team shaping while working with industry teams to originate qualify andbuilda strong pipeline of DAISE opportunities
  
• Youllactas the day-to-day interlock between DAISE andFinancial Servicesteamsconnectingsector ambition with DAISE capabilityand shapingexpertisein both directions.Youllhelp embeddata analytics and AIthinkingintosectorprioritiespropositionsand client conversations while bringing market insight clientneedsand delivery learnings back into DAISE to strengthen our servicesassetsand future propositions.
  
• Youllbuild trustedrelationships with senior clients across Financial Servicesand within Baringa raising DAISEs profile through sector conversationsclient engagementclienteventsand industry conferences and shaping data and AI opportunities that respond to market priorities and create measurable client value.
  
  
• Youll help develop sector-specific data and AI propositions products and reusable assets that respond to market needs and strengthen how DAISE goes to market in Financial Services

Your skills and experience

Youll have led or played a senior delivery role in engagements that use data and AI to address the priorities of banks insurers asset managers or market infrastructure clients such as regulatory reporting and risk management financial crime and fraud analytics customer and adviser personalisation operational resilience pricing and profitability cloud data platform modernisation or AI-enabled productivity across front middle and back-office functions.

• Youll bring 9 years ofconsulting experienceinFinancial Services with the credibility tobuildlong-termtrusted relationshipswith senior clientsup to and including C-suite levelandtheability to align senior clients sector leaders account teams and multidisciplinary delivery teams around a shared agenda

• Youllbring experience leadinglarge teams throughcomplex data and AI programmes with clear ownership of delivery quality governance risk management teamperformance and client outcomes
  
  
• Youllbe a lifelong learner able todemonstratea clear drive to keep developing your skills and stay current in a fast-moving AI landscape.Youllbepassionateentrepreneurial and excited by how data can solve complex client problems
  
  
• Youlllead from the frontand role model the behaviours you expect from your teammentoringandsupportingjuniorcolleagues as they developtheircareers
  
  
• Youllhavea trackrecordof account growth sales support opportunity shaping and programme delivery with strong commercial acumen across propositions team shaping delivery risksmarginand client value.
  
  
• Youllhave deepexpertiseacross dataanalyticsand AI strategy including operating models governance data managementbusinessadoptionandvalue realisation.Youllalso bring abroadunderstanding ofmodern data platforms cloudtechnologiesand AI-enabled business transformationand be able to explainhow these capabilities create value in an industry context.
  
  
• Youllwork with clients to understand and frame their business problems assess their current state andidentifyshapeand deliver dataanalyticsand AI use cases from strategy through implementation.Youllbalancebusiness value technicalfeasibilityand delivery complexitymaking practicalrecommendationsthathelp shapeclientsthinking.

Even better if:

• You may have a recognised profile in Financial Services with experience building market presence through client networks industry events publications partnerships or thought leadership

• You may also bring experience leading large-scale digital or data transformation programmes from strategy through delivery

• You may have hands-on or advisory expertise in AWS Azure AI advanced analytics or related modern data technologies

• You may have contributed to products propositions accelerators market strategy or thought leadership that help build a distinctive market presence

What a career at Baringa will give you

PuttingPeopleFirst.

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy:We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave fully available at the start of each addition to this we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.

• Flexible Working:We know that the ideal work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.

• Corporate Responsibility Days:Our world is important to us so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.

• Wellbeing Fund:We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. Weve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.

• Profit Share Scheme:All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the companys success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity innovation and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our Great Place to Work with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all.Click hereto see some of our recent awards and how weve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work and offer a variety of ways to contribute by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills talent and essence we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.

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